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Cycle lanes “can’t come at a catastrophic cost to traffic flow” says Crispin Blunt MP
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They were talking pop-up cycle lanes on the World at One this lunchtime. Crispin Blunt MP – who helped force the removal of a pop-up lane in Reigate after just three days – paid lip service to the importance of new cycle lanes, before confidently asserting that they ,“can’t come at a catastrophic cost to existing traffic flow; nor should they come at a catastrophic cost to the business of a town centre.” Chris Boardman was on too, talking about the one on the A56 in Manchester. (There’s a bit more about that one further down the page.) There’s been talk about the A56 lane being binned, but it’s actually just a short stretch south of Sale that’s been abandoned. Boardman pointed out that most of it is still up and in use. “This isn’t actually a cycle lane at the moment,” he said. “It’s an alternative to public transport.” He highlighted the fact that one third of households in Greater Manchester don’t have access to a car. “On a normal day, there’s 320,000 people who travel around three miles to get to work, to shops etc,” he said. “200,000 of them – if we are to obey all the social distancing measures – either have to find another way to get to work or they don’t get to travel. “So right now this is actually about social justice and giving people an alternative – a safe alternative – to public transport for the moment by reallocating road space for them.” Pop-up bike lanes a necessary form of social justice says Chris Boardman. https://road.cc/content/news/cycling...16-2020-275491 |
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