I will have to start using the half bus lanes all along the route!Pointless waste of money. Create new route collection; Create. I do like the idea of a cycle superhighway but I have a strong feeling it will just be a rehash of a normal cycling lane with no major improvements like being separate from the main road. there is nothing substantial in this announcement.
Hard to believe there was once a tram line along most of this route. 0 Ridden. But now with all the traffic being forced to the middle of the road, filtering is no longer a safe option for me. CS12 has been dropped from the programme, while CS10 has been replaced by a new East-West route. Discovering London on two wheels is a great way to see the city
it is pathetic and deceitful. Cycle Superhighway 3 (CS3) is a long bike freeway in London, UK. This was implemented by the same mayor whose only other memorable act was to ban alcohol drinking on the London Underground.
A 7km route connecting Ilford to Barking Riverside via Barking Town. A 7.5km route connecting Hackney to the Isle of Dogs via Westferry, Mile End and Victoria Park. I and the entire family would like to understand what happened on that day and you may have seen something that is relevant. London Cycle Paths: Cycle Superhighway 2 Laura Laker October 25, 2013 12:55 pm . The route, called the east-west cycle superhighway, is contentious. If he doesn’t have his clothes and shoes chauffeured behind him like his mate Dave then perhaps he has them couriered?It is a shame to hear this may be primarily a cosmetic change – unfortunately I assume city planning is very difficult when everything is already built up around and there is not much room for manoeuvre. For more information, contact A 12km route connecting Tottenham Hale, Seven Sisters and the Nag's head.A 3km route connecting Lea Bridge, the City and Tottenham at Dalston. London's Cycle Superhighways were first announced in 2008 by Mayor Ken … If drivers end up paying more attention to cyclists then maybe less accidents will occur.What would be nice to see in future initiatives is a more united front between the mayor of London and London Cycling Campaign rather than arguments over who is right as this does not portray a positive image to us cyclists. From White Hart Lane in Tottenham to Liverpool Street station, CS1 is … Thus there is NO spare space, and in this area the drivers can be extremely ignorant, unlicensed/uninsured, or even just forced to park in the cycle lanes as there’s nowhere else to park. Conversely if the cycle superhighways end up being just a glorified cycle lane then the benefit will be marginal to cyclists. In a positive scenario all 12 would be completed by the end of 2012 as promised. Sure, one can go faster the better one knows a (complex) route, but it doesn’t help far enough to make cycling as time-efficient a form of transport as it needs to be to compete with trains, tube and of course cars.As a non-cyclist can I simply ask, Where is the legislation behind this scheme?The Wimbledon/Bank one runs in a bus lane in several places and even takes a significant amount of road at pedestrian crossings etc.As a motorcyclist, I try and stay clear of the bus lanes and cyclists. They used to be called Cycle Superhighways and Quietways. The former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone announced 12 new Cycle Superhighways in 2008. Well, there’s always the option of demolishing the buildings along the whole route and making the road much wider… No? What a good use of tax-payers’ money.I for one (as a regular cycle commuter) cannot wait until they turn on the bike super highways. I would like to make a personal appeal for anyone who was in the Oval area that morning , who saw Catriona or the tipper, to come forward as a potential witness. Just the blue paint it is, then. If however the scheme is scrapped before completion, which may well happen depending on the feedback from the first two cycle routes and a negative backlash from motorists, then a lot of time will have been wasted.The final measure of success is the positive impact it has on the number of cyclists and on the awareness of cyclists as fellow road users. (Or hasn’t anyone noticed that lack? We're creating 450km of new Cycleways by 2024 so that more Londoners will live near the cycle network. Just saw an item on the BBC about this. The magic blue force field that will rise from the painted strips will protect me from the lorries, cars and buses who would otherwise will completely ignore it, or am I missing something?the images showing artists’ impressions of the lanes on the tfl web site show that the routes will still be shared with buses and interrupted by bus stops. This is part of our Healthy Streets improvements between Wembley and Willesden Junction via Stonebridge and Harlesden. Why haven’t we learn’ from them?I ride ‘route 7’ every day of the week and it beggars belief that they plan to paint even the gutter blue! Not that I sympathise with the car-lover doing a casual 3km drive across town to pick up a meal, then parking in an illegal area, but I’m talking about delivery drivers, buses at bus stops and such. However, I agree that not the brightest minds worked on the promotional aspects of it. TfL should come over to Amsterdam or any other Dutch city to come and see how cycle routes are designed properly. It is important however not to have the wool pulled over our eyes. This would have a strong impact to the London cycling scene. Motorways ban bikes, why not these ban cars etc?British cyclists are the equivalent of the medieval knight in full battle regalia – not the gentle enjoyable experience of the Netherlands.We were invaded and conquered by the Dutch in 1688.