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submitted 1 year ago by mondoman712@lemmy.ml to c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

London is building a new road tunnel under the Thames, in an area that already suffers from very poor air quality, in a city that widely supports reducing amounts of traffic. After much complaining from locals, a plan to accommodate cyclists in the (currently under construction) tunnel has been unveiled, and the idea is to use a shuttle bus 🤦

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[-] jocanib@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Absolute bullshit. Hang around for a bus, which you may or may not be charged for, because all the money is being spent on enabling more cars.

TfL said the shuttle bus was the best option as services could be tailored to “uncertain demand” to ensure value for money.

Translation: we'll make the bus too infrequent to be of any use to anyone, then cite the lack of demand as a reason to cut the service further.

[-] lemmy@acqrs.co.uk 7 points 1 year ago

I have such high hopes for London, their cycling infrastructure has been getting better I er the years, but then I go to Paris and just cry at what is possible

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

"Pedestrians would not be able to use the bike bus but would be able to board conventional buses"

This seems like extra steps for no reason.

Sure, 20 busses per hour peak, so a ride every 3 minutes. But a cyclist can only use a bike bus and a pedestrian only a conventional bus. You you've immediately reduced service standards to 6 minutes....

[-] lntl@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

I was super excited when I read the title. Then I opened the article.

What they're proposing is just a bus. A "bike bus" is something else entirely and what I was initially excited about.

[-] itchy_lizard@feddit.it 8 points 1 year ago

TfL said the bike bus was under consideration because it would be “unsafe” to allow cyclists to ride through the £2bn tunnel

Dunno, seems like it would just make more sense to ban cars from using the tunnel

[-] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Or just design a crossing that actually serves the community it is in.

[-] itchy_lizard@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Is there anything wrong with this crossing other than that it allows cars?

[-] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Do you need any more that what I covered in the OP?

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