If you support segregated cycling infrastructure in Hackney

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Backstop

I suppose, since you are expressing a view on this issue you really ought to have a look.

haha, subtly put, but I haven't really expressed a strong opinion on Hackney per se, more of a general comment on segregation has a distinct and useful and necessary place on the roads of London.

The treatment there may be transferrable to parts of the A5, especially if there is a quiteway and especially if there is a strong function of 'place to hang out' rather than transit

Now that is dangerous talk. some roads should be about transit, the A5 is a major route through NW london, suggesting that 'place' can replace 'transit' is pretty wishful thinking. Some roads should be about fast efficient movement of people and goods, trying to convert every road to 'place' is a fools errand.

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skydancer in reply to @Backstop

Yet that is a knotty one. Places like Swiss Cottage, Finchley Road, has clearly both functions and transit is the dominant one and this is accommodated by a gyratory which is difficult for people not in cars. It may be the case that where the transit function is limited, such as removing some car-space, people seek alternatives (traffic evaporation).

I know that TfL are prepared to be bold and are considering such things (See their Cycle Design Standard, which while not ideal, and not always referred to by road engineers, does explore this)

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