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1Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016

Safer Bloomsbury:Keeping the protected cycle tracks in Tavistock Place

George Coulourisand

Jean DollimoreCamden Cycling Campaign

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The Scheme

Before:

Road space shares – morning peak (Camden):

After:

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In context

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Benefits• Safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The previous 2-way track

had safety issues resulting in several serious injury collisions: For people on bikes:

– motor & cycle - mainly due to westbound motors turning right, e.g. into Gordon Street and not seeing cycles on their right

– cycle & cycle – due to narrow and bendy 2-way track

For pedestrians: Confusion when crossing the 2-way track– need to look left/right too many times, little space to wait.

• Tranquility and improved air quality in this predominantly pedestrian area

• Reduced rat running in connection with the West End Project

• Making the option of cycling to work more attractive

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Safer Bloomsbury?• A campaign to demonstrate

the level of support that exists for safe and attractive conditions for cycling to work or college in Bloomsbury.

• Follows in the footsteps of CyclingWorks, a successful effort to garner business support for the approval of TfL’s E-W and N-S segregated Cycle Superhighways.

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Supporters to date

31 Organisations– 9 Education

institutions– 20

businesses– 2 charities

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How KQ can help

• Camden needs to receive statements of support from as many individual organisations in KQ as possible

• An overall statement from KQ would also be very powerful.

• Details at:

saferbloomsbury.org.uk

Thank you!