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Colin Rosenstiel · July 30th 06, 11:47 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article .com,
(Jonathan Morris) wrote:

The cycle network is a joke too, meaning you quickly come to realise
it's better (and often safer) to take to the road than use lanes that
can put you in serious danger.

As someone who bikes in Cambridge and London, London is well provided
with bike facilities and in some areas much better provided with
alternatives away from main roads which Cambridge just doesn't have.

What is noticeable is that London hasn't caught on to various devices
which are common in Cambridge. For example we have few one-way streets,
just streets with No Entry restrictions at one end which allow cycling
in both directions.

The biggest problem with that is where there isn't room for a cycle slip
lane bypassing a No Entry sign and No Motor Vehicles (low flying
motorcycles) signs have to be used instead. Almost every motorist seems
to believe that all such signs have "Except for Access" plates attached
even when they don't and they also believe that the exception always
includes them.

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Colin Rosenstiel