| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Proposals for new cycleway in Brentford | |
| Posted by: | Raymond Havelock | |
| Date/Time: | 07/01/22 09:47:00 |
| The best thing about Cycling is the go anywhere ability - as long as you are fit and able enough to cycle. Cycleways do not address this at all. Sooner or later you have to leave the cycleway and continue on roads that have potholes, slippery surfaces and detritus and poor lighting and road markings. None of these have been even dressed in the slightest. Buses are being used less. But journey times on some local routes are way longer caused mainly by the chocking of artery routes enable cyclists. Many cyclists - including myself don't cycle withing the bollards of Kew Road or Isleworth because they are to dangerous to overtake or be overtaken by other cyclists and also the sheer number of cyclists who simply cannot ride a bike safely or properly and she no due care to other cyclists. It's pretty much the same on the proper routes. They are not terribly well designed. But the real damage is to commerce and livelihoods. Those who work unsocial hours ( and that's very high in this part of the country, also earl less but a car is the only way to make that living. Bus and public transport is often simply ruled out. Unreliable and disrupted too often simply because the infrastructure cannot cope as it is. TfL should focus on its core remit. Public Transport for all. Not just something that can serve only a few and those few who are well enough and fit enough to be able to cycle anywhere anyhow. The way all this is conceived and formulated is an insult to democracy and common sense, an abuse of taxpayers funding when simpler and better all round solutions are simply dismissed. And locally, the fact that the Best cycle route in London remains neglected and bereft of simple improvements which would make it a jewel in the Cycling Crown is the biggest indicator of ineptness by these planners. |