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It’s scandalous that so many road designs fail to protect the safety of cyclists

Hugh Morgan, Merton Cycling Campaign
10 January 2012
Hugh Morgan is an architect who has been involved in promoting cycling for over 20 years. He was one of the reference group for Guidelines for Cycle Audit and Cycle Review published in 1998 and illustrator of the Institution of Highways and Transportation’s Cycle Friendly Infrastructure in 1996.
Hugh Morgan is an architect who has been involved in promoting cycling for over 20 years. He was one of the reference group for Guidelines for Cycle Audit and Cycle Review published in 1998 and illustrator of the Institution of Highways and Transportation’s Cycle Friendly Infrastructure in 1996.
How did this road design in the London Borough of Merton manage to get implemented, asks Hugh Morgan
How did this road design in the London Borough of Merton manage to get implemented, asks Hugh Morgan

 

Highway authorities may claim that they consider the safety of all road users; but do they consider the safety of all road users equally? By cycling any given mile in London a rider becomes aware that a cyclist’s personal safety is regularly compromised by unsympathetic road design. As a motorist over the same mile there is hardly even the need to consider damage to paintwork.

In the processes that bring about the physical features of the carriageway, are cyclists considered more...

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