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  • ah, what rubbish. at junctions, you separate in time when you can't separate in space. that's what signals are for. you're as much a traffic engineer as i'm boris johnson.
    I was responding to the request to "physically" segregate....

    Anyway a couple of points on signals:

    1. I'm afraid cyclists don't always adhere to red lights
    2. There's nothing to stop cyclists using the traffic lane (as happens frequently on torrington place and bow). Unless of course you are also calling for a ban on cyclists using the road? Would require enforcement and fines too, you up for that?
    3. Most side roads don't have signals. Unless of course you are calling for every single junction to be signalised? Good luck with that one
    4. I know many cyclists don't care about causing gridlock, but most junctions in London are already running to capacity, time is a valuable commodity. We cause extra congestion, we get mass complaints from other motorists. We get issues with buses, with contracts, with the many thousnads of bus passengers, with taxis etc

    So you see, its not that simple

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