Boris Johnson gives green light to London's cycling superhighway

(The Guardian Blog, 28 Jan 2015) The capital’s 18-mile segregated bike lane could become a template for other cities if mayor’s revised plans clear the final hurdle next week.

So it seems London will get its segregated bike lanes after all, admittedly with the caveat that a couple of vested interests are still trying to derail the schemes.

On Tuesday, Boris Johnson, the city’s mayor, announced that two ambitious planned cycle routes would be built much as planned . As the centrepiece of a wider £900m project to boost cycling in the capital, one will go north to south, while the longer and far more contentious one snakes east to west. Extensive consultation found a big majority of respondents were in favour of the scheme.

I’ve written about these routes a few times before on the Bike Blog, and each time I do it’s with a reminder that’s worth repeating: yes, this is a London story, but it’s one that has significant national repercussions for those who ride a bike, or want to ride a bike.

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The Guardian Blog, 28 Jan 2015: Boris Johnson gives green light to London's cycling superhighway