I suppose like me they are confused about how much £55 million is and far it would go. Maybe it doesn't seem so much money and not worth kicking up a fuss about. What would £55 million buy? I would like some of the junctions tidied up. For example I have one 3 lane junction where the left lane filters left (but not at a right angle, more like a slip road). Of course as a cyclist wanting to go straight on you have to wait in line 2 with cars on your left whizzing past you as well as juggling the traffic light grand prix when they turn green. An advanced stop lane went in but it does little to help. One example where a traffic island would help protect you. Manor House has a multi-laned junction which is pretty scary. One time I went through that junction the police were trying to remove a cyclist from under the wheels of a lorry. I assumed he was still alive...
We could put in advanced green lights for cyclists. The phasing of lights is so slow, particularly the pedestrian green man going out, to the traffic lights going green (30 seconds +), that you could get a good many seconds for the cyclist to get away safely off without endangering anybody. I am sure as cyclists we could all come up with many ways to make roads safer for us - lots of them wouldn't cost a great deal. Apparently the councils and TFL employ cyclist consultants (Ken's consultant lived near Croyden then
) we could start by making them do some work.