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WashoutWheeler | 5 years ago
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I am a keen cyclist and as my club demands it a member of Britsh Cycling so have insurance.

I work close to spitalfields and each week have a least one near miss with a cretin on a bicycle going far to fast on the pedestrian area.

If Cyclists wish to have other road users respect them some of them need to start obeying the highway code and laws relating to where they can ride bicycles. That said I no longer cycle commute because after being kocked off  no less than four times by innatentive and arrogant car van and truck drivers I am fed up with missing club riding due to injury, I firmly belive the driving test should include on bike cycle training.

As for their pavement hog and unaware road based twits on bikes THEY do nothing to help their own safety ridng along texting, with headphones on or earbugs in, without lights, cutting up the inside of large vehicles, jumping lights etc is just begging to be killed in London.

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srchar | 5 years ago
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Oxford Street is a pretty miserable road to cycle down, not only because of the traffic, but also the sheer number of pedestrians.  Even with a cycle lane (which wasn't in the plan anyway), riding next to a largely pedestrianised Oxford Street would be hellish.

I use Mortimer Street instead.

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Beecho replied to srchar | 5 years ago
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srchar wrote:

Oxford Street is a pretty miserable road to cycle down, not only because of the traffic, but also the sheer number of pedestrians.  Even with a cycle lane (which wasn't in the plan anyway), riding next to a largely pedestrianised Oxford Street would be hellish.

I use Mortimer Street instead.

Yep, OS to be avoided at all costs. Likewise Rye Lane on my commute home. I stick an extra mile on each way, just in keeping it as pleasant as possible. Always slightly baffled to see cyclists slogging it out down roads from hell when parallel gems exist. Colleague of mine does it, saying he’d get lost using my routes. Rode home with him on his route once and it was enough to put anyone off cycling in London.

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perfect1964 | 5 years ago
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As a regular London cyclist commuter (100 miles plus every week) I wouldn't want cyclist allowed onto a pedestrianised Oxford Street. The speeds at which some cyclists seem to think they are entitled to go at on shared paths etc, I think it would simply put pedestrians at risk.

 

Cyclists are no more entitled to any special dispensation than motorists are if the question is one of pedestrian safety.

 

 

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EddyBerckx replied to perfect1964 | 5 years ago
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perfect1964 wrote:

As a regular London cyclist commuter (100 miles plus every week) I wouldn't want cyclist allowed onto a pedestrianised Oxford Street. The speeds at which some cyclists seem to think they are entitled to go at on shared paths etc, I think it would simply put pedestrians at risk.

 

Cyclists are no more entitled to any special dispensation than motorists are if the question is one of pedestrian safety.

 

 

 

I think I agree. Central london when busy (in the city, and around it) is horrible for peds walking into the road without looking or caring...and there will always be a minority of cyclists who ride like car drivers - rushed and with no consideration for others. This (now scrapped) scheme would only mean one thingif cyclists mixed - people will turn even more against cycling in the capital. Not what we want.

 

Not sure of the solution...but proper segregated routes away from here would be best?

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Username | 5 years ago
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I've mixed feelings about this. Removing the buses and taxis is a good thing but removing cycling is bad; it is used heavily as an East West cycle corridor, there are no alternatives either side of this corridor.

What really needs to be done, as in many European cities, is a high quality cycle path along the street and motors removed.

Neither WCC nor TfL would ever consider doing this so cancelling the whole thing is the least bad option for cycling.

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brooksby | 5 years ago
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As I understood it the Oxford Street pedestrianisation would have been just that - pedestrianisation, with no provision for cycling.

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roadmanshaq | 5 years ago
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Cowardly WCC bowing and scraping to their fuel burning overlords as per 

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Dnnnnnn replied to roadmanshaq | 5 years ago
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roadmanshaq wrote:

Cowardly WCC bowing and scraping to their fuel burning overlords as per 

It's a dreadful decision.

Come up with a better plan, sure, but this is bad for the street, bad for the millions who use it (not just a few NIMBY locals) and bad for the city. Bad, bad, bad. And it'll get worse when Crossrail starts pouring tens of thousands of passengers out of Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street.

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