On 6 Jan, 14:01, spindrift wrote:
Olympic great Boardman: We must rethink roads so that riders feel safe
Mark Prigg
06.01.09

THE mastermind of Britain's cycling gold medal haul today called for a
complete overhaul of London's roads.

Pothole removal? Excellent!

Chris Boardman told the Evening Standard he wants to see roads
transformed to make them safe for cyclists.

They are, as safe as roads (or any hard surface)

Boardman, 40, said: "In order to make cycling in London viable Boris

It is viable

Johnson really needs to make some ballsy decisions, and now is the
time to do it.

"At the moment cars have priority and that has to change." Boardman
has proposed re-painting road markings to give cyclists more room and
giving them two-way access on one-way roads.


Paint? That does nothing -- see ASLs or the gutter-bound death lanes
with pictures of bikes on, perhaps enforcing the current laws (for
cars and cyclists alike) would be a good start.

Kensington and Chelsea council is already testing a scheme for
cyclists to be exempt from one-way road restrictions after hundreds of
cyclists were found to be flouting the rules. Boardman wants to see an
expansion of this kind of scheme across London.

Contraflow cycles lanes are quite easy to put in, just remember to
change the no-entry signs to no-motor vehicle

He said: "People just do not feel safe on the roads.

Only when you get criminals attempting to intimidate. IME that's bus
drivers and van drivers

I like The Standard making a sly dig in the article about "hundreds of
cyclists flouting rules"!

Number of cycle commuters in the UK= 1m

Number of uninsured drivers on UK roads= 1.2m.

Interesting statistics, any links to back that up?