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@Oliver Schick
What exactly do you want me to add to the issue?
The LCC has been quite critical of this project:
http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1513
We've criticised in particular the extremely tight timetable for delivering the first two routes and we're not optimistic that they'll be very good. We'll continue to engage with the process:
http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1673
There's no point in opting out of it, as the project can only benefit from us staying involved, but we certainly don't think it's the best possible project TfL could be running. It falls under too many of the constraints imposed by TfL concerning motor traffic capacity and isn't being given enough priority inside the organisation.
There are of course very good aspects to the project, such as the 'soft measures', e.g. smarter travel projects, but little is being done about junctions and major barriers to cycling, like one-way gyratories, for improvements that would really make a difference. Hopefully, more things like this will happen in the next two phases, but it'll be a lot of work.