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It's not unreasonable for cycling to be prohibited in the tunnel. The tunnel is 2.7m wide and if you have a cyclist coming each way and a ped coming each way they won't all fit. The only sensible option is for everyone to be a similar moving speed pedestrian.
Maybe if there were less cyclists in there more pedestrians would walk through? As for injuries, sure none have be reported but the idea that no cyclist has ridden into a pedestrian is absurd. I've seen a couple of close passes down there myself (very infrequent user) so it must be happening, albeit without any serious injury.
I'm as pro cycling as anyone but IMO this is just not the space for it.