tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post6116634775940589051..comments2024-03-18T08:51:07.314+00:00Comments on i b i k e l o n d o n: One year on, London's Olympic legacy still lays in its roadsibikelondonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-26150791766219352822013-08-01T20:51:42.842+01:002013-08-01T20:51:42.842+01:00I am wondering that where they gonna park these cy...I am wondering that where they gonna park these cycles! they need to have some services from <a href="http://www.goldparking.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Gatwick Airport Parking </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14380430319120244127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-1742599369409247572013-07-31T08:25:54.929+01:002013-07-31T08:25:54.929+01:00it has been a great year time for London and sport...it has been a great year time for London and sport and all involved in the community. Question is what now. It has been a battle to encourage cycling but with such fast pace of life and work demands in London I can see why we are struggling to get more people involved.flower delivery guyhttp://www.flowerstation.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-51554765224375426992013-07-26T14:51:43.695+01:002013-07-26T14:51:43.695+01:00It very much depended where you were cycling. My c...It very much depended where you were cycling. My cycle into London from the West was worse than usual thanks to the removal of an advance stop line opposite Upper Brook Street. Additionally, cycling through Hyde Park was far from satisfactory (the closures this year are much less arduous, but we must remember that this key traffic free route east-west gets partially closed year round!) As such, I was quite happy to have a week off. When it came to going to the Olympic Park, I concluded from the death and the lack of a safe route across town that I was best placed to just use the public transport alternative.<br /><br />But yes, it was shown that space could be reallocated quickly, and that overall traffic levels in London do not depend on heavy use of private cars. Just that, along the way we took out a few key facilities without providing any alternative. Still quite bad at that. And the vision is pretty quiet on such matters, which given that roadworks have been implicated in recent deaths is quite a gap.nuttyxanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04398218650078777448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-61805414249857666922013-07-26T10:07:40.930+01:002013-07-26T10:07:40.930+01:00@Monchberter I agree! It was a fantastic time to b...@Monchberter I agree! It was a fantastic time to be cycling in London (although strangely I didn't cycle to any of the ticketed events I attended; those free travel passes were just too tempting!)<br /><br />@Anonymous I know the route you describe very well, and the section around Tower Hill is usually particularly poor. This will, in the future, form part of the "Cross rail for bikes" route, but of course we wait to see if they'll get round to building it and to what quality it will be...<br /><br />I totally agree that it is too easy to forget just how different London was during the Games, and I hope the lessons that the city CAN operate in a different way won't be forgotten.<br /><br />When I took the photos, above, on the night of the Opening Ceremony it was EXACTLY like a Zombie movie!!ibikelondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-33775986224961950722013-07-26T09:53:57.862+01:002013-07-26T09:53:57.862+01:00Cycling to work at the time was an incredible expe...Cycling to work at the time was an incredible experience. <br /><br />Leaving the traffic nightmare that is the A13 behind (I ride next to it on the CS3) I get to tower hill, then embankment/parliament square and on into fulham and...bloody hell. Where are the cars!?!?!?!?!?<br /><br />It was like one of those zombie films...just cyclists and a few black cabs and white vans - it was a hell of a lot more than a 10-15% reduction of traffic on my route!<br /><br />Embankment doesn't need to be a coach and car park, you can run a city by putting the private car 2nd/3rd/4th/etc.<br /><br />I really hoped at the time people would take note - maybe they have? <br /><br />Lets not let them forget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-42891060903244233372013-07-26T09:14:56.464+01:002013-07-26T09:14:56.464+01:00The Olympic fortnight was some of the best of time...The Olympic fortnight was some of the best of times i've ever had for cycling in London too. The games lanes had their idiosyncrasies and odd restrictions, but the sheer lack of traffic (save the odd rushing games car) made cycling a real joy and demonstrated the potential London has for being so much more cycling friendly.Monchberterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00235546004719228395noreply@blogger.com