What colour next for London's superhighways

[mr_cellophane]

Well red isn't going to happen as Santander aren't sponsoring them. Let's go back to green

 

[ianrauk]

Barclay's sponsored the bike hire scheme not the superhighways. But I may be wrong.

 

[Drago]

Get Putin to sponsor them, keep the red with additional glow in the dark polonium markings.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Barclay's sponsored the bike hire scheme not the superhighways. But I may be wrong.

That's how I understood it too. Certainly, there's no evidence of Barclays sponsorship on the routes themselves.

So, will the new Santander Cycles go faster now they're changing to red?

 

[Hitchington]

Yellow, blates.

 

[ianrauk]

And you can't have red as the majority of bus lanes are red.

 

[matiz]

Or white in case of snow

 

[gaz]

I would say it is more than likely that barclays sponsored the superhighways.

Note the URL - http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/routes-and-maps/barclays-cycle-superhighways
Note the route name - http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/bcs2-map.pdf
Note the logo - https://placemanagementandbranding....2/03/barclays-cycle-superhighways-network.png

 

[ianrauk]

Well there you go....

 

[CopperBrompton]

They did, but I'm not sure that's the reason they are blue – it's the EU colour for on-road cycle lanes:

 

[doug]

They should be tarmac coloured and the width of the full road

 

[glenn forger]

possibly the worst 'shopped Chelsea pensioner evah:

unless it's a confused senior citizen in a dressing gown, I dunno.

 

[subaqua]

how about not repainting them any colour and using the repainting budget to

a) keep them clear of crud and debris
b) clear of snow when it does
c) put some salt/grit down in the winter when it has been frosty .

rather than spunking money on a vanity project

 

[glenn forger]

They haven't spent last year's budget yet:

http://road.cc/content/news/144567-...ers-verdict-boris-johnson-admits-huge-cycling

 

[HLaB]

I could be wrong but I thought they were blue because somebody in Copenhagen's study said that was the most effective colour :-/