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Cycling in london is not dangerous if you take reasonable caution and has many benefits.
The reason that people are put off by it is because when people die it is so horrible it causes anxiety much in the way people are afraid of flying because airplane crashes the tv makes traumatic viewing, all this despite it being a well known fact that it's the safest way to travel.
So if we can open doors and convince people to try it because it is now safer (even though it's actually made no difference or not) it will only be a good thing because they will eventually realise it's not as bad as previously percepted. Perhaps like a rollacoaster in that your own really frightened first time.Educating people is great some people will benefit from it but truth is it will make no difference to others, only when they try it will they realise the benefits of cycling. So we need to make it more appealing call it marketing. Boris has already said we can't segregate everywhere we don't have the room, just roads where it can be intimidating/ daunting, and junctions that even experienced cyclists have to have there wits about them need to be improved/segregated.
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That's a circular argument. Is cycling in London dangerous or not?
If it is, then the only way to make it safe is to segregate all cycles from motorised traffic. If it isn't, then the danger is perceived, not actual, and the solution lies in educating people to change the perception, rather than altering our road network to fit in with their perception of what's safe.