A Kingston cycle scheme leaves pedestrians twenty centimetres

Drachinifel recalls reviewing a Kingston cycle-infrastructure proposal because it affected a Transport for London route. One drawing put a mandatory 1.5-metre cycle lane into a footway about 1.7 metres wide, leaving roughly twenty centimetres for other users. A tree further obstructed the remaining space, with particularly serious implications for wheelchair users and people pushing prams. In his account, the arrangement created avoidable conflict between cyclists and vulnerable pedestrians. After examining roughly the first three miles of drawings, the reviewers sent the scheme back for a complete rethink. He recalls an eight-month redesign and says his offer to do the work himself was rejected because TfL was the approving authority.