tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post6786742170567349729..comments2024-03-19T10:54:26.547+00:00Comments on Real cycling: Oh no, not that Tavistock Place story againRob Ainsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-79715088848258416902009-02-20T09:59:00.000+00:002009-02-20T09:59:00.000+00:00One place in London where I'd like to see a little...One place in London where I'd like to see a little more permeability is in <A HREF="http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=skkn9hgzs9dn&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=12454197&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&where1=moorfields%20london&encType=1" REL="nofollow">Moorfields</A> on the eastern side of the Barbican, whose southern end was closed to traffic and paved over a few years ago. This is a very popular route for cyclists travelling north-south between Moorfields and Coleman Street, avoiding the need to use the much busier Moorgate.<BR/><BR/>The northern end of Coleman Street even has a specal cycle gap. However the crossing of London Wall is a pelican, not a toucan, and I regularly see City Police stopping cyclists for riding across the short length of paving towards Moorfields. <BR/><BR/>The City of London is a much more pedestrian-friendly place these days than it was in the 1960's and 1970's (when the plan was to have Barbican-style elevated walkways all over the City to keep pedestrians out of the way of cars). However they still seem to have a blind spot towards cyclists, failing to see how closing a street and "pedestrianising" it can also be an opportunity to create new quiet routes for cyclists.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope things are beginning to change.Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228972852570724347noreply@blogger.com