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Cyclists superhighways for London?
The first of London's cycle superhighways is opening. Beyond the encouraging name, are they any good?
The first of London's cycle superhighways is opening. Beyond the encouraging name, are they any good? BBC News
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<sacrasm>amazing!!!</sacrasm>
We've had these in Minneapolis for several years, and having 2 deaths from merging traffic.
I thought I was in-store to read about something much better - like dedicated bike lanes separated by rows of trees and curbs. That's at least how they should be designed, considering it is a false sense of security thinking the cyclist will have the right of way on this simply painted stripe of road. A painted stripe: impressive<sarcasm>... a pathetic, cheap try.
The other thing Minneapolis has adopted are streets dedicated only to buses and bike traffic. Only one downtown, but they are much better and I say great - screw the cars. London does have going for them the expensive taxes they've implemented when driving into downtown from the 'burbs' - with larger vehicles getting a larger tax (isn't this true?).
Driving in urban environments must be discouraged. Cars litter the landscape and take up more space then the establishments we drive to... we're all aware that LA has 67% of its surface area going to automobiles.
Portland and Minneapolis lead the country: cyclists account for 2% of the downtown commuters !! an impressive number <sarcasm>
it’s basically the same thing we had before except it’s been given a lick of blue paint! Superhighway my arse! Cyclists still have to share lanes with motorists and in london they are less than accommodating on already narrow streets.
They are better off spending the money towards making motorists aware that the streets aren’t just for them as well as a cctv system along the roads that monitors deviant driving, cycling and walking.
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