• [Cycling] The dangers of bus gates, cyclists

    From Spike@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 21 09:35:11 2024
    Regarding one of the trials being held in Exeter: “…unless the trial delivered better results by the end of this month it may be abandoned prematurely”

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    The situation outside Ladysmith School [in Exeter] has just gone back to
    being terrible again now. And in fact a child was knocked off their bike
    and a woman on a cargo bike with a baby on the back was reversed into by a
    car doing a manoeuvre around the bus gate.

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    …campaigners blocked a route reserved for cyclists, buses and taxi drivers, while holding banners calling for "safe streets now".

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    <https://road.cc/content/news/human-bollards-step-police-road-closure-306819>


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    Spike

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