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On the Cycle(superhigh)way naming, I'm pretty sure there's still a CS7 from Colliers Wood up to Blackfriars. Why it's still called that I have no idea.

All Over 2a | Homepage | 09.11.24 - 7:21 a.m. | #

Maybe the sign is for those cyclists who are cycling on the pavement.

Andrew | Homepage | 09.11.24 - 7:22 a.m. | #

I am pretty sure CS2 started out being referenced as CSH2.

dg writes: BCS2

As for TfLs management of the works, it brings back not so fond memories of the implementation of CS2 and the unnecessary impact on local people, as confidently predicted by both Scrumpy and I a few weeks ago.

MO | 09.11.24 - 7:49 a.m. | #

CS2 - operative told to put up sign, operative puts up sign.

It's a bit like...

Operator told to cut back bus route 8, operator cuts back bus route 8.

Still Anon | 09.11.24 - 8:48 a.m. | #

The reason that not every CSx has been renamed to Cx is because they have to be "up to cycleway standard" first. A lot of CS7 is unprotected blue paint within a bus lane and that doesn't meet criteria.

Ted | 09.11.24 - 8:53 a.m. | #

I love how a Cycle Superhighway has lower standards than a mere Cycleway.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 09.11.24 - 8:59 a.m. | #

Here on the Isle of Dogs, we've also had a reduction in buses. Because the diverting traffic will cause jams on Burdett Road..... Except that isn't happening, and anyway there is a bus lane and a separate bus traffic light sequence onto the A13 junction so even if traffic is bad the buses get past,
If anyone at tfl is reading this and paying attention, can we have the normal timetable back?

IslandDweller | 09.11.24 - 9:03 a.m. | #

The Cycle Superhighways were originally envisaged as 12 spokes heading out from Central London towards outer London and were to be named CS1-CS12 in a clockwise order starting from CS1 heading North from Central London to Tottenham. Then Quietways got added to the mix and (I think) were numbered in chronological order rather than with any geographical reference. As mentioned by Ted, TfL decided to merge the brandings under a single Cycleway brand but only would rename existing routes if they met the new criteria. The CS routes got the same number they had before but as a Cycleway. The original 12 Superhighways didn't all get developed so only the first 9 Cycleway numbers were needed for them. Quietways 1 became Cycleway 10 and some other established Quietways got similar/the same Cycleway numbers. TfL then allocated other Quietways/existing cycle routes Cycleway numbers in a single project. E.g. Kingston was given numbers 28-32 for its 5 routes. I understand that they're now given by TfL chronologically based on when a Borough applies for their cycle route to be reviewed against the Cycleway criteria so numbers are becoming ever more scattered. The old branding is left where it doesn't meet the new criteria. So you have Cycleway 8 in Central London that used to be CS8 but was upgraded so meets the new Cycleway criteria but then as you travel along it, reverts back to CS8 because it gets worse as you get to Wandsworth... *shrugs*

MS | 09.11.24 - 9:26 a.m. | #

I’m surprised to see the cones have been removed as there were long westbound queues last night at around 10pm which stretched back along the slip road from where the flyover starts. Some drivers in the know took the flyover and then held up traffic by taking the right turn by the Gladstone statue. Unfortunately as this is a give way junction they had to wait for a gap in the traffic to proceed.

Auntie Susan | 09.11.24 - 10:08 a.m. | #

The nice Cycleways pdf maps that TfL now release really show the mess of it all.

I still haven't understood what determines whether a route gets a number or is relegate to a C-Link. Presumably they have a wider idea about where the corridors will go in the future. Though I don't get why C4 terminates south of the river and the link across London Bridge is a C-Link yet Westminster Bridge gets its own number (C56) which starts at at the junction with C5 and terminates at an unknown location (presumably just across at Parliament Square).

I note that CS5 across Vauxhall Bridge to Pimlico has been declassified into a C-Link and C5 continues to Waterloo on the south side of the river instead. Guess they've given up on ever getting ex-CS5 to Victoria.

matthieu1221 | 09.11.24 - 3:43 p.m. | #

Island Dweller: The notion that works at Bow could flood Burdett Road came up in a similar situation during the Crossrail works when a closure of Blackwall Tunnel n/b was a reason to deny works on Burdett Rd s/b as part of the tunnelling preparation.. Some of them in TfL Streets are super cautious, and I found it really frustrating. Too much time with nose in in 'modelling' trough, and not enough local knowledge or common sense.

scrumpy | 09.11.24 - 6:16 p.m. | #

Part of me suspects that the temporary bus changes will remain - presumably it'll save a bit of cash somewhere.

Duane | 09.11.24 - 10:55 p.m. | #

First thing Monday morning the cones went back on Bow Road and traffic is now backing up again.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 12.11.24 - 8:35 a.m. | #











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