Comments on: Cycle Super-MyWays

By: Cycling questions and answers from the Mayor of London: Oct 09 | The Bike Show - a cycling radio show and podcast from Resonance FM

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:13:56 +0000

[...] (including a question specifically about the Vallance Road/Whitechapel Road junction to the new cycle superhighways, the London cycle hire scheme and much [...]

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:38:37 +0000

@ Roger: You make my point. Even the so-called cycle lanes we have in the UK aren’t much good. The Bloomsbury ones are too narrow, too bendy and just too confusing.

@ Ray: While there’s always room for improvement, I thought the Montreal lanes I saw were miles ahead of those we have in the UK. I take your point on the accumulation of snow, we often see lanes filled with broken glass here.

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:43:58 +0000

Have you tried the segregated lanes round Bloomsbury? Veritable death-traps, and no smart cyclist uses them.

The safest place for cyclists is on the road with the rest of the traffic. Every study confirms this. The most wonderful and perfect segregated facility has to end somewhere.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:41:46 +0000

Personally I detest the Rachel Street bikelanes in Montreal, I found them more hazardous than the streets, particularly in freeze-thaw times of year.
They are areas for snow and garbage to be stored and are not cleared after a few days, so why even bother.

In summer, they are slow, tricky at intersections and filled with very poorly riding cyclists and parked cars.

One lane in Westmount IS a parking lane part-time, but it is not at all clear when it transforms to a cycle lane. Very silly.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:31:40 +0000

Thank you Jack. The photos say it all. As a Slow Cyclist, I know I won’t be on Bojo’s Highways – they don’t look any better than the hated LCN-plus-or-minus.

Ann

By: Guerrilla Giving

Guerrilla Giving — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:32:49 +0000

love the idea of bike boulevards. Great points on the semantics of this.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:49:01 +0000

It’s not even a Mandatory cycle lane. The long dashed white hazard lines mean nothing – vehicles can enter the cycle lane whenever they feel the need.

By putting cyclists back into the gutter and moving traffic further to the right, I fear these lanes will actually increase the amount of accidents from left-turning vehicles.

I’m opposed to the lanes and agree with Bill that they are going to be a waste of paint

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:19:37 +0000

@Adam: that photograph confirms my very worst fears.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:32:41 +0000

The promo material for the Cycle Superways had a bus encroaching on the cycle lane. Whoops. Likely to happen in reality? Yes, probably.

By: Jasper Milvain

Jasper Milvain — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:37:30 +0000

The "superhighway" description dates back to the previous announcement of this particular programme, 18 months ago, by the previous mayor. The stuff about domination, though, does seem to be Boris's own.