disappearing cycle lanes???

flamite

Have noticed the cycle lane at parl sq going west has gone as you approach the square, blackriars cycle lane narrowing too, what is going on?

thought we were promoting cycling in this city...!

jonginge

Yep, noticed that too. Never used it though, too much chance of getting squashed against the wall of steel...

prj45

If you want to promote cycling get rid of silly cycle lanes and introduce a proper regime for dealing with drivers that squish cyclists.

cjcp

No point putting a bike lane where the road already resembles a meteor crater either. Smoother roads along certain parts of the commute would be a good starter for 10.

leoccp

That's the thing isn't it, I'd rather the bl**dy things never existed, but narrowing them like at Blackfriars is totally irresponsible. I've put in a complaint at fillthathole.org about that one not sure whether this will help.

Greg T

leoccp wrote:

That's the thing isn't it, I'd rather the bl**dy things never existed, but narrowing them like at Blackfriars is totally irresponsible. I've put in a complaint at fillthathole.org about that one not sure whether this will help.

Blackfriars East of the tunnel (once you get used to the Tunnel which for the first couple of trips has your arse contracting harder than an elephant in labour) is a very nasty spot to cycle and you need to have your A game on to navigate it cleanly. Grab your road and keep it - particulalry just after the first set of lights at the bridge junction.

On the plus side the cycle lane running into the last set of lights west of the big dip before the tunnel has become super sized and you can pass without leaving it.