Chris Boardman: Don't let lobbyists destroy London's cycle lane plans.
Whether the transit agency has adequately assessed public opinion about bike lane plans has been a source of controversy.
To demonstrate the utility of the new approach, we use a theoretical, generalizable network and compare it against an approach used in current bike lane planning practice.
Based on our conversations with the interviewees, it appears that neither the bicycle lane plans or changes in the street configuration were addressed by any of the public stakeholders until after the building was finished and operational and changes to the streetscape were completed.
Imagine the time and money they'd have to invest to institute some fast-lane plan, throttling scheme not considered anti-competitive or what have you — only to have to turn it off a few months later.
And they will not physically separate buses from other vehicles, unlike the bus lanes planned for the city's overhaul of 34th Street.
So take a look at the Dutch-style bike lanes planned for Los Angeles, the home (for now) of the gas guzzler.
Almost immediately, cyclists in the city noticed something amiss: there were no bike lanes planned for Valencia Street, a popular route through the largely Latino Mission neighbourhood.
It took about, ooh, one-and-a-half minutes between Transport for London (TfL) approving the proposed segregated-lane plans this week and the LTDA as well as London First, London Travelwatch, City of London, and the Canary Wharf Group to voice their concerns and threaten legal action.
Anticipate your decision to merge early on by evaluating the traffic in the lane you plan on merging on to.
If there is a lot of slush between lanes, and you do have to change lanes - plan this ahead of time and do it at very low angle of approach, holding steering wheel steady.
