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Charlton... with immaculate access for cycling
FWIW I cycle daily from Putney to Woolwich and the Charlton stretch is one of the worst bits of road on the whole 25km route.
It has never once been swept or cleaned and every inch is strewn with glass, it's bumpy, filled with pedestrians standing in it by bus stops, drivers swing across the cycle path to turn into junctions without looking/caring. I hate it and I get a puncture there every couple of weeks
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The Guardian now has a string of articles about people giving up on cycling.
I noticed myself that nobody is really cycling, there are some pinch points in the city were you see cyclists in larger groups during peak times but that are just the few ones from all over London that get compressed into a small area. On my way in the morning from Woolwich up to Deptford there is almost nobody around compared to car traffic.
Same with the shopping area in Charlton, grid lock on the roads, rammed car parks and empty cycle racks and that's with immaculate access for cycling and walking from the east and west completely separated from cars.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/01/number-of-people-cycling-in-england-falls-a-year-after-2bn-plan
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/01/i-will-never-ride-a-bike-again-why-people-are-giving-up-on-cycling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/03/cycling-dangerous-children-pandemic-closed-lanes-tacks-road