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London cycle routes

There is a Youtube channel called London cycle routes with a series of videos showing routes that use a combination of segregated cycle lanes and quiet streets created by familiar LTN measures in many cases. Very useful for people who want to explore and get around our city on two or three wheels. The link below shows a route from Rotherhithe to Primrose Hill which features things that are common in London but which have caused dismay and consternation amongst some of the most prolific forumers: bidirectional lanes, floating bus stops, contraflow cycle lanes, traffic restricted streets.  At around 10:30 the narrator says that it is possible to get pretty much anywhere in London using the combination of protected cycle lanes and quiet streets as long as you're not going to West London! That might explain some of the shock and outrage here but also the bemused reactions from transport professionals and people who ride bikes around London for whom all of this is commonplace already. Anyway enjoy (I have placed into a sealed envelope my predictions for the negative reactions that both this post and some of the video footage will trigger). https://youtu.be/-CktKp4AhGw

Paul Campbell ● 2071d10 Comments

I seem to recall that  people wedded to their cars have been told they should move to the countryside. What's sauce for the goose etc.

Bruce Hammal ● 2070d

Classic.  I wondered how long into the video it would be before a bike jumped a red light.  It was 59 seconds.  My guess (in a sealed envelope) was 2 minutes 50 seconds. Not even close.

Kieran Fox ● 2070d

Well maybe the folk that produced the video don't know West London very well.I often cycle into the West End, the other day to Southwark, often to Richmond and other destinations and generally am able to find my own quite routes. It takes a little longer I admit and maybe that's the problem for some people.Plan it, and there is nearly always a way.

Adrian Irving ● 2070d

"Anyway enjoy (I have placed into a sealed envelope my predictions for the negative reactions that both this post and some of the video footage will trigger)." The thought process of adding the above is what was intended. Some are not that stupid. I had an envelope for the Mr still thread. It contained blank pieces of paper.

Julian Pavey ● 2070d

I watched about 30 seconds and then thought why am I doing this? All I recall is the comment about going behind a bus stop. That would be a bus stop that an elderly person would need to cross a cycle lane to get to, how selfish !

Maggie Dodge ● 2070d

Don't forget - Paul is counting........

Bruce Hammal ● 2070d

Thanks Paul. Segregated cycleways make a real difference,  I still vividly remember the dangers I faced on a daily basis having to choose either commuting through fleet st/ludgate circus/tower hill or embankment to get to my workplace. A highly unpleasant dangerous ride was transformed with CS3 as it was for 1000s of others. hopefully we will see a further drive to encourage cycling which is a sustainable low carbon transport and features as a viable option in most Net Zero Carbon city plans.

Matthew Swain ● 2070d

Were there no tubes or buses to be had?

Bruce Hammal ● 2070d

NewsflashAs clean as electricity: Porsche to start making synthetic fuel next year that could slash petrol-engined cars' CO2 emissions by 85%

Maggie Dodge ● 2070d

I hope nobody minds that I have opened a separate thread on the above topic, since it may get lost in a cycling thread. Or alternatively divert the thread into a car one.The new thread is titled "Porsche's Synthetic Fuel" and may be found here:http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=community&link=http://appasp.ChiswickW4.com/server/app/forum/default.asp?site=1

Richard Cathcart ● 2070d