Gyratory traffic schemes, extended one - way systems etc

I generally don't find E&C north difficult - only occassionally at specific time of day: a late night 'rush-hour' of people either going out late or going home from being out I guess, you get a wierd dazzling lights effect and people don't seem to be able to see you always (coming from me who is not afraid of flashy-flashy-lights-in-the-middle-of-your-lane action) and the driving is super-erratic. That's when I feel nervous. Daytime and regular rush-hour not too bad. Something about the openness of the surroundings means drivers tend to give you a bit of room. Maybe cyclists look a bit vulnerable in the sea of lanes and non-lanes.

It does have a very poor collision record for cyclists. I looked at the figures some years ago.

The south roundabout has been hugely improved - I really didn't like it before going south towards kennington, with cars turning into walworth rd.

Well, for starters it's not a roundabout any more. :) It's still a very capacious junction, clearly better than before, but the original proposals were watered down.

The south side of Westminster Bridge round the new hotel - took some getting used to (was alarmed the first time I went round there to be confronted by a double-decker bus heading straight towards me, the drivers around me also seemed to do a bit of a double-take), but is now fine.

I think that whole area is still a total disaster and the local authority should have intervened there much more strongly.