tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post2438313928108681615..comments2024-03-18T08:51:07.314+00:00Comments on i b i k e l o n d o n: Why the Mayor and TfL are wrong about Blackfriars Bridge...ibikelondonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-74082546926852846602022-06-03T03:15:26.747+01:002022-06-03T03:15:26.747+01:00visiter le site Source visitez leur site Web sac... visiter le site <a href="https://www.dolabuy.ru/fr/dionysos-c-157_168_183/gucci-miroir-copie-luxe-476432-dionysus-gg-super-mini-sac-p-4790.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>Source</strong></a> visitez leur site Web <a href="https://www.dolabuy.ru/fr/gg-marmont-c-157_168_169/7-%C3%A9toiles-gucci-luxury-gg-marmont-petite-poign%C3%A9e-sup%C3%A9rieure-498110-sac-p-1688.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>sacs de répliques en ligne</strong></a> lien du site <a href="https://www.dolabuy.ru/fr/montsouris-c-157_158_344/louis-vuitton-vente-en-gros-m45502-montsouris-sac-%C3%A0-dos-monogram-empreinte-cuir-p-3144.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>sacs répliques hautes</strong></a>neesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17471636759312416945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-93018591403007902011-04-10T19:01:47.136+01:002011-04-10T19:01:47.136+01:00has anyone counted the traffic in this, I got to 2...has anyone counted the traffic in this, I got to 200 cyclists and had to give up there must be getting on for 300... its a bit hard to guage the number of cars and buses from this... is this video a fair representation or have you cut out cars? <br /><br />Where you can see the whole road eg the shot of the lights at 1'32" to 1'43" there are 24 bikes to 5 motorbikes/scooters, 3 black cabs and 6 cars... these sort of figures on the bridge should be devastating to TFLs capacity obsession.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09273859403782738268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-56722397168953676822011-03-28T15:31:59.408+01:002011-03-28T15:31:59.408+01:00I'm struck by the huge predicted jump in foot ...I'm struck by the huge predicted jump in foot trafic on the bridge, which TFL plan to accommodate <i>with...</i> a 50% increase in the speed limit for traffic!<br /><br />You couldn't make it up if you tried.<br /><br />AlexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-85457583001560440962011-03-28T15:10:25.202+01:002011-03-28T15:10:25.202+01:00Brilliant film Mark, and great soundtrack!
I wrot...Brilliant film Mark, and great soundtrack!<br /><br />I wrote to my MP this morning, and included a link to your post so he can see what the dry statistics mean for real.<br /><br />There have been loads of letters and emails on this to TfL, and to a handful of sympathetic London Assembly members who have taken up the cudgels on this. We could really do with more people writing to their MPs, especially Conservatives and LibDems as the Pols on board so far are Labour and Green.<br /><br />I don't think there is any point making technical comments to them (although you could link to CityCyclists' post with the Shawcross-Jones-Biggs letter). Personally, I majored on how a pro-car roads policy, however appropriate (or not) in Orpington or Guildford makes absolutely no sense in the middle of a huge city with minimal parking, stratospheric land values, and (relatively) excellent public transport facilities, and how the emphasis on the economic cost of road congestion is misdirected - there at least 10 time as many people walking London's streets as driving them, and (perhaps cynically) on average their £ per hour value is rather higher.<br /><br />They just don't have lobby groups like the SMMT and the oil companies to shout louder for them.Paul Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929808238663838155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-66439805467712258112011-03-28T12:10:17.861+01:002011-03-28T12:10:17.861+01:00@stuff Quite. Indeed, in a previous video we foun...@stuff Quite. Indeed, in a previous video we found that if all of London's daily cyclsits rode an average car instead of a bike they'd make a tailback 2240km long.<br /><br />http://ibikelondon.blogspot.com/2010/06/love-londons-cyclists.htmlibikelondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-37519672791236922082011-03-28T12:07:45.974+01:002011-03-28T12:07:45.974+01:00Imagine if all those cyclists in your (excellent) ...Imagine if all those cyclists in your (excellent) video were in cars, then we would see endless tailbacks of taxis, etc.kimbofohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835455719574306772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-21278483713073412792011-03-28T10:38:40.168+01:002011-03-28T10:38:40.168+01:00Maybe what we should have is a bridge dedicated to...Maybe what we should have is a bridge dedicated to bicycles only put up on the pillars of the old bridge of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. If it was only carrying bikes it would not be expensive, though I guess the entry and exit to it would be tricky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-27151804684877853102011-03-28T10:34:39.144+01:002011-03-28T10:34:39.144+01:00TfL's own (now historic) cycle survey of North...TfL's own (now historic) cycle survey of Northbound cycle traffic on Blackfriars bridge indicates that 15% of this cycle traffic is heading from Waterloo to the City - effectively parallel traffic to the eponymous Tube line. When (in 2006-07) the Tube line shut for rebuilding, cycle use at Waterloo exploded with the racks rammed so full that many cyclists needed help to park or extract their bikes. This route requires a right turn at Blackfriars and either the messy Upper Ground connection, or using the Stamford Street lights. <br /><br />I've recorded this pictorially since 2002 (when the cycle lane opened, and in 8 years the cycle racks on the cab road have had to be increased in number from around 30 to over 320 (over 1000% in 8 years) and not counting the 126 Barclay bike spaces that empty in 30 minutes every morning between 07.15 and 07.45. There are 50 SWT leased Bromptons and those I've asked all went to The City from Waterloo, and a spot count at the most popular exit route (Exit3) gives a figure of over 500 bikes Plus an uncounted number in cycling kit going to the bike racks per hour. 40% of this number are Brompton bikes.<br /><br />Exit 3 (and to a lesser extent Exits 1/2 are the key points to capture cyclists for a survey, and I'd suggest a simple count and handing out a request to e-mail of SMS a contact detail along with the start and end postcode for the journey, (with the SMS number/e-mail address identifying the cyclist as a WAT/WAE rail passenger.<br /><br />I-bike do you reckon that floating an e-mail address and request for those using Blaskfriars Bridge to post their origin & destination postcodes plus an indication of frequency of use, and if a London rail station is the starting point<br /><br />TfL's own figures show that cycles are now over 25% of the peak hour vehicle flows over London's river bridge crossingsand this number appears to have a heavy bias towards Blackfriars Bridge, with next rankings to London Bridge, and Waterloo Bridge (linked to the cycle-rail and direct routes in to the City core from South of the Thames from Borough High Street and Elephant & Castle/Lambeth respectively.<br /><br />One ironic 'customer' for pedestrian (and possibly cycle) use across Blackfriars Bridge is the group of London Rail operators who use Friarsgate House as their London base...and the nearest stations include Blackfriars.Dave Hnoreply@blogger.com