(4/4) IMHO the experience of riding a powered hire bike at 15mph is very different to the experience of cycling; trips on e-bikes shouldn’t be lauded as a metric of "active travel” when most of the journeys they’re used for don’t even require the rider to break a sweat!

(3/4) Whether you like them or loathe them, dockless hire bikes have become a de facto mode of public transport - one which didn't exist at scale in 2019, making any comparisons between 2024 data and pre-COVID cycle counts completely meaningless.

(2/4) The explosion of dockless hire bikes isn't due to any change in attitudes toward cycling that @TfL could take credit for. It's fuelled by 100s of millions of dollars in private equity loans & debt financing, and enabled with the self-interested support of local authorities.

Will Norman is claiming that his figures show a cycling boom in London, but in reality they simply reflect the growth of micromobility, and of dockless hire bikes in particular. Don't just take my word for it....(1/4)

https://t.co/NqqX7lLWRY An important read for anyone who is concerned about the spread of LTNs across @LBHF without proper consultation

So. @LBHF are turning Rivercourt Road in Hammersmith (off the A4 that leads to King Street that crosses the cycle lane) into a private road because: 1) Cars from outside the area use it 2) 9 residents live on the street It couldn’t possibly be because: 1) The @LBofHounslow

Closing Rivercourt Road will impact parents & staff from 3 nearby schools, and hundreds of others from outside the borough who use the facilities at the Latymer sports centre for holiday camps etc. Do their needs matter less than a cycleway that most local residents don't want?

@TfL @LBHF @andyslaughtermp @StephenCowan The London Cycling Campaign wanted to close the junctions at Weltje Rd & Rivercourt Rd when #Cycleway9 was being planned, because they know it is the only way to make the dangerous bi-directional design work. @TfL advised against it as they know what the impact on traffic will be

@TfL @LBHF If you're closing the road because of the increased risk to cyclists, perhaps you should be looking at the design of #Cycleway9 instead? There were only 2 collisions at Weltje Road & Rivercourt Road in the three years before it was built - but 23 collisions in 3 years since!

According to @TfL data, there have been no pedestrian casualties on Rivercourt Road in the past 6.5 years, so what is the urgent safety issue that requires closing the road to everyone except @LBHF residents and redirecting traffic & congestion onto #Chiswick Lane?

(8/8) So the outcome of this plan will be that residents in #Chiswick and along the A4 will get diverted traffic, more congestion and slower bus journeys - all because @LBHF and @TfL don't want to admit that building #Cycleway9 along King Street was a dangerous error.

(7/8) #Chiswick Lane is also on a key bus route through West London (the 190), so creating more congestion here simply worsens the existing problems with bus speeds in London (and in @LBofHounslow specifically!) https://t.co/bi0BbL309D

(6/8) However closing off Rivercourt Road to anyone but residents will simply divert westbound traffic on the A4 to #Chiswick Lane - a junction which already jams up regularly at peak hours thanks to the impact of #Cycleway9 on traffic flow along #Chiswick High Road.

(5/8) In 2023 @TfL attempted to reduce the number of collisions at these 2 junctions by installing raised tables and building out the pavement, but it didnt work - 6 of the 9 collisions at Weltje Road & Rivercourt Road in 2023 occurred AFTER the junction works had been completed.

(4/8) Their calls to close off access to the A4 at these junctions have had plenty of amplification from the most vocal minority in #Chiswick….

(3/8) The cycling lobby groups have been campaigning to close the Rivercourt Road junction ever since #Cycleway9 was installed - presumably because it’s more convenient for them than admitting that the bidirectional design was flawed from the outset.

(2/8) In reality, it’s a desperate measure to address the huge increase in cycle collisions which has occurred since the bi-directional #Cycleway9 was installed across 2 junctions providing access to & from the A4.

At best, what their data shows is the number of "cycle journeys". The @TfL claim that it represents the number of individual cyclists is highly misleading - especially when you consider the no. of restaurants on #Chiswick High Road & King St, and the couriers that serve them!

One individual cyclist making both an outbound & return journey on #Cycleway9 will be counted as two bikes. One cycle courier making multiple journeys to pick up and deliver food will be counted again & again every time their bike crosses the count point.

Meanwhile on #Cycleway9 ...