Yes I must agree with David about Kew Bridge. The removal of the on-street parking might well proportionately increase the number of Kew Gardens arriving by train from Kew Bridge station, and whilst the pavement (particularly the western one) on the bridge is wide, there's often families walking together extending across almost the entire width of the pavement, or there's so many pedestrians on the bridge then a cyclist has to weave in and out of them.Indeed, despite being a shared cycle/pedestrian pavement whenever I rode over Kew Bridge I never used the pavement as to me it was a far from ideal arrangement for either pedestrians or cyclists, and it also encouraged some cyclists to hop on and off the road/pavement to dodge around stationary traffic, which is equally dangerous to pedestrians, drivers and cyclists.It really is a shame that when it comes to cycling the emphasis is always on segregation, every cyclists need to be capable of riding in vehicular traffic when required to do so, but I'll always feel that segregation gives poor cyclists a false sense of over-confidence which is dangerous to both themselves, pedestrians and drivers when the cyclist isn't segregated from other traffic.
Adam Beamish ● 1893d