You will find that cyclists are in favour of more trees not less. I hate it when they chop mature trees but these ones seem to grow very close to the building and they might have cut them down anyway in the near future. At least they're planting 6 new trees in return for cutting those 3 mature ones. Let's hope they all survive and thrive in this polluted environment.
I started having a big rant about badly designed cycle lanes at junctions (funnelling bikes to the left of left-turning traffic), then thought it was worth looking at the actual plan.
£130,000 for that!!!
It seems that the new road just skims past the trees so they could have adjusted the width by taking a bit more space from the opposite pavement
Last Saturday, I was at that junction and thought it was a pity we could not turn right into Waterloo Road towards St Georges Circus. That won't seem possible in the new layout either.
No no no! That's a terrible design. Why the hell have they replaced the sensible plan with this shower of nonsense.
Whoever suggested this needs a poke in the eye.
The vast majority of cyclist deaths in London have been due to left-turning vehicles: why the hell do they keep re-designing junctions to funnel bikes down the left side of left-turning traffic?! Forcing all the vehicles to the right of the bikes, when there is no right turn allowed at the junction. This is insane.
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