‘Fine cyclists who don’t use superhighways’

Cyclists in London should be banned from using sections of road if a parallel segregated cycle superhighway exists, the Road Haulage Association has suggested.

The RHA also wants London’s next mayor to allow lorries into bus lanes where there is evidence that doing so would reduce congestion. And the association says London’s Lorry Control Scheme – commonly referred to as the night-time lorry ban – should be scrapped. 

Richard Burnett, the RHA’s chief executive, said: “I know that some will be surprised by our call for penalties for cyclists who don't use cycle lanes where provided and also by our call for the repeal of the London night-time delivery ban. 

“We welcome the debate that these calls will generate as our determined view remains that London will only continue to prosper and improve if we all work together and accept that all road users have a role to play.”

Discuss these issues at LTT's Cycle City event in May