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Hackney didn't invent that (and riders don't ride on the zebra bit). It's called a 'tiger crossing' and has been used in many places, although it took years to be approved in the UK. In this location, it's not much of an improvement over what was there before (a very unorthodox crossing with 'elephant's feet' road markings), but it's wider and makes more of a fuss than the previous narrower, cycling-only crossing, which means that drivers are more likely to stop (it's harder for them to nip across because it looks as if they're more likely to block a part of it).
While that design is appropriate in Richmond Road, it isn't the best that could be achieved there. That would be a proper junction with zebra crossings on either side instead of the cycle crossing being a secondary alignment and only one zebra crossing.
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Oliver Schick
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Such a mad creation by Hackney Council. Like the zebra crossing for cyclists on Richmond Road they invented a few years ago.