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Understood, but the 'thousands' who are ok taking in the lane must be a minority compared to all the other people who would cycle if they could do so without battling traffic. (many of whom might not even own a bike at the moment). Would you deny them that pleasure?
I would say it should be done carefully and gradually to avoid carnage. Immediate and large scale change in road use has resulted in deaths, a combination of drivers not expecting cyclists to be there, and cyclists putting themselves in dangerous positions. To get kids cycling, why not start with cycle lanes to our parks, and cycle lanes through our parks? Or cycle lanes on the more dangerous roads around schools? Perhaps if lanes were clearly geared towards a certain kind of cyclist, there would not be the antagonism of "get off the road and use the cycle lane" from drivers.
When the Dutch introduced their cycle lanes, it was probably a very different situation to what we have here in London today.
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Understood, but the 'thousands' who are ok taking in the lane must be a minority compared to all the other people who would cycle if they could do so without battling traffic. (many of whom might not even own a bike at the moment). Would you deny them that pleasure?
None of this is rocket science, just look at a country who started rebuilding their roads 40 years ago to accommodate bikes. The Dutch don't take bikes 'off' the road onto the pavement, they just redesign the roads so that bikes are catered for properly.