Surely this can't be right?
In reply to Post #166
Is that near you tinhead?
I reckon a bus could take those bollards out...
Is that near you tinhead?
I reckon a bus could take those bollards out...
In reply to Post #167
No not near me. This sort of idiocy is happening all over the place.
I'm not totally against cycling or cycle lanes but the cycling lobby have been given too much power.
If there are too many car drivers and we need them to leave them at home then we need good bus services.
And why should those that don't drive and use public transport have to suffer to appease the MAMIL's (middle aged men in lycra).
No not near me. This sort of idiocy is happening all over the place.
I'm not totally against cycling or cycle lanes but the cycling lobby have been given too much power.
If there are too many car drivers and we need them to leave them at home then we need good bus services.
And why should those that don't drive and use public transport have to suffer to appease the MAMIL's (middle aged men in lycra).
I don't really do Twitter much , like the bait section it seems very toxic to but this struck a chord with me
LTNs are council-imposed traffic relocation schemes, moving it from one area to another. It's the same as a council emptying the bins of one street dumping it all on another then telling residents there how well this all works as the rubbish should eventually just rot away.
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LTNs are council-imposed traffic relocation schemes, moving it from one area to another. It's the same as a council emptying the bins of one street dumping it all on another then telling residents there how well this all works as the rubbish should eventually just rot away.
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Government wanted schemes that promote active travel.
Khan's TFL waste the money on badly implemented schemes.
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Khan's TFL waste the money on badly implemented schemes.
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In reply to Post #173
Times of that LTN have been shortened 8-9 3-4.30
Times of that LTN have been shortened 8-9 3-4.30
In reply to Post #174
That's usually the times they use for School Streets.
That's usually the times they use for School Streets.
Oh dear all those cycle lanes and LTNs and this is the result
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Schemes with good intentions but badly planned and introduced by TfL and local councils.
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Schemes with good intentions but badly planned and introduced by TfL and local councils.
In reply to Post #176
Good article that. Thanks.
Lots more to be done re cycling infrastructure. We as always playing catchup and doing it hard arsed. But a tiny drop in leasure use from the Pandemic peak. But an increase in business use is positive.
Cycling in the UK is still.mostly treacherous. But with fuel bills and a general lack of.money it will.likely become a necessary choice for utility.
Good article that. Thanks.
Lots more to be done re cycling infrastructure. We as always playing catchup and doing it hard arsed. But a tiny drop in leasure use from the Pandemic peak. But an increase in business use is positive.
Cycling in the UK is still.mostly treacherous. But with fuel bills and a general lack of.money it will.likely become a necessary choice for utility.
In reply to Post #177
I got nothing against cycling, I do it very occasionally on a leisure basis or to run the odd errand.
It's the gridlock that some of these under used schemes cause that's the problem for me.
Buses losing their bus lanes, now they are stuck in traffic with all the other vehicles, emergency vehicles can't get past.
Meanwhile to the left of them is an empty cycle lane.
Having said that some of the schemes in central London are more successful, but they are few and far between.
I got nothing against cycling, I do it very occasionally on a leisure basis or to run the odd errand.
It's the gridlock that some of these under used schemes cause that's the problem for me.
Buses losing their bus lanes, now they are stuck in traffic with all the other vehicles, emergency vehicles can't get past.
Meanwhile to the left of them is an empty cycle lane.
Having said that some of the schemes in central London are more successful, but they are few and far between.
In reply to Post #178
Yes, the central London cycle.super highways look great.
But I wouodnt fancy getting there safely from here.
I ride around the towns here but mostly off road which I cam afford to do as mine is electric assist. So I can plan a route
With fields, parks, long grass etc.
They haven't exactly made it easy to use a train with a bike either. So in 5 years I've not managed to get to Central London to see them.
The cycle.lanes in Bexley area aren't really fit for purpose.
They exist where there is loads of free space anyway. And then terminate 100metres along right in the middle of a junction. Or where you would be safer riding prime position.
Yes, the central London cycle.super highways look great.
But I wouodnt fancy getting there safely from here.
I ride around the towns here but mostly off road which I cam afford to do as mine is electric assist. So I can plan a route
With fields, parks, long grass etc.
They haven't exactly made it easy to use a train with a bike either. So in 5 years I've not managed to get to Central London to see them.
The cycle.lanes in Bexley area aren't really fit for purpose.
They exist where there is loads of free space anyway. And then terminate 100metres along right in the middle of a junction. Or where you would be safer riding prime position.
In reply to Post #179
Installing top specification cycle lanes may sound good but when you witness ambulances stuck in traffic it's not nice, and repeating myself buses stuck in traffic because a bus lane has been lost to create a cycle lane is not good, especially when the cycle lane is empty.
It's difficult to get the balance right and more often than not the balance is wrong.
Installing top specification cycle lanes may sound good but when you witness ambulances stuck in traffic it's not nice, and repeating myself buses stuck in traffic because a bus lane has been lost to create a cycle lane is not good, especially when the cycle lane is empty.
It's difficult to get the balance right and more often than not the balance is wrong.