Cycle Superhighway Extension - East.

As an aside, is there any evidence that segregation is actually safer or less safe in and of itself?

I can't help feeling it's more about people THINKING it makes you safer, thus encouraging more people to start cycling, and any net safety increase coming from increased cyclists on the roads.

I can't think of how it wouldn't be safer. I mean, it must be. People commuting on bikes don't generally hurt or kill themselves by spontaneously hurling themselves off their bikes (racing, mountain-biking, trials etc. are obviously a bit more risky in their own right). They are hurt or killed by collisions with motor vehicles. Therefore, separating the two types of transport must be safer for cyclists.

And if the segregation is in place, then the "increased cyclists" wouldn't be on the roads, they'd be on the segregated cycle paths.