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Peers use evidence-free anecdotes and cabbie hearsay to claim cycle lanes cause congestion – shouldn't we demand a higher standard?
Laura Laker: Peers use evidence-free anecdotes and cabbie hearsay to claim cycle lanes cause congestion – shouldn't we demand a higher standard?
I had accepted the role of personal myth-buster, including the falsehood that cycle lanes cause congestion and pollution (thanks Robert Winston, Unblock the Embankment and the London assembly member David Kurten among others for repeating those canards).
A number of peers have attempted to defend unsubstantiated claims that cycle lanes cause congestion and air pollution, apparently echoing anecdotal evidence from their own observations, taxi drivers and the rightwing press.
Melbourne The Danish urban-design guru Jan Gehl spent a decade advising Melbourne (from 1994 to 2004), so he could be excused for sighing on reading the June headline in the city's paper The Age: "Copenhagen bike lanes cause chaos in Melbourne"; this after one lane of Albert Street, a dual-lane artery into the city, was turned over to cyclists after rush hour.
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The Heat was especially energized on defense, clogging passing lanes, causing bad shots and forcing timely turnovers.
The lanes are now scattered among the staffed and exact-change lanes, causing a last-second flurry of lane switches by drivers.
I note that you have previously made some slightly suspect claims about cycle lanes causing extra pollution – I do hope you're not one of those people.
Among the key conclusions: As the region has become more congested and street parking has increased, officials have either eliminated or failed to enforce and prioritize bus lanes, causing buses to slow down.
In his first interview as transport secretary last week, Chris Grayling spoke of cyclists only to complain about those who jumped red lights and to suggest that bike lanes caused problems for "road users", a group that apparently doesn't include people on bikes.
So the miners should keep away from the dangerous lanes caused by smoke movement, or evacuate to a safe place before the dangerous states start.
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