1Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
Safer Bloomsbury:Keeping the protected cycle tracks in Tavistock Place
George Coulourisand
Jean DollimoreCamden Cycling Campaign
2Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
The Scheme
Before:
Road space shares – morning peak (Camden):
After:
3Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
In context
4Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
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
5Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
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.
6Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
Supporters to date
31 Organisations– 9 Education
institutions– 20
businesses– 2 charities
7Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
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!
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