Cycle campaigning

although being pro-cycling on roads (without being segregated into a narrow bicycle-lane queue),
do quite like the concluding paragraph of the LCC-referenced ES-article by Jasmine Gardner,

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It’s simply a matter of priorities. Assume that the greatest need is for motor traffic to flow freely through our streets and we will get nowhere. Put the bike first and suddenly it frees up a lot of options, and cars no longer have to get first refusal on space. Putting motorists first never does cyclists any favours — and much worse, it kills us.
](http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/jasmine-gardner-deaths-show-how-urgently-cyclists-need-space-8716980.html?origin=internalSearch)

and lets face it, there is never going to be enough road space for everybody in London to drive about in 'free-flow', generally the traffic moving through central London can only travel at a slow average speed due to the restricted space; which reminds me of an article by 'leading transport commentator',

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The number of cars coming into central London must be further reduced. Everything flows from that simple concept. There are a whole host of measures which can be used to discourage car use and encourage alternatives: reducing fares, creating more cycle and bus lanes, getting rid of gyratory systems that have become speedways, expanding the congestion charge zone and making it more sophisticated, creating a universal 20 mph limit, pedestrianisation (especially of Oxford Street) and much more.
](http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/2013/03/london-is-booming-but-needs-a-transport-rethink/)