---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Terry Zdan tjzdan50@gmail.com Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:15:55 -0600 Subject: Mayor of London proposes $1.4B cycling plan for the city; “Crossrail for the bike” Mayor of London proposes $1.4B cycling plan for the city; “Crossrail for the bike” http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/03/london-20130307.html 7 March 2013

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has outlinedhttp://www.london.gov.uk/media/press_releases_mayoral/“crossrail-bike”-mayor’s-£913m-cycling-plana visionhttp://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Cycling%20Vision%20GLA%20template%20FINAL.pdffor a £913-million (US$1.48-billion) investment in cycling infrastructure for the city.

Among other features, the plans would create a “Crossrail for the bike”—a route that will run for more than 15 miles (24 km), very substantially segregated, from the western suburbs, through the heart of London, to Canary Wharf and Barking. It would use new Dutch-style segregated cycle tracks along, among other places, the Victoria Embankment and the Westway flyover. It is believed to be the longest substantially-segregated cycle route of any city in Europe.

*Continue Reading “Mayor of London proposes $1.4B cycling plan for the city; “Crossrail for the *http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/03/london-20130307.html