Shared road space

Perhaps it is now incumbent on cycle trainers to emphasise pedestrian priority a little more in training. Even include this (Give way to pedestrians who are crossing the road) as a level 2 outcome.

I have noticed that recently the somewhat hysterical stories about cyclists being a "menace" to pedestrians has increased both in frequency and stridance. We all know what the main threat is to all our safety...

Personally, I always get a few pithy examples of ped priority into my sessions but if TFL are trying to lump us all together in "shared space" it really is only going to get worse. Pedestrians do not want to share the space with people moving faster then them, in my experience. We all know that speed differentials make a big impact (see what i did there?)

Integrate, segregate or share? NS cycling is not at odds with segregation as is so often stated in various pro infrastructure blogs. In reality it is a form of segregation. It segregates pedestrians from people using vehicles. Real integration is shared space.