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LONDON ROADS

s a daily motorbike commuter into central London, I see a proliferation of pinch points built on our busy roads, mostly in the form of new traffic islands, which do a good job of squeezing us bikers out of the main stream and making legal filtering impossible. It’s understandable that many bikers now filter around the wrong side of the traffic islands on the wrong side of the road if they get the chance. Some of this squeezing seems to be caused by the relentless creation of new segregated cycle lanes. Don’t get me wrong, I’m in favour of efficient, useful and well-positioned cycle lanes. My wife cycles into London and I

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