TfL outlines plans for ‘transformational’ new segregated bike lanes + more on the live blog
TfL outlines plans for 'transformational' new segregated bike lanes
Hugely positive news for Lambeth residents in Streatham & beyond. It will have a transformation impact for those who feel that current conditions are too unsafe.
Great to see lower speeds designed in from the start too with ⬇️ speed limits creating a safer high street 👍🚲🚶♀️🌳 https://t.co/BT9jPmDp1P pic.twitter.com/dYM1JmCNil
— Claire Holland (@clairekholland) January 19, 2021
Transport for London (TfL) has released these plans for a new cycle lane in Streatham, south London. The project includes building a segregated route over a mile-long with new pedestrian crossings and changes to side road entry and exit rules. The route will also have new trees planted to make the infrastructure more attractive. In a consultation carried out by TfL, 83 per cent of respondents agreed that the proposals would make them feel safer cycling in the area. 70 per cent agreed with the same statement about walking.
Councillor for Lambeth, Claire Holland described the scheme as “transformational”. “We know that many groups in society are underrepresented when it comes to using a cycle to get around,” she said.
“And we know that the main barriers are accessibility and danger, real or perceived. Only by delivering transformational main road schemes like this one, together with area-wide low traffic neighbourhoods on our local streets, can we make Lambeth into a borough whereby everyone has access to affordable and safe mobility options.”
Will Norman, London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner added: “We are doing all we can to support the increased numbers of Londoners who are walking and cycling and help prevent a damaging car-led recovery from the pandemic.”
TfL outlines plans for 'transformational' new segregated bike lanes
Hugely positive news for Lambeth residents in Streatham & beyond. It will have a transformation impact for those who feel that current conditions are too unsafe.
Great to see lower speeds designed in from the start too with ⬇️ speed limits creating a safer high street 👍🚲🚶♀️🌳 https://t.co/BT9jPmDp1P pic.twitter.com/dYM1JmCNil
— Claire Holland (@clairekholland) January 19, 2021
Transport for London (TfL) has released these plans for a new cycle lane in Streatham, south London. The project includes building a segregated route over a mile-long with new pedestrian crossings and changes to side road entry and exit rules. The route will also have new trees planted to make the infrastructure more attractive. In a consultation carried out by TfL, 83 per cent of respondents agreed that the proposals would make them feel safer cycling in the area. 70 per cent agreed with the same statement about walking.
Councillor for Lambeth, Claire Holland described the scheme as “transformational”. “We know that many groups in society are underrepresented when it comes to using a cycle to get around,” she said.
“And we know that the main barriers are accessibility and danger, real or perceived. Only by delivering transformational main road schemes like this one, together with area-wide low traffic neighbourhoods on our local streets, can we make Lambeth into a borough whereby everyone has access to affordable and safe mobility options.”
Will Norman, London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner added: “We are doing all we can to support the increased numbers of Londoners who are walking and cycling and help prevent a damaging car-led recovery from the pandemic.”
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Those numbers (even if taken at face value, and they're often not actually what they seem) don't tell us anything about whether helmets are a good idea, since we don't know the base rate of helmet use. If only 7% of users are wearing helmets to start with, then they're not actually making any difference.
@Andrewbanshee Lets say I charge £100 to watch the TdF and other sports and someone else charges £0 for just the TdF. A lot of people will already be paying that £100 for the other sports and watch the TdF as a result. I then get exclusive rights to the TdF and people have the option to pay £100 or not watch it. My original audience will continue to pay and I will likely get some of the people who were watching it for free. Bish bash bosh, record audience.
Surely its entirely sensible to mandate the wearing of helmets if 64 per cent of paediatric head injuries treated in Irish hospitals are a result of crashes involving e-scooters and 93 per cent of children involved in those incidents were not wearing helmets. We can gnash our teeth about the part that cars and other vehicles are playing in these issues but I don't know how anyone can argue that helmets would not be a very good requirement.
I watched the Australian SBS feed using a VPN provided as part of my anti-virus software. Occasionally got kicked out but overall well worth it. Commentators tended to focus on Aussie riders but much better than spending £31 on TNT. Will watch the Vuelta the same way 🤞
@whosatthewheel because as I have said, would you be happy for a car to pass you this closely as long as they were in their lane? Just because you are in your lane doesn't make it OK.
Not sure about that - it's standard practice among streamers now that they just don't release any actual figures for anything. I'm not even sure that they would have a particular benchmark for what 'high' would be in the first place - cycling is and will always be a rounding error and a bit of an afterthought in their portfolio.
TNT wouldn’t keep the cycling data secret if the audience number was high. The percentage increase is meaningless without the actual audience numbers. When TNT only gives the percentage—but hides the audience size—it suggests that viewer numbers aren’t ideal.
What happened to my comment yesterday with these examples of "You're not a car..." : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5v0e2KsSu0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr0cTsyPTk8 Not forgetting "The car have priority..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7enDsD5bpc
@FragileBoris So to precis, your father close passed two cyclists riding two abreast, as they are permitted to do by law, and you managed to get him off any punishment by abusing a technicality to which you were tipped off by an insider. Well done, you must be very proud of yourself. I love the way that apparently 90-odd kgs of cyclist and machine managed to "almost force" your father and his half a tonne plus of metal off the road. What you mean is he tried an inappropriate overtake in a dangerous position and almost went off the road as a result, the only person"forcing" him there was himself.
I suspect some liberal number-wanging from TNT on this one.
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Is it me, or has the ‘live
Is it me, or has the ‘live blog’ just sharded itself?
It’s forked.
It’s forked.
It’s proper furcated
It’s proper furcated
That segregated cycle lane
That segregated cycle lane needs bollards or a high kerb to stop cars driving into it. We all know they’ll use it as a car park…