March 13, 2014: Hovenring

[Sundae]

I should think cyclists use it at rush hour.
The photo of the lone cyclist on the car intersection is just that; alone with no other cyclist in sight and two? three? vehicles. It's probably 05.00 on a Summer morning.

Bloke, our cycle lanes, traffic and typical cyclist just don't match those in The Netherlands.
It's nothing to see bikes with their large carriers in front toting school aged children, dogs, pieces of furniture. And In the cities the bikes swarm the cars like ants on a dead bird. The Hovenring is possibly a step towards protecting cars as much as cyclists; working out ways for them to co-exist in the 21st century.

Oh and I used to fulminate over the few cyclists that came down Limes Walk in Leicester, because it was steep enough for them to be moving at a pretty good clip, and it was ILLEGAL. They'd appear silently in the space you were about to step into to walk around the teenagers dragging their feet on the way to school. I learned to check twice before changing course.

But when I changed jobs and got the bus more I could easily see why they wanted to avoid the closest road alternative. Think of a wall of death crossed with the Monaco Grand Prix but with buses and pedestrians and people pulling in to be dropped off outside cafes and the railway station without using indicators... And you're halfway there.

After that I reserved my vitriol for those who had an attitude with me for "getting in their way" when I did walk. Cheeky sods.