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A while back I wrote an email to Camden Council asking about a partiularly shit bit of cycle lane about 10 yards long which is designed purely to push cyclists under the wheels of left-turning trucks. I actually got a nice reply explaining that there are indeed a lot of shit cycle lanes, and they are all under review as part of a new "joined up" network of cycle lanes - there is progress.
I do find though that the "good" cycle lanes which are separated from the road are rubbish because pedestrians don't understand them and always walk into bikes, so mostly I stay on the road. The best one I know is 2 yards long and cuts across a traffic island where cyclists used to cut across the traffic island anyway - up near Kings Cross. Sensible.
I was cycling round Madrid last week, and they're funny there. People only ride for fun, on full-fat mountain bikes, in circles round the park. No commuters or couriers, and not a fixie in sight.