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ojwithbits
Sorry to hear about your crash. Spectacular fork break on the other bike--how did that happen?
I haven't looked at that yet, and I can't remember if I looked at drawings, but it's interesting that you call it a
Strictly speaking, a contraflow is a lane or track contrary to the flow of a one-way street, but I guess your usage here reflects the fact that they, as usual, didn't simply do what really needs doing here, which is to return the stupid Surrey Quays one-way system to two-way operation, but plonked a two-way cycle track into the one-way stretch of Lower Road. In a sense, the term 'two-way contraflow cycle lane/track' is a contradiction in terms, but to me it seems to show that the one-way operation still feels dominant to you (?), and it's therefore an interesting usage. Correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm not trying to ascribe ideas to you that you didn't mean to express.
Everyone else--it's not a contraflow lane. :)