CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
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It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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The problem, says architect Tim Stonor of Space Syntax, Ltd., who helped design the London plan, is that segregating cyclists just perpetuates the “us vs. them” mentality
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http://qz.com/166260/elevated-bike-highways-are-not-americas-future-nor-should-they-be
"The Ranty Highwayman"'s view: http://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/skycycle-ticket-to-ride-or-we-can-work.html
(a thoroughly worthwhile blog to follow)
Mayor Boris has already ruled this out anyway, stating "I don’t actually think as a cyclist it is what the city needs, what we need is more safety measures, we need better roads, we need better protection for cyclists of all kinds, we need better investment in our streets and that’s what we’re doing, and better education for cyclists and lorry drivers.”
http://road.cc/content/news/106466-boris-johnson-shoots-down-fantastically-expensive%E2%80%9D-skycycle-plan-cycle-routes
Boris made a big announcement just before Christmas http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boris-johnson-wants-to-delycrafy-cycling-with-913-million-plan-for-london-8523926.html. Whether all the promised facilities actually materialise, only time will tell, but one quote in there suggests that he's a rare politician who really does get the idea of cycling as routine transport - ""I want to de-Lycrafy cycling. I want to make it normal, something for everyone, something you feel comfortable doing in your ordinary clothes." Maybe there is some hope.
Mayor Boris has already ruled this out anyway
Bit of a u-turn there brom Boris. He's only been talking this scheme up for 2 years. Now he has finally seen sense after near universal criticism from cycling groups.
If you want to see why it won't work just visit The Barbican where they built the same stuff for pedestrians. Some of the streets in the sky schemes failed for similar reasons (Hulme etc).
The part which should be kept is grade separation at key intersections - taking large flows of one mode or another over or under in a direct and time-efficient way.
PS why is part of this thread about white goods?
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