| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The end of CS9 ? | |
| Posted by: | Claire Moran | |
| Date/Time: | 30/05/18 15:16:00 |
| From yesterday's Daily Mail:- Britain’s most powerful transport tsar has now admitted that the the speedy expansion of controversial cycle ‘superhighways’ has actually slowed traffic for motorists. Mike Brown, the commissioner for Transport for London, criticised the cycle lane expansion in London as ‘ill judged’ and ‘ill thought through’. He apologised to motorists who say that the segregated cycle lanes are exasperating traffic problems. Mr Brown, who is a passionate supporter of cycle lanes, said that they had been hurried through under Boris Johnson during his eight-year tenure as London mayor. Cycling groups, council chiefs and safety campaigners say that the lanes reduce congestion and pollution - which causes thousands of premature deaths in Britain every year - and that they make the roads safer. But the lanes have infuriated some drivers who claim they are stuck in traffic for longer because part of the road has been taken over by bikes. Now, Mr Brown's attack on one of Mr Johnson’s flagship policies will likely spark more contentious debate about the further roll out of cycle lanes around the country. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5781905/Cyclists-London-white-male-middle-class-says-bike-tsar-rise-Mamils.html#ixzz5GziGGbVM Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |