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I agree there's no problem with cars using the road from a spatial perspective, but the no entry signs were put up to stop the route becoming a rat run because of the school at one end and the playground at the other.
My issue is the lack of enforcement and the number of cars that speed through at 30mph plus. The police would be more useful located here with their speed guns than hiding behind a tree in Hyde Park.
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I ride through that every day...if you use the shared use path to the left on your picture then you should have no problems with cars; likewise the segregated cycle lane in the opposite direction. It's a bit baffling that they should put up so many signs telling drivers what to do but then not really give a shit about enforcing it, especially on a blind rise like this bridge, which becomes really dangerous at the speed a lot of drivers like to drive at!
With regards to council enforcement versus police enforcement...last summer a house opposite mine had a VERY loud party...no problem in the evening, it was a weekend, fair enough. Then the music continued beyond midnight until about 3am, at which point we called the police about it (grumpy old farts etc.). They drove by the house and told us that they couldn't do anything about it as the people having the party were indoors and not on the street, therefore it was the council who should enforce the noise complaint. Looked online for a number for the council; called it; offices closed until Monday. Useless. Went back to bed, and eventually got to sleep.