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@s.walrus
So all these segregated lines and other measures to 'de-lycrafy' are to make sure cyclists all do a nice 4-5 mph on upright 40lb town bikes with nice baskets with puppies in? I'm all for improving roads for cyclists, but providing lanes to narrow to overtake wobbly nodders will just make the main carriage-way narrower, and worse for cyclists that don't want to be in a segregated lane, and motorists more cross when cyclists don't use them. Like many cyclists, I'm perfectly happy in amongst the traffic. This all feels very lowest common denominator and treating all cyclists like untrained children. I don't want to be a second class road user, with my own little special padded lane.