Having been closed for a full ten years for Crossrail construction work, access on the southwestern side of Paddington station has been opened up again.
Having been closed for a full ten years for Crossrail construction work, access on the southwestern side of Paddington station has been opened up again.
Having been closed for a full ten years for Crossrail construction work, access on the southwestern side of Paddington station has been opened up again.
Start of segregated cycle lane on Westbourne Terrace
Narrow gap for cyclists heading towards Regents Park
Cycle route into Regents Park, London
Cycle crossing towards Regent's Park, London
Modal filter on Quietway 2
Cycle lane and contraflow on Quietway 2
West end of contraflow cycle lane on Quietway 2
The Regent’s Canal towpath is not much use for effective cycling when there are many people enjoying the waterway vicinity on foot.
The Regent’s Canal towpath is not much use for effective cycling when there are many people enjoying the waterway vicinity on foot.
The Regent’s Canal towpath is not much use for effective cycling when there are many people enjoying the waterway vicinity on foot.
I can't tell how much this is roadworks and how much it's a covid-19 pop-up cycle facility.
Cycle contraflow on Quietway 2, Paddington
End of one-block cycle link.
End of one-block contraflow cycle lane
Shared-use footway and cycle-sharing station.
Cycle link at Saint Mary's Square, Paddington
Start of shared-use section.
Shared-use towpath, Little Venice
Contraflow cycle lane on Quietway 2 near Paddington station
Cyclists are supposed to turn right only because they can't be trusted to wait for pedestrians at the crossing to the left.
New contraflow cycleway and dooring zone
End of shared-use cycleway, turn left or right - there's a No Cycling sign (just to the right) for the footway ahead.
Segregated cycleway past Buckingham Palace
Segregated cycleway past Buckingham Palace
New pedestrianisation in Mayfair
Quietway 2 now has double white lines on Sussex Gardens.
Pedestrianisation in Soho
Pedestrianisation in Soho
Cut-through to Broadcasting House
Road closure and cycleway at Shaftesbury Circus, London
Traffic-free (mostly) link to Shaftesbury Circus (& bike-sharing station)
Hanover Street with projecting bicycle light from one of the Santander Cycles.
Quietway 1, Covent Garden, London
South Carriageway closed to vehicles westbound, for no obvious reason - no mention that the shared-use route is open for cycling.
The towpath under Bishops Bridge Road, Paddington Basin
Little-used cycle route past the police station in Hyde Park (no cycling on the routes to the left)
Strongly marked CS8 past a bus stop.
On- and off-road routes in both directions.
Experimental cycle route by Wellington Barracks, London
Experimental cycle route by Buckingham Palace
Experimental cycle route by Buckingham Palace. I don't know how you're meant to get onto it northbound.
Crossing on Cycle Superhighway 53, along South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park
Bike-sharing station by Cycle Superhighway 53, along South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park
The Broad Walk, Kensington Gardens - now open for cycling
Cycle lane in Hyde Park's North Carriage Drive
Cycle lane in Hyde Park's North Carriage Drive
New segregated cycleway on the West Carriage Drive, Hyde Park - the left-hand lane is for right-turning cyclists - but in practice cyclists use it in the other direction too.
New segregated cycleway along the South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park
Link to the new segregated cycleway on the West Carriage Drive, Hyde Park
Good to see that this has been opened up at last.
The right-hand lane is for right-turning cyclists - but in practice cyclists use it in the other direction too.
Space has been taken from motor vehicles to provide a two-way segregated cycleway in Hyde Park
The old shared-use path on the left is closed and a new one is open to the right.
Having a staggered crossing at Somerset House on the new Cycle Superhighway is probably a mistake.
Speed ramp and junction arrangement on the new Cycle Superhighway along the Victoria Embankment
Cyclist on the new Cycle Superhighway along the Victoria Embankment
Poor stretch leading to the good towpath past the Hammersmith & City entry to Paddington station.
Cycle link across Bayswater Road into park
Narrow contraflow cycle lane
Cyclist on the towpath and cycle parking at the new entry to the Hammersmith & City line platforms at Paddington
Stepped access to the Regents Canal towpath here.
Contraflow lane near Victoria station
Cycle crossing just north of Victoria station
The vast majority of rush-hour cyclists head left on the North Carriage Drive, rather than continuing north of the cycleway.
Hyde Park cycle route crossing the North Carriage Drive
Cathedral Walk, in a new development by Victoria station
Cathedral Walk, in a new development near Victoria station - I think that's a shelf, not a rail for locking bikes to, above the painted cycle.
Rising bollards to keep cars out of this pedestrianised street - overkill perhaps?
Link to Oxford St (and cycle stands in a pool of water)
Cycle cut-through at road closure.
Cycle Superhighway 8 (southbound) passing Millbank Tower. This picture shows how the bright blue surfacing stands out, and the clear labelling of the route number. (See also #31045)
Cycle Superhighway 8 on Millbank in London. The blue cycleway stands out very clearly, and is of a reasonable width.
Obvious site for a cycle crossing of Regent Street
One-block stretch of on-footway cycle track to link up on-road routes.
Road closure (with redundant right-turn road markings)
Two one-way roads meet, each with a contraflow cycle lane so that cyclists can go both ways throughout.
Splendidly clear cycle lanes on the descent to the Strand and Waterloo Bridge.
Contraflow cycle lane in Covent Garden
Contraflow cycle lane in Covent Garden (& cycle-rickshaw)
Contraflow cycle lane in Soho
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