'I'd encourage you to be brave. It's very safe and I cycle it on a regular basis' Romford councillor says 1.2m-wide cycle lane next to busy road, where drivers cross over the white line, is 'safe' and 'easy to cycle' cycling
However, when one cyclist explained why they’d be cautious of using the lane, both while passing a queue of cars as it “puts you right in the passenger door zone”, as well as freely moving traffic as it would “encourage drivers to pass without leaving the required 1.5 metres”, Taylor commented: “I'd encourage you to be brave. It's very safe and I cycle it on a regular basis. Cyclists must be alert to opening doors, absolutely.
I'd encourage you to be brave. It's very safe and I cycle it on a regular basis. Cyclists must be alert to opening doors, absolutely.Twitter user the Ranty Highwayman, who lives in the area, went down to assess the state of the cycle lane. After measuring the width, he found it to be barely 1.2 metres, less than the minimum 1.5 metres and way lower than the desired 2 metres.
He also said that assuming Mawney Road must remain a through road due to it carrying a high traffic , then “objectively and obviously, this is not somewhere that most people would find easy to cycle along”. notwithstanding the network issues around the area. I'll give the councillor the benefit of the doubt assuming he doesn't understand the bigger picture, but if this was an easy place to cycle, where are the other people cycling? It's my area, so I went for a look earlier in the week.
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