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@mikec
Don't get me wrong cycling for me is the only way to get round the city. But as someone who has lived here all their life and has been cycling here for 20 years, very little has changed, really.
I say this is a pedestrian, a cyclist and a driver.
Some of the things they put in place to calm the traffic just creates chaos. Liverpool Road for example is a complete fucking mess. 20 mph speed limit with humps. Drivers accelerate to the next hump, slam on the brakes and repeat to the end of the road. Cyclists are undertaking, overtaking. Cars re undertaking each other. No one knows what the fuck is going on. The junctiona at Upper Street, Islington High Street, Essex Road, Pentonville Road. The whole thing is a complete fucking shambles and does not suit pedestrians, cyclists or motorists.
I sometimes think that interviews for urban planner be it buildings or roads go along the lines of.
'Are you a complete fucking moron?'
'Yep'
'OK the job is yours'
edit: Buses, that's who the roads are designed for. Buses. I mean who the fuck gets a bus. Really?