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The only real solution with this level animosity is to make high street ken a TFL road and force it through..this will however pass on all future maintenance costs, so they won't be too keen, but it has been talked about.
This and Swiss cottage should have been priorities to make cycle friendly absolute tragedy a few noisy locals can stop it.
Chiswick put up a fight but common sense prevailed.
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I'm convinced that as K&C are so anti-cycling, and have been for years, that some senior bods in the Council were dumped by their wives, who ran off with a cyclist, who was obviously funnier, better looking, fitter, healthier, a better lover and all round more awesome than some fat wheezing grey K&C droid. And that bitterness and jealousy has festered or years.
The problem is K&C and Westminster think they are special (ie better) than other boroughs. I used to work in K&C and the 'Bike it' officer at the time said his post was effectively useless as they blocked everything, and were determined to do the bare minimum in terms of public health but had particular animosity towards cyclists. His hands were effectively tied, poor sod.
I don't know how one borough can be so obstructive and why TFL can't just overrule their lame objections. Surely if all the other 30+ boroughs accept the benefits of cycling and co-operate with TFL, and only one objects, and that one has for years consistently raised objections at every turn, then its surely time to look at that borough with more scrutiny, and start forcing through these plans.
It is so obviously discriminatory against cyclists, I don't know how they've been allowed to get away with it for so long. Their objections offer nothing new, its the same old lame taxi drivers 'total gridlock' claim, and un-evidenced threats to business, that I'm sure other boroughs have tried before. And if that excuse has not washed elsewhere why is it even being given the time of day for K&C? They are single handedly obstructing the cross London integrated Super Highway scheme and creating double standards.
Out of interest is there data for accidents and injuries involving cyclists in K&C? Is it the worst or amongst the worst in London? If it is amongst the worst, can that not be used against them as evidence that their obstructive policy is actively harming not only cycling infrastructure progress, but cyclists themselves?
Those bastards need railroading into submission once and for all.