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@vinylvillain
London is badly designed and equiped for all modes of transport - driving around it is as much of a nighmare as cycling, which is a legacy of the fact that its a very old city where most of the residents current needs for transportaton were not even a consideration when it was built.
When we all bang on about how great foreign cities are for cycling in, a lot of them had bicycles taken into account when the road networks were designed.
I dont see any way of getting decent cycle lanes such as the Copenhagen one mentioned to work in London, without some serious redesign, upheaval and massive amount of invsetment, together with several years of works that would bring London to a halt.
To me the answer in London is better training for cyclists and drivers alike - most accidents are not caused by the road layout, but by people riding or driving like idiots