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blue quarter mile down Whitechapel in segregation
Have you looked at the plans? It provides significant segregation for nearer 4 miles including the piece up to Stratford.
Backstop-
4 miles of weaving out of traffic, onto the pavement, behind bus stops, across pedestrian crossings, between narrowing kerbs and back into traffic, only to be run down by a driver in the famously cycle-friendly Stratford town center by a driver who reckons you should be on the blue path that he kindly bought for you with his road tax.
Great.
But seriously, how many new interactions (crossings, turns, entries and exits) does the new segregated lane demand of cyclists vs riding in the road? I'd be interested to see.
Kidneys
Unleashing myself asap. I also totally forgot the rest of the country existed. Classic.
I know its safe, we know its safe, but the people we're trying to convince are alarmingly easy to please with blue paint and out-of-sight-infrastructure. Unfortunately hiding some cyclists from the cars doesn't really address the problem with cars running people over :(. Even if people are tempted out of their boxes to ride the blue quarter mile down Whitechapel in segregation, what happens when they get spat out into a road full of cars that think they shouldn't be there?
I'm all for better infrastructure, with particular attention to junctions etc. But all the new stuff I have seen appears to be more of a political vanity project than anything else. Its easier to score points with visible stuff like blue paint and kerbs than it is with new legislation or cycling proficiency, and that's why i'm sceptical.