If you support segregated cycling infrastructure in Hackney

Just when I thought it couldn't get better, Mark has been digging trough my posts, and doing some potato chopping. mobile.twitter.com/AsEasyAsRidin­g/status/540227250059485184/photo/1

You should forward him the ones where you talk about hitting 8 peds in, like, 5 hours, so he can add those too

Copy the seldom killer's post about cycle lanes as an image and post it in response.

Just when I thought it couldn't get better, Mark has been digging trough my posts, and doing some potato chopping. mobile.twitter.com/AsEasyAsRidin­g/status/540227250059485184/photo/1

What Mark left out is that the "two minor rider down incidents" we're appalling cyclists crashing into other cyclists, absolutely nothing to do with motorists what so ever.

And if he bothered to do any research my "new", much faster and safer route, the Old Kent Road has zero cycling infrastructure. Compared to the "terrifying" Camberwell Church Rd>Camberwell Green>Kennington Rd route with cycle lanes on the outside of the road, perfect for *undertaking *.

None of this is relevant. His point is that even for experienced, fit cyclists who have had cycle training (I think he's assuming that you have), the roads are "horrendous and genuinely quite scary", and have "solid angry traffic all the way" resulting in you feeling like you're "going to get killed". If this is the case, what are the chances of getting 8-year olds riding to school, even if they've had cycle training?

The anti segregation bias here is really disappointing and appears to be, as far as I can work out, based on (i) bullshit scare-mongering about being forced off the road and have to ride with the nodders and (ii) a purely ideological stance that building any cycle-specific infrastructure is just cowardly capitulation in the war against motorists. Roads shouldn't be handed over to motor vehicles but that doesn't mean that all segregation is evil.