Primary position

CTUK attended Transport for London’s Cycle Safety Seminar today at City Hall.
It’s focus was on ‘reducing conflict between lorries and cyclists on London’s roads’.
There were some intersting development's in TfLs thinking which are worth mentioning here:

**1. **Primary position by design
John Lee, the principle road engineer for TfL, presented current thinking in infrastructure engineering. An example he gave involves narrowing roads in some circumstances aiming to prevent drivers overtaking (wherever the cyclist chooses to position themselves in the lane). John also showed some alternative advance stop box design which aims to minimise issues around the feeder lane that encourages riders to the left of left turning vehicles. He stated that these ideas aim to minimise apparent conflict between NS cycle training messages and the way some roads are designed.

1. Educating drivers about where to expect cyclists.
   Another positive note that came out of that meeting follows on from the fact that many professional drivers, through on-bike cyclist awareness training, are beginning to understand why riders ride in the middle of the lane when they need to. While bus drivers and some HGV drivers are getting this message the average car and van driver are still confused by such behaviour and some act aggressively to cyclists in this position. TfL’s Better Routes and Places manager stated that TfL are now developing some new marketing/education material which will show riders positioned centrally in the lane and will be consulting CTUK and others through the Cycle Safety working group.
   
   

Chief Inspector Ian Vincent of the cycle Safety Squad is keen to hear reports about aggressive drivers. These can be sent via this website:
http://www.met.police.uk/roadsafelondon/