TfL considering modifying cycle lane on Blackfriars Bridge

Things have evolved overnight.

There's now an LCC-led ride over the bridge. Congregate for 6pm departure from south side of Blackfriars Bridge. If you want to join the Critical Mass, you can do so afterwards.

More details here http://cyclelondoncity.blogspot.com/2011/07/bulldozers-move-in-on-saturday-this.html

I'll be at the LCC ride.

I think the issue with Boris is that he doesn't seem to intervene with TfL in the slightest and has allowed TfL to hire roads people who seem to think cycling is an anachronism. It's not a class issue. It's an issue about why the Mayor won't tell his transport people to focus on cycling properly. That's all this comes down to. The Mayor doesn't see us as a vote winner, essentially.

Great analysis by Christian Wolmar out today:

"Boris’s failure to understand how to turn London into a cycle friendly city with a range of measures – listed in the latest edition of London Cyclist – means that the cycle hire scheme will not achieve its full potential, and nor will London begin to see the levels of cycling common in large cities abroad."

[Sorry - don't want to repost in CM thread but this is relevant to both threads.]

well done,
its the same playing around the edges that the politicos do,
they are there for the photo shoots,
the will of population to cycle has never been greater in this country,
it will keep being stifled by weak leadership and playing round the edges