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When you could actually get somewhere by car?

It was better for cycling too,if you knew how to ride properly. Fuck all these different lanes and asls, they don't fit or work. Get rid of the obstructions on the network and everyone will have a clearer journey.

If only it was so simple. :)

I agree with you on cycle lanes, cycle tracks, and ASLs, as well as a few other things.

The traffic management of the 90s contributed a great deal to an increase in motor traffic in London (which has obviously also been driven by the increase in London's population). Some of that has been pegged back with good policies like bus priority, but a number of these policies are under immediate threat.

It would be nice to think that 'smoothing the flow of traffic' could somehow reduce motor traffic. Unfortunately, it will do the exact opposite. We can only hope that this nonsense will be stopped again soon.