Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to all traffic for ages pending stabilisation and repair work, as you no doubt know.
The structure was stabilised enough to allow pedestrian traffic over the side footways.
I understand that during a pause in the stabilisation works, temporary arrangements have been made to allow cycle traffic over the main carriageway.
That's a benefit to cyclists, who otherwise have to wheel their bikes over the pedestrian footway.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council plan to reopen the bridge to *all* traffic following a project to install a temporary carriageway between the bridge piers.
There are some either side of the river who would rather the bridge remained bike-only: but AFAIK neither LBHF or City Hall have advocated this.
What about the rest of the balls ups all over London. As the writer explains, the vulnerable and disabled have been completely ignored. Or has she misrepresented that too? London is full of discarded e bikes at room all over pavements.
Making it impossible to navigate if disabled. Let alone those ridiculous double pavements
You express concern that cycling infrastructure increases congestion and pollution, suggesting that reducing road space for cars leads to gridlock. Contrary to this view, studies indicate that well-designed cycling infrastructure can alleviate (or at least not increase) congestion. For instance, research from Imperial College London found that London’s Cycle Superhighways have minimal impact on traffic speed, suggesting they don’t exacerbate congestion.
Thank you for this. I walk to work regularly and am constantly side swiped or ridden at straight-on primarily by psycho male cyclists. Just to clarify, middle aged men in lycra, "professional" psy-clists you might say more so than female and more so than people on Lime bikes. Even when a cycle lane is present, the psy-clists ride on the pavement for their own convenience. On a one-way system, the psy-clist circumvents the one-way system by riding on the pavement. The psy-clist further circumvents traffic lights by just running through the pedestrian crossing. The psy-clist does not stop at the zebra crossing because it's too inconvenient. These people are not travelling at a leisurely pace, they are riding at speed and not necessarily looking where they are going.
This is a problem because it scares the crap out of me when I am trying to walk on the pavement or cross the road. I wish more would follow the road rules by walking their bikes on the pavement and by not running red lights or running over pedestrians who are in the crosswalk.
Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to all traffic for ages pending stabilisation and repair work, as you no doubt know.
The structure was stabilised enough to allow pedestrian traffic over the side footways.
I understand that during a pause in the stabilisation works, temporary arrangements have been made to allow cycle traffic over the main carriageway.
That's a benefit to cyclists, who otherwise have to wheel their bikes over the pedestrian footway.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council plan to reopen the bridge to *all* traffic following a project to install a temporary carriageway between the bridge piers.
There are some either side of the river who would rather the bridge remained bike-only: but AFAIK neither LBHF or City Hall have advocated this.
What about the rest of the balls ups all over London. As the writer explains, the vulnerable and disabled have been completely ignored. Or has she misrepresented that too? London is full of discarded e bikes at room all over pavements.
Making it impossible to navigate if disabled. Let alone those ridiculous double pavements
The absolute definition of "whataboutery".
Off you pop.
You express concern that cycling infrastructure increases congestion and pollution, suggesting that reducing road space for cars leads to gridlock. Contrary to this view, studies indicate that well-designed cycling infrastructure can alleviate (or at least not increase) congestion. For instance, research from Imperial College London found that London’s Cycle Superhighways have minimal impact on traffic speed, suggesting they don’t exacerbate congestion.
https://cyclingindustry.news/cycle-superhighway-lanes-have-little-impact-on-congestion-finds-data-study/
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand
Thank you for this. I walk to work regularly and am constantly side swiped or ridden at straight-on primarily by psycho male cyclists. Just to clarify, middle aged men in lycra, "professional" psy-clists you might say more so than female and more so than people on Lime bikes. Even when a cycle lane is present, the psy-clists ride on the pavement for their own convenience. On a one-way system, the psy-clist circumvents the one-way system by riding on the pavement. The psy-clist further circumvents traffic lights by just running through the pedestrian crossing. The psy-clist does not stop at the zebra crossing because it's too inconvenient. These people are not travelling at a leisurely pace, they are riding at speed and not necessarily looking where they are going.
This is a problem because it scares the crap out of me when I am trying to walk on the pavement or cross the road. I wish more would follow the road rules by walking their bikes on the pavement and by not running red lights or running over pedestrians who are in the crosswalk.