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Thousands of bodies blocking traffic - and there were thousands of people at the first die-in in November - does constitute direct action, in my opinion.
I agree, of course, that things have improved, my point was that things in much of London haven't improved much.
You write:
*It's made a massive difference. Fifteen years ago, cycling wasn't even talked about much in public except in newspaper columns talking about 'lawless cyclists' or on footway cycling. *
But talking about cycling isn't evidence of improvement - though Boris Johnson thinks it is a good in itself, and sufficient.
The central issue here - people here fear fear begetting fear; suppressing increase in modal share - has been raised many times, and as I have said before I think it's unfortunate that the efforts of a grassroots campaign, notwithstanding the fact that some here think it unhelpful, are routinely denigrated.