Skycycle ... Pie in the sky?

They could've easily done this in Shoreditch, but oh no, they decided to destroy it.

Looks like something out of Joel Sternfeld's "Walking the High Line".

I'd pay £1 per day if I could bitch slap every fuckwit I saw. Actually £100 per day. Actually, you could have everything I own minus the bike for that privilege.

Reported for threatening violence.

MK rapeways are littered with broken glass, badly signed or no signage (or the kids favourite, turn the sign the wrong way), dogs and yoot (sometimes yoot with dog) and shit.

However, if you know where you're going they can be quite enjoyable (as long as you don't stop for the yoot)

^this. I give it < 24hr before the first intrepid ped has the brainwave of using it as a car-free pathway.

This is an old story, September 2012:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2198032/SkyCycle-Artists-impression-gives-stunning-vision-Boris-planned-elevated-London-bike-network.html

it was a shit idea in Feb 2012 too.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3309140.ece

Silly season. Re-hashed articles, everyone's hungover. Two stories in today's papers are completely predicated on what some twat on facebook said- the free coffees in waitrose attracting chavs and Kirstie Allsop saying people without electricity should remember the Blitz spirit.

Reported for threatening violence.

serious?..

Building Skyways from scratch is a pish idea. Like a lot of thing like concept bikes and rear lights that draw a bike lane behind the rider it isn't something that should be given any real extra thought.

However, like the New York High Lines, it should inspire us to think a bit more creatively about where bikes can and should go. Whilst we are traffic and that should never be taken away from us, bikes, like many smaller forms of transport, have a lot in the way of flexibility and capacity to go beyond that. A lot of redundant space in the urban and transport environments is simply overlooked and could easily be repurposed for cycling, walking and other small transport. We should be pushing to have these spaces developed for us before someone else grabs it for less social reasons.

Naff idea. Cyclists belong on the road. Education and law enforcement is what's required. If I'm forced off the road I'll stop cycling.

Naff idea. Cyclists belong on the road. Education and law enforcement is what's required. If I'm forced off the road I'll stop cycling.

Cyclists don't "belong" on the road. Cyclists riding along the sea front aren't lamenting the absence of double yellow lines and twats in Audis. Cyclists ripping down North Shore trails in the woodland aren't wishing for mini roundabouts and poorly parked Royal Mail vans. Cyclists rolling around velodromes don't imagine better riding with ASLs and a bit of buffeting from a passing artic.

You're right that cyclists shouldn't be forced or legislated off the road but cyclists belong where cyclists have the facilities and rights to be.

This is an old story, September 2012:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2198032/SkyCycle-Artists-impression-gives-stunning-vision-Boris-planned-elevated-London-bike-network.html

This is an old catch, post 6:
http://www.lfgss.com/post4011033-6.html

serious?..

No, but I bludgeoned him to death tonight just to be on the safe side.

Caught Andrew Boff:

http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/london-assembly/members/andrew-boff
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Boff

unenthusiastically shiiling for this on R5L this afternoon.

He back pedalled on every question,
how much it was going to cost,
how long it would take to build,
and how much or even if cyclists would have to pay
to use it.
Seemed like a slow news day gave more exposure than the 'backers' had bargained for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVqVdQYC44Y

https://twitter.com/DesignMuseum/status/418742407698472960/photo/1

Pie in the Sky Cycle

How small are those people, in comparison to the train?

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/jan/02/norman-foster-skycycle-elevated-bike-routes-london

£220 million from Stratford to L.Street. £220 million.....

https://twitter.com/DesignMuseum/status/418742407698472960/photo/1

Looks windy.

In reality it would be 1 metre wide, with young fellows walking their illegal dogs from the comfort of their stolen MTB's going straight down the middle.

i think all the working class / not so working-working class people will have been bussed out to the provinces by the time this gets built.

Looks icy

The ramp looks covered in wet leaves, based on the trees at the bottom right