Ever get frustrated by traffic in the capital? What's the latest on the cycling superhighways? Tipper truck annoyance? The cycling commissioner for London, Andrew Gilligan, has been answering the most important questions from the BikeRadar community.
The journalist and 'cycling czar', who has been in the job since January 2013, responded on a wide range of issues, from the new cycling superhighways, to the existing lanes, to slippery street paint and taking bikes on trains.
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We asked users from the Commuting Chat and Road General sections about the issues affecting their cycling in the Big Smoke. Here's what Gilligan, who commutes 100 miles a week across London himself riding a Boardman 29er, had to say...
From The Rookie: The one question I would ask is about the questionable design of some of the existing super cycleways, especially at roundabouts, which have seen a number of accidents (some fatal) due to the fact that the cycleway routes the cyclist round the outside of traffic exiting creating dangerous crossing features. How on earth did that ever make it into ‘concrete’ and what is being done to prevent such poor planning in future?
AG (Andrew Gilligan): We’re going to construct new super highways that are fully segregated with cycle-separated junctions at traffic lights to avoid cyclists and motor vehicles coming into conflict. We’re also going to upgrade the most criticised sites of the existing super highways (such as CS2) to the same status, again with fully cycle-separated junctions.
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