Removal of bike lane

[DRM]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/...ington-street-after-cycle-lane-removed-486541
Quite ironic that drivers in Kensington & Chelsea have forced the council to remove a bike lane due to congestion, having watched the video it's obvious that that went well....not, when will these idiots realise THEY ARE THE CONGESTION

 

[sheddy]

More https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com

 

[DRM]

Sadly both of these examples will be repeated all over the UK, all under the guise of congestion, when it's the motorists who are the congestion

 

[I like Skol]

I just watched the vid. I commute in urban Manchester.

What is the problem being highlighted here?

 

[PeteXXX]

So it's been closed!? It was under discussion Here a while ago.

 

[I like Skol]

Truth is, many cycle commuters are complete diks! I daily see regular commuters riding in the dark without lights, riding on the wrong side of the road, hopping on the kerb to 'bypass' red traffic lights and committing all sorts of shenanigans that make me cringe in terror and disbelief.

Cycle lanes or otherwise doesn't stop this lemming behaviour.

If the road is busy then that is the current conditions. What makes cyclists think they can skim through the prevailing situation impervious to the reality of the congestion they find themselves in?

 

[DRM]

I just watched the vid. I commute in urban Manchester.

What is the problem being highlighted here?

The problem being not the behaviour of some riders but, the fact that drivers moaned about congestion,, they were stuck going slowly, causing pollution, emergency vehicles would become stuck in congestion and people will die, so the respective councils removed the dedicated cycle lane, the motorists are still stuck in traffic, emergency vehicles will now be definitely stuck as they were allowed to use the bike lane on a blues and twos run, so it's the irony and stupidity of the removal,as there has been no improvement in traffic flow at all, yet the silence regarding congestion is deafening

 

[Arjimlad]

It's a shame this lane has been taken out. The provision of lanes like this is not just for the bold/brave/stupid who currently joust with traffic but for the many others who would cycle to work/school/shops IF they felt safe.

 

[matticus]

@I like Skol do you think reducing pollution, increasing active travel, and reducing congestion are good or bad things?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Well removing the lane was a tremendous success I see. Make Kensington great again.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Any sanctions against the council for wasting £800,000-900,000 of tax payers money, total guesstimate but if they were charged £700,000 to put it in £100,000-200,000 to take it out seems reasonable.

 

[matticus]

CUK are attempting some kind of legal action. Good for them, although I don't understand what their grounds are :-/

(Not sure there is a general offence of "pissing away our fecking money".)

 

[fossyant]

They put a lane on the A56 coming through Stretford - worked OK when the full lockdown was on, but not after. It was badly thought out, as the A56 is not a road I'd personally choose to ride on - there are parallel roads with a proper cycle lane (i.e. past Old Trafford Cricket ground).

Are there any alternative, more cycle friendly routes in Kensington than that one.

Many of these emergency routes were badly thought out.

 

[matticus]

My understanding from the locals is that WITH a cycle lane it was quite a cycle-friendly route, and plenty of cyclists used it!

 

[Brooks]

The problem being not the behaviour of some riders but, the fact that drivers moaned about congestion,, they were stuck going slowly, causing pollution, emergency vehicles would become stuck in congestion and people will die, so the respective councils removed the dedicated cycle lane, the motorists are still stuck in traffic, emergency vehicles will now be definitely stuck as they were allowed to use the bike lane on a blues and twos run, so it's the irony and stupidity of the removal,as there has been no improvement in traffic flow at all, yet the silence regarding congestion is deafening

There wasn't any problems with emergency vehicles on this particular road as the bike lane was made wide enough to accommodate these vehicles.