tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post8023988349823838023..comments2024-03-29T04:56:21.385+00:00Comments on The Ranty Highwayman: London Cycling Infrastructure Safari Part 2: Cycle Superhighways (Quality May Vary)The Ranty Highwaymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-4308010845411316012015-12-30T06:48:34.809+00:002015-12-30T06:48:34.809+00:00Thanks Bikemapper. Of course, not being involved i...Thanks Bikemapper. Of course, not being involved in the schemes, I don't know what data is being collected and so I can only ever go by anecdote with this sort of tour.The Ranty Highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-19775936994516613132015-12-28T14:38:38.520+00:002015-12-28T14:38:38.520+00:00The reason I prefer the scientific approach is tha...The reason I prefer the scientific approach is that science never conducts itself as a popularity contest. It's not about how many page views you have, or how many twitter followers, it's whether you can make definite predictions about the results of future observations through testable, reproducible, and falsifiable theories.<br /><br />You say that the journey starts with one step (or turn of the wheel), but what is the evidence that isolated high-engineered schemes are the best place to begin? Where's that written down?<br /><br />Happy New Year, Ranty. I look forward to the debate.bikemapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902775699101288384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-5626012781487244392015-12-16T19:26:52.021+00:002015-12-16T19:26:52.021+00:00yes, there will be route reassignment from awful r...yes, there will be route reassignment from awful roads to the CSH, but as anything, the journey starts with one step (or turn of the wheel). I will reserve the debate and judgement until the Summer...The Ranty Highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-50033996587567990382015-12-16T19:08:15.157+00:002015-12-16T19:08:15.157+00:00Dammit :) Thanks for the link, I knew it was being...Dammit :) Thanks for the link, I knew it was being looked at, seems it is in safe hands!The Ranty Highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-5677780537155368662015-12-14T12:43:04.865+00:002015-12-14T12:43:04.865+00:00Helps if I post the link I suppose...
https://lan...Helps if I post the link I suppose...<br /><br />https://landorlinks.app.box.com/s/yvi85db7h1g632hz28u2yrcw7v3s2hm4<br /><br />Andy R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-34560232089789347632015-12-14T12:42:41.072+00:002015-12-14T12:42:41.072+00:00I think the pictures look great, but I must confes...I think the pictures look great, but I must confess, I only read the concluding paragraph. As I understand it, both the main Mayoral candidates have put the brakes on the CS programme, which is potentially bad news for CS4, the remainder of CS5, CS9 and CS10, with CS6 and CS12 having already been cancelled. According to the LCC website, CS11 is due for completion by December 2016.<br /><br />You probably saw that the Sunday Politics show recently showed pictures of an empty cycle highway. Just to put this into some perspective, Simon Munk's three-and-a-half minute video of him using CS5 (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XyifFpZupk" rel="nofollow">here</a>) shows three other cyclists and more than <a href="https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/a-question-of-legitimacy/" rel="nofollow">sixty pedestrians</a>.<br /><br />Anyway, they had a debate about the cycle superhighways, and Camilla van Deurs was asked if she had concerns about schemes like this in a city like London. "The real concern," she said, "is the connecting network." <br /><br />How long will Londoners have to put up with, to some extent, empty cycle superhighways and busy roads full of traffic? "Well," Camilla van Deurs explained, "the surrounding network is simply not there yet [...]. Unless this becomes a fine grain network that supersedes [sic] all the different areas within London, there's simply not going to be enough people to get to the cycle highways."<br /><br />Now, I know from Janette Sadik-Khan's TED talk (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LujWrkYsl64" rel="nofollow">here</a>) that in New York they "moved quickly to create an inter-connected network of lanes."<br />Camilla van Deurs made the point that, as a result, the cycling population in New York increased by over 500% "in just two years". Comparatively, she also noted that the number of *new* cyclists increases by 20% on just one route "if there is a kerb". <br /><br />So this is the point, then. If you have a cycling population of, say, 250,000, and if 2,000 cyclists use one particular route, and you install a kerb along this route, then at the end of the first year, your cycling population would number 250,400; at the end of the second year 250,880; and so on.<br /><br />Andrew Gilligan is reporting a 30% increase in cycle traffic on the new section of CS5, but I'll bet anyone a pound to a pinch of dust that most of that increase is due to *existing* cyclists who have adjusted their route.<br /><br />Anyway, you're suggesting that, come the summer, you will be able to say, "See! What was all the fuss about? Isolated pieces of high-quality infrastructure <i>do</i> work!" Well, we already know that's not true, so it will be interesting to see what happens.bikemapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902775699101288384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-88519940771017140952015-12-14T12:41:08.490+00:002015-12-14T12:41:08.490+00:00"...especially with vertical curbs..."
S..."...especially with vertical curbs..."<br />Sirrah! I trust you will understand when I tell you I will be writing to the CIHT!<br /><br />Secondly, the link below has presentations given at this year's Cycle City-Active City conference in Newcastle. You may have seen them, but on the second page is a presentation regarding the Olympic Park actually called 'Cycling in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - Getting it Right the Second Time', which may be of interest.<br /><br />Andy R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-43633901426695627832015-12-12T07:23:44.149+00:002015-12-12T07:23:44.149+00:00I've not ridden that direction, but it looks p...I've not ridden that direction, but it looks pretty damn useless doesn't it.The Ranty Highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-66434798103491401022015-12-12T07:22:01.950+00:002015-12-12T07:22:01.950+00:00Louvres! Actually they do have them on - it is to ...Louvres! Actually they do have them on - it is to stop "see through", except they didn't there!The Ranty Highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-3870938559011641852015-12-12T01:49:45.657+00:002015-12-12T01:49:45.657+00:00Would be interesting to know your opinion on this ...Would be interesting to know your opinion on this section: <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKrQUfJf1kgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-6322177960924858092015-12-11T22:25:10.004+00:002015-12-11T22:25:10.004+00:00At the Mile End 2-stage - could they put (I don...At the Mile End 2-stage - could they put (I don't know the technical term, but essentially a venetian blind effect) on the wrong signal you followed so you can't see it from the point where you were?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com