Lecture by Tom Turner on 23rd April 2018, the LI London Branch The Landscape Urbanism Design Method should be applied to the problem of giving London the Cycleway Network it deserves: for getting from A-to-B, the aim should be to…
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London cycleway network planning: 18 videos and blog posts
Please give Amazon-style *Ratings for: A2, A200, CS3 Cable St, CS3 Embankment, Quietway Q1, Thames Path, Sustrans NCN1, Sustrans NCN4, Sustrans NCN13. The themes of these videos are (1) planning for London cycling has been terrible, with the exception of the…
Four truths about London cycling
1. Cycling in London is unsafe. Everybody knows this. London has 3.6 times as many accidents/1000 cyclist commuters as Copenhagen. 2. The London Cycle Network did almost nothing for the safety of London cyclists. I therefore look forward to its…
The TfL 2018 London Cycle Strategy is welcome but has 7 problems
The 2018 Mayor’s Transport Strategy MTS includes a plan for a strategic cycle network. After work on London Cycle Network Plus LCN+ stopped in 2018 TfL published plans for Superhighways and Quietways. The 2018 MTS is a development of…
London Cycle Strategy: review of what’s good and bad in Lewisham
I did the below Tweet after a bad experience at Lewisham Gateway. Then I read its 2017 Cycle Strategy and cycled more of the ‘Network’ cycle routes. My conclusions are set out in this video. Here is a video review of…
The London Cycle Network is a fraud
The London Cycle Network was planned by the London Cycling Campaign shortly after it was formed, in 1979, and approved by Ken Livingstone when he became leader of the Greater London Council in 1981. This led to some minor improvements…
London Cycle Network REVEALED BY 9 EXAMPLES
The London Cycle Network LCN is a prime example of tokenism (‘the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups’). It was an advertising stunt and a fraud. When mapped, it…
Cost Benefit Ratio Analysis for Cycling & Cross Rail 2 in London
In 2018 it was announced that the opening of Cross Rail 1 will be delayed by 12 months and that it will cost at least an extra £600m (up from £14.8 billion to £15.4 billion). In 2019 this will be…
London requires a Comprehensive Greenway Network for green transport and active leisure journeys
Greenways are a key aspect of landscape planning for London’s green infrastructure and the city has been building greenways since they were included in the 1943-4 Abercrombie Plan. They include medieval alleys, garden streets, shared streets, pedestrian streets, canal towpath…
Cambridge greenway cycleway planning, review by Tom Turner
Cambridge tops the lists for UK economic growth and cycle commuting. It is near the bottom of the list for car ownership. With 29% of trips done by bike it is far ahead of other UK cities but still behind…
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