Category Archives: Cycle Superhighways

Love London, Go Danish? Or even Go Bow?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

This is the final post in a series on LCC’s Love London, Go Dutch campaign – the previous three are here, here and here I am not especially precious about the form of infrastructure that might be put in place on London’s streets … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Bow Roundabout, Cycle Superhighways, David Hembrow, Go Dutch, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Strict liability, Subjective safety, The Netherlands, Transport for London | 33 Comments

‘Safe, direct and continuous’

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

London’s Cycle Superhighways are frequently referred to as ‘safe, direct and continuous.’ This was, for instance, the wording used in the Mayor’s Cycling Revolution document from May 2010 – London’s Cycle Superhighways will provide cyclists with safe, direct, continuous, well marked and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle Superhighways, Infrastructure, London, Parking, Road safety, Smoothing traffic flow, Transport for London | 3 Comments

How ‘smoothing traffic flow’ is needlessly causing death and serious injury

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

I am indebted to Olaf Storbeck of Cycling Intelligence for the background to this post. He has published an open letter, written to Camden’s Culture & Environment Scrutiny Committee, by Kenji Hirasawa, the boyriend of Deep Lee, the young woman killed … Continue reading →

Posted in ASL Abuse, Boris Johnson, Car dependence, Cycle Superhighways, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, The Netherlands, Town planning, Transport for London, Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Cycling across Vauxhall Bridge

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

I strapped a new camera to my bicycle handlebars yesterday, and decided to venture south across Vauxhall Bridge. It’s a journey I’ve made only few times before (like black cabs, I don’t go south of the river) but I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle Superhighways, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Safety, Transport policy | Leave a comment

‘Safety In Numbers’? Or ‘Numbers from Safety’?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

The CTC – among others – are quite keen on the ‘Safety In Numbers’ effect. A couple of years ago, they produced a pdf on it. It contains this graph, showing an attractive correlation between the cyclist death rate, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in CTC, Cycle Superhighways, Road safety, Safety In Numbers, The Netherlands | 14 Comments

“Where cycle lanes are less than 1.5 metres in width, it is because the road is too narrow to introduce a wider lane.”

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

On 22nd May 2010, Everton Smith was killed while riding his bicycle northbound along Vauxhall Bridge Road. The cycle lane he was travelling in was 1.2 metres wide, a good deal less than the 1.5 metre minimum stipulated by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Cycle Superhighways, Infrastructure, London, Transport for London, Transport policy | 2 Comments

A slightly unrepresentative picture of the Cycle Superhighways

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

A recent piece on infrastructure for cyclists at the Cycling Mobility website, charting the debate amongst cycling advocates about the utility and safety of protected cycled lanes, is illustrated with this picture of Southwark Bridge, on Superhighway 7. The picture … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle Superhighways, Infrastructure, London, Transport for London | Tagged | 2 Comments