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Linky no workyGreenwich Foot Tunnel ‘to be full up with cyclists’ by 2025, TfL says
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Linky no workyGreenwich Foot Tunnel ‘to be full up with cyclists’ by 2025, TfL says
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And me. Interesting reading.Works for me
WTF do they mean "even though riding a bicycle is technically banned"? Surely part of the reason why the tunnel is going to hit its theoretical maximum is because riding is banned, as a pushed cycle takes up more room for more time?Greenwich Foot Tunnel ‘to be full up with cyclists’ by 2025, TfL says
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Perhaps once the Silvertown tunnel gets built, they could restore 1 bore of the blackwall tunnel back to non-motorised use instead and provide another cycling route across the river there as an alternative...
...Although apparently they've been talking about a crossing there since 1976, so I probably won't put any money on it happening soon...
WTF do they mean "even though riding a bicycle is technically banned"? Surely part of the reason why the tunnel is going to hit its theoretical maximum is because riding is banned, as a pushed cycle takes up more room for more time?
What do locals make of the options? It's not a route I'd use much from my most frequent arrivals point at Kings Cross.
Just like our Motorways.It already doesn't look wide enough to cope with demand.
Good point - I was reading it too literally. If that's the case, why don't they tunnel out ramps instead? If what I've read is correct, the tunnel is 15m down, which I think means a 5% ramp would need about 300m, putting the southern portal somewhere like Nelson Road or Romney Road and the northern portal in Millwall Park, assuming they try to avoid tunnelling under buildings or through the rail lines. Probably expensive, but more than a bridge?The main reason for the theoretical maximum is the lifts - there's only one lift at each end of the tunnel and they have finite capacity. Even though they've been revamped recently, the lifts are still quite slow.
Are you thinking of Woolwich not Greenwich? The nearest ferry to Greenwich is the Docklands hotel one that costs something around £5 IIRC - the DLR is closer and cheaper, although cycles are only allowed off-peak.I thought there was already a ferry? - for the number of cyclists it just needs a better ferry?
Was on cs3 this morning along embankment..felt like I was in the tour de france...what a buzz
I wont use it in the rush-hour and neither the CS 3 from Limehouse to Tower Gateway.Have to use Tower Gateway to Southwark Bridge section,though.
I use it from Southwark Bridge to Limhouse on return although I don't want to.After that the route sort of settles down a bit.