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This is a similar design to the one planned for 9 elms.
Except there they have added loading bays, too.
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It's weird in the other direction too. Short segregated lane dumps you in the middle of the pavement. Never seen anyone using it.
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It was redesigned and rebuilt under the dangerous junctions scheme by Boris. Like Oval it suffers from being a piecemeal approach. The road running up the hill isn't a junction and was therefore outside of the designers remit. I would also say there is a flaw in the philosophy of peninsularisation, where one arm of the gyratory is closed, cf. E&C. It adds a ton of complexity to the junction design and without the political will to provide time as well as space through the junction it's a mixed bag for segregated cycling.
The obvious and tried solution is a bus stop bypass as you have on Blackfriars and elsewhere. Sadiq has been thoroughly underwhelming so far in producing infrastructure so don't expect any changes soon.
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Has anyone spotted the danger presented to cyclists by the new cycle lane routing on the A1 north of Archway in N London?
The route starts with a segregated cycle lane running uphill and parallel with the A1 6 lane dual carriageway. All tickety boo. But.....
Halfway up the hill the segregated cycle lane ends and joins the bus lane just short of a bus stop. If a bus HAS stopped then the options are:
Stop behind the bus and wait for it to move; sometimes busses stand here for a few minutes or...
Overtake the stationary bus which means you're in the middle lane of the 3 lane northbound A1 with all the arse nipping joy of a slow uphill with speeding traffic racing out of London behind you.
The cfb planner who came up with this isn't a cyclist. He's a sadist.