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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I mean, if I commuted from 80 miles away daily for 40 years I'd probably hate London as well, but even with the madness of living that far from work it depends where you are. You can get to Oxford Circus from Peterborough to Oxford Circus is just over an hour Portsmouth/Salisbury is more like 2

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

TfL bikes don’t really serve much beyond zone 1. And very little south of river.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s roughly the length of a car so pretty easy to visually check.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Isn’t that intentional? Because their silence meant people weren’t aware of them? (I heard a Tesla pass the other day either artificial, loud, engine sounds).

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Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I see a lot of people complaining about the undoubtedly stressful conditions at present on London's roads. But I see few people complaining about motor vehicles. Yet in the last 24 hours three vulnerable road users have died after being hit by people driving motor vehicles.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

None of them started in 2000 or later, which is why the sopranos (1999-2007) is also missing.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Traffic counts here. Volumes appear slightly lower since 2020 LTNish schemes in Brixton and Dulwich. 2018 was last dft manual count

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The drawings are described as “simplified designs” for a “design survey” rather than final. On Acre Lane they’re more clearly raised entry treatments. (Though these things have a habit of suddenly shifting to finalised and too late to change details)

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For sure. But there *is* a protected lane on Rosendale Road (next street over) though that is no help for those starting or ending their trip on Croxted.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And here’s the designs for Acre Lane in Brixton. Lots of new bus lane, raised side road entries/continuous pavement, new zebras and potentially a signalised crossing to link 2 LTNs.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I guess zebras are much more expensive but also giving priority to pedestrians potentially slows buses. A conundrum. Here’s the draft design. haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/folder...

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looking at where Lambeth are proposing them here and on Acre Lane I think they’re probably low enough traffic streets (though I’ve not absorbed your side road treatment work yet - and it’s not on your blog?)

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Turney junction - 100m to informal -170m to next That doesn’t seem excessive. And there’s a kind of catch22 here. If there are lots of pedestrians then there’s a strong need. If there are fewer it’s not going to hold up buses.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I thought these were out of favour and buildouts on either side were preferred? Anyone know what’s considered best practice? @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bus priority scheme in Lambeth includes new informal crossings with central islands. As a pedestrian I think these should be zebras which actually give clear priority As a cyclist these create scary pinch points with drivers trying to overtake and cut back in.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is the proposed new crossing linking a quiet street and a road that’s filtered to motor vehicles across Acre Lane (>10k vpd) It looks overcomplicated to me (long wait times?). How could this be simpler?

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Proposed bus priority and Healthy Route crossing between 2 LTNs on Acre Lane in Lambeth.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Car size impacts everywhere and is equal to a significant reduction in road width.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New bus priority measures? Move to 24/7 bus lanes?

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Go on. Name and shame the location

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I got it on blu ray a few years back. Watched it by myself. Partner wants to see it but I’ve no desire to see it again for another 20 years.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@lloydsbankinggroup.bsky.social if it takes over 30 minutes to get through to customer services on a Thursday afternoon you don't have enough staff.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

But here, when pedestrianisation of Beak Street was proposed the society's position was to oppose it. Number plate recognition so residents could continue to drive as now, no further pedestrianisation.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

they seem to fight changes that would make Soho better to "live work and visit". Wider pavements, less space taken up by parked vehicles and much less through traffic would be the best thing for the area, but they've consistently opposed that.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is what I've always found bizarre about the Soho Society - they often seem to claim they want to 'preserve Soho's character' but the area has massively gentrified in the time they've been operating, and they surely have had much do with that. But now...

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

You can’t just say “something else”. The uk design guides follow global best practice but compromises are necessary in many locations because of constrained space.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

While Bus stop bypasses are back in the press (again) worth looking at how other countries around the world deal with cycleways and bus stops interacting.... There is pretty much a global consensus on this

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

While we're looking at S bush - how would you create any useful east west routes for cycling here that are separate from the bus network. Where would you put cyclists if NOT on Goldhawk/Uxbridge/King Street? (there are buses on the roads with red lines too) Can you draw your cycle network here?

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

In theory you have Lower Marsh but that's impassable from much of each day because of the market (it might only operate from 11-3 but theres set up and breakdown with all the vehicles that needs.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The other serious collision I had was at Lambeth North, where a car overtook and left hooked me as we left the stop line. Now addressed with an advance release cycle box. Again, how would you separate cycle network from bus network here? This is where the Quietway route (Q now C5) rejoins.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It was nearly 20 years ago on Wood Lane. I got a lot more interested in cycle infra after that. Protected cycleway now being installed with BSBs (which would have prevented). I can't see where you'd separate cycle routes from Buses here given key destinations on Wood Lane and need to cross Westway

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Can you explain the driver assistance system you’re talking about? And colour me dubious. We’ve not even managed to implement speed limiters on London buses yet. The human problem is attitude, as with drivers of other vehicles. Training doesn’t remove tired, angry, aggressive driver behaviour.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I mean I really didn’t care how many passengers were on the bus when I was hospitalised by a bus that did this to me. This is the risk that BSBs address. bsky.app/profile/cold...

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Is air quality different at the roadside if 50 buses or 50 trucks pass by? (Assuming emissions of 1 bus = 1 truck)?

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

That’s not what I said. SI is a range. You only looked at fatalities. And misrepresented them but treating a bus as more than one interaction.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dubious data - which suggests a bus is safer for cyclists than a truck because it has passengers. And the odd straight out lies (that cycleways has resulted in material reduction of bus lane in a period bus lanes have expanded.)

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Which is where the thread you've posted copiously to came in

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You're the one who used only fatalities and treated a bus as 20? interactions rather than 1. The *data* has repeatedly shown bus stop by passes are safe. The backlash about them appears to be predominantly about near misses and unevidenced anecdotes that people changed their behaviour

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So you agree that " elaborate statistical manipulations to measure risk are meaningless" but you're the one who did it to try to justify your position?!

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

And you remind me you're no better than Stops and Stewart. Like them your objection to dedicated space for cycling isn't actually data driven so you pick and choose the data you quote and mix in a load of opinion and misrepresentation.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You've now moved right into 'bad faith' territory with that old canard. There has been negligible removal of bus lane or footway narrowing for cycleways. *Most* cycleway schemes include upgrades to pedestrian infra. Total bus lane length and hours have been increasing.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

And surely the biggest impact on private car use in the Livingston era was the introduction of the congestion charge?

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