I’ve just heard that the pedal-cycle lobby will be presenting a petition AGAINST PTWs in bus lanes to Boris tomorrow (Friday) at City Hall - time is expected to be 12:00.
We need to have a representative who can speak convincingly and coherently FOR PTWs in bus lanes. However it seems all MAG local elected representatives are going to be elsewhere at that time.
Can LB provide a spokesman (or several!) for the PTW riders?
Bullet points:
PTWs are part of the solution to congestion, not part of the problem.
A PTW moving in a bus lane is doing infinitely more mpg than a car doing 0 mph.
Many PTW riders are cyclists also - and they do not report a problem.
The original TFL report showed there was a net benefit to all road users including pedestrians when PTWs are allowed in bus lanes.
In the twelve schemes around the country where PTWs are allowed in bus lanes there has never been a problem on safety (or any other) grounds.
In Sweden, perhaps the most H&S conscious country in the world, they have allowed PTWs in bus lanes since 1986.
Also the BBC wish to mount a mini-cam to a PTW to show the difference between having to filter and using a bus lane - any volunteers? All to be done I assume before the 1 o’clock news.
There’s the MAG monthly Greater London meeting tonight at the Ace Cafe at 20:30 when this will be discussed at more length.
I could meet up in central london, or at your end point, where is that going to be and at what time? Ack just seen the Ace meeting time. I have a non-movable meeting at 14:00, so might not be able to make it…
I’ve had a camera fitted to my bike for sometime and have plenty of filtering footage if you want it…
They can’t have everything the way they want…how about stopping at red lights if you use the road:
Same guy on a bike…I counted seven red lights he went through (some you cannot see well on the video)…no wonder he managed to stay in front of me for nearly two miles…
This is short notice so more info please for those of us who want to lend some support. What time is the petition being handed in? Is the idea to be there when it’s handed in or afterwards for the cameras? A time and muster point at City Hall or nearest parking place or wherever would be useful as I can’t justify riding up to Ace and back in my lunch break but would like to participate
I work next door to City Hall. I’ve got a couple of meetings between 11 and 3, but I will pop down whenever I can. Who’s going to be there, when and where?
…unless of course JimC IS Flanders - I for one have never seen them in the same room…
