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Tom Crispin
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:35:27 -0700 (PDT), TimHenderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 22 Apr, 17:59, Tom Crispin <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:05:52 -0700 (PDT),
>
>>
>> The Royal Parks - especially Greenwich Park - is the most cyclist
>> unfriendly place I know.
>>
>>
>
>I think that is a bit over the top from my experience. I find the Hyde
>Park path between Round Pond and Hyde Parker corner the highlight of
>my trip when I commute to the West End. I find it much friendlier than
>the Hammersmith gyratory ! But I'm not as familiar as you with
>Greenwich Park.
What I was meaning is that cyclists seem to be excluded from a greater
percentage of roads in Greenwich Park than any other place I know.
Cyclists aren't excluded from the Hammersmith gyratory (as far as I
know) - cyclists are excluded from Bower Avenue.
>Thanks to Mark for clarifying that the Avenue is still open to bikes.
>And I he hope he stays on board with the thread to comment on the
>signage issues. I wonder whether the Parks prefer non-standard
>instruction signs in dark green to emphasise that they are a park and
>not Hammersmith gyratory. I think I'd like it better that way than
>lots of intrusive red and white. But then maybe there could be more
>dialogue as to what the signs have written on them. I couldn't think
>of better guys than Tom and his kids to be involved in it !
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 22 Apr, 17:59, Tom Crispin <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:05:52 -0700 (PDT),
>
>>
>> The Royal Parks - especially Greenwich Park - is the most cyclist
>> unfriendly place I know.
>>
>>
>
>I think that is a bit over the top from my experience. I find the Hyde
>Park path between Round Pond and Hyde Parker corner the highlight of
>my trip when I commute to the West End. I find it much friendlier than
>the Hammersmith gyratory ! But I'm not as familiar as you with
>Greenwich Park.
What I was meaning is that cyclists seem to be excluded from a greater
percentage of roads in Greenwich Park than any other place I know.
Cyclists aren't excluded from the Hammersmith gyratory (as far as I
know) - cyclists are excluded from Bower Avenue.
>Thanks to Mark for clarifying that the Avenue is still open to bikes.
>And I he hope he stays on board with the thread to comment on the
>signage issues. I wonder whether the Parks prefer non-standard
>instruction signs in dark green to emphasise that they are a park and
>not Hammersmith gyratory. I think I'd like it better that way than
>lots of intrusive red and white. But then maybe there could be more
>dialogue as to what the signs have written on them. I couldn't think
>of better guys than Tom and his kids to be involved in it !