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Originally Posted by HarryB
A few points.
The islands I complain about are catagorically not for pedestrian. They have no ramp and are just curbed islands. They are all over the place on my route to work. Of course I can see that there need to be crossing points and pedestrians need to be catered for.
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It that case it's just traffic calming and daft as you say Hal. We have the same pinch point islands but always with pedestrian crossing incorporated. many of them are the long dog leg safety type with railings so people can't just run straight across, they have to do a left and right in the middle
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Originally Posted by HarryB
Finally I am envious of all the cycling infrastructure you have but I think it has a lot more to do with your local council's attitude than any work of Ken (who was generally neutral towards cycling - except for all the lip service!). I do stand to be corrected on this though.
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Absolutely not, the Croydon Cycling Campaign are always attacking the council over their negative attitudes and some of the daft traffic decisions they take. This is almost all TfL work, the Trams as a PPP initially but now taken over by TfL. The bus, bus shelter and main route Toucan crossings have to be TfL of course.
We do have 20 mph zones at all school points but we had to push the council into instituting adequate ones, and they've spoilt some of them for cyclists by including the sharp edged "chocolate block" type of traffic calming platforms.
But really Hal, to say Ken has been neutral towards cycling simply doesn't stand examination and is grossly unfair. He is the one who has driven the cycle lane budget upwards against the GLC council opposition, it reaching £24 million in some years. He also instigated the free cycle route maps for London against opposition. He is the one who has driven the cycle parking facilities against opposition from many local councils, and it was he who started the full page advertising campaign to get cyclists treated better by other road users. He is the one who proposed cycle "motorways" and the Paris style cycle hire scheme, now both dead since he hasn't been elected.
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