Vote on segregated cycle superhighways could help make London a city of the future | Environment | The Guardian

Tomorrow's vote on segregated cycle superhighways could help make London a city of the future | Environment | The Guardian:



In words, most reminiscent of 'I'm not racist, but...' quote by Steve McNamara LTDA( Licensed Taxi Drivers Association ) says 'We’re genuinely not anti-cyclist. Half the guys in my office cycle to work. What we need in London is a scheme that works from everyone'  as a way of objecting to a new cycle super highway in London. 


This reminds us that space in London ( and many cities ) is a zero sum game. To expand cycle provision we must remove car provision. There is a terrific logic to this there are 2000 new people a day in London and they need to get to work too. Car's are spatially very inefficient ( both when moving and when parked)  so from a capacity planning point of view it makes sense to swap space to a more compact form of transport ( the bike). This creates resistance to change which creates more problems. 


Naturally the solution is to think outside the box - or in this case think off the ground. Elevated cycle schemes ( both track and wire-rail) add a new dimension to transport and can do this without compromising the space for existing road users.