Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Another cyclist loses their life. | |
Posted by: | Michael Robinson | |
Date/Time: | 24/06/15 17:00:00 |
"it's giving drivers the message that bikes don't belong on the road, and it also scares people off of cycling. The best way to make cycling safer is to get more people doing it. The number of cyclists on London's roads is more than double what it was 15 years ago" I would say it is the other way round... what scares people off cycling is mixing on the road in close proximity to motor vehicles. The best way to get more people cycling is to make it safer. The model share of cycling in London is still tiny, about 2% currently. Some people seem to have a view of "oh, if we can't have segregated lanes everywhere, we shouldn't do them anywhere..." But even the Netherlands they only do segregated lanes where the volume and/or speed of motor traffic justifies it. There's no segregated lanes in residential areas but they try to limit the volume and speed of cars there. Asking the opinion of people who already cycle what is needed to get more people cycling isn't the answer - the question should be directed at the people who aren't cycling because you will need to get an awful lot of them to get modal share up to even 10%, let alone 15%. Saying "Oh, you just need to do what I do" won't work. (this assumes that people want to live in a place with 10% or more modal share for bikes. Based upon some comments on cw4, some non-cyclists would go apoplectic at the thought and some existing cyclists may be happy being a small minority and dislike the thought of all the hoi polloi doing it was well) |