Starting new thread to take this discussion away from the other one.
New article from Helen Martin.
She not (apparently) in favour of actually banning bikes, but the 'something must be done NOW' is perhaps a useful call.
She has attracted some scorn from cyclists in the past for some of her views, but she has no control over EN commenters!
My bold
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There must be an emergency -and temporary – solution, pending a dramatic re-think. Create as many city centre cycle lanes as possible to which cyclists are confined. Where there are no cycle lanes in the centre, cyclists could be forced to dismount and use pedestrian crossings on foot, before joining the next dedicated lane. The only obvious and unacceptable, immediate alternative is to ban cyclists.
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(She does say forced to dismount - but that's just silly...!)