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Topic: Bill George
Posted by: Francis Sheehan
Date/Time: 13/06/22 09:27:00

It's hard not to agree with at least parts of your post, Bill.

I'm a cyclist, I've said a number of times, and in my opinion the problem with traffic is not the fact that a cycleway has taken a bit of road, but that the a lot of vehicles on the road seem to be having one occupant and, as stats show, are driven on very short distances. I also believe, having had more than my fair share of close shaves with cars (and having been run over) that a segregated cycle lane is needed. I try my utmost to be a careful road user but there's a limit when, to name but one thing I see every single day, cars don't give you right of way.

At the same time, though, this CS9 scheme is just not what was needed. The King Street portion is so badly designed that it's comical, between the fact that it's often at the same level as a very busy sidewalk, or that ridiculous jump from one side of the road to another. I haven't had the heart to check out what they've made of the Hammersmith gyratory yet but I expect it to be mayhem. The CHR bit is as bad: you can't turn into Turnham Green Terrace when coming Westbound, there's plenty of intersections with blind spots and the traffic lights... There's THIRTEEN traffic lights on the corner where Outsider Tart once was and I'm still not sure of who does what when. Going forward, the Kew Bridge intersection works only if one is coming from Chiswick.

I want better infrastructure, and I'm glad something is being done as there are cities in Central Asia with a better network of cycleways than post-Olympics London, but this doesn't mean that anything goes.

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Cycle Lane works12/06/22 10:49:00 Nicky McKenna
   Re:Cycle Lane works12/06/22 11:44:00 Mandy Waters
      Re:Re:Cycle Lane works12/06/22 12:32:00 Vanessa Smith
      Reply12/06/22 13:52:00 Rob Reynolds
         Re:Reply12/06/22 15:48:00 David Lesniak
            Re:Re:Reply Best Western12/06/22 18:03:00 Maggie Dodge
               Re:Re:Re:Reply Best Western12/06/22 20:10:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Reinstatement of left hand turn13/06/22 06:03:00 Maggie Dodge
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reinstatement of left hand turn13/06/22 07:39:00 David Lesniak
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reinstatement of left hand turn13/06/22 08:53:00 Francis Rowe
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reinstatement of left hand turn13/06/22 09:10:00 Bill George
                              Bill George13/06/22 09:27:00 Francis Sheehan
                                 Re:Bill George13/06/22 14:38:00 Mark Evans
                                    Re:Re:Bill George14/06/22 05:50:00 Francis Sheehan
                                       Re:Re:Re:Bill George14/06/22 09:26:00 Mark Evans
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Bill George14/06/22 10:50:00 Francis Sheehan
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bill George14/06/22 11:47:00 Mark Evans
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bill George15/06/22 10:02:00 Mark Evans
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Bill George15/06/22 11:14:00 David Lesniak
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bill George15/06/22 15:34:00 Jeremy Parkinson
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bill George16/06/22 08:49:00 Francis Sheehan
   Re:Cycle Lane works14/06/22 08:00:00 Philippa Bond
      Re:Re:Cycle Lane works15/06/22 11:14:00 Jayne Thorburn
         Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works15/06/22 13:48:00 Nora Watkins
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works15/06/22 19:36:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:Cycle Lane works16/06/22 09:17:00 Paul Campbell
      Re:Re:Cycle Lane works16/06/22 10:11:00 Kieran Fox
         Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works16/06/22 11:33:00 Mark Evans
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works16/06/22 11:58:00 Michael Robinson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works16/06/22 12:26:00 Bill George
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works16/06/22 13:08:00 Michael Robinson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works16/06/22 13:30:00 Bill George
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works16/06/22 13:09:00 David Lesniak
               Traffic or bike lane?16/06/22 14:31:00 Francis Sheehan
                  Re:Traffic or bike lane?16/06/22 14:57:00 Bill George
                     Re:Re:Traffic or bike lane?16/06/22 16:01:00 Adrian Irving
                        Re:Re:Re:Traffic or bike lane?16/06/22 16:15:00 Bill George
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Traffic or bike lane?16/06/22 16:50:00 Michael Robinson
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Traffic or bike lane?16/06/22 17:38:00 Mark Evans
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Traffic or bike lane?17/06/22 10:53:00 Michael Robinson
                        Re:Re:Re:Traffic or bike lane?16/06/22 17:35:00 Adrian Irving
                  Re:Traffic or bike lane?17/06/22 05:10:00 David Lesniak
                     Re:Re:Traffic or bike lane?17/06/22 06:21:00 Francis Sheehan
                        Re:Re:Re:Traffic or bike lane?17/06/22 13:50:00 David Lesniak
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Traffic or bike lane?17/06/22 16:58:00 Francis Sheehan
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works16/06/22 17:30:00 Mark Evans
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works17/06/22 00:36:00 Michael Preece
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works17/06/22 05:12:00 David Lesniak
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works17/06/22 10:02:00 Bill George
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works17/06/22 10:32:00 Michael Robinson
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works17/06/22 11:13:00 Bill George
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works17/06/22 14:24:00 Michael Robinson
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works17/06/22 14:32:00 Paul Campbell
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works17/06/22 17:52:00 Ed Saper
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Lane works17/06/22 18:29:00 David Lesniak
                        Re: Bill George05/07/22 13:18:00 Richard Cathcart
                           Re:Re: Bill George05/07/22 14:17:00 Bill George
                              Re:Re:Re: Bill George (2)05/07/22 16:27:00 Richard Cathcart
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A4 alternative 17/06/22 10:19:00 Maggie Dodge
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A4 alternative 17/06/22 13:59:00 Anne England
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A4 alternative 17/06/22 16:04:00 Maggie Dodge
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A4 alternative 17/06/22 17:19:00 Ed Saper
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A4 alternative 17/06/22 14:00:00 David Lesniak
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Euston 21/06/22 09:30:00 Maggie Dodge
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Euston 21/06/22 13:10:00 David Lesniak
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