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@Carey
The royal parks agency is fascinating and very frustrating. The way I see it, institutionally they see themselves as custodians of the parks, the former hunting grounds of kings, the private rose gardens of royalty, the meadows of central london. The idea of enabling cycling, a democratic form of transport increasing public usage of royal parks, is just not compatible with this. I don't think this view has changed and sadly i dont think it will change. The EWCS in Hyde Park was hard fought, but still no changes to kensington gardens and the "missing link" parallel to bayswater road. CS11 was a tangible opportunity, and even The Crown Estates Paving Commission had made positive moves towards this, but sadly TfL got that wrong with WCC.