This document discusses a campaign to keep protected cycle tracks in Tavistock Place in London. It summarizes the benefits of the cycle tracks, including improved safety for cyclists and pedestrians by separating bike and car traffic. It notes several serious injury collisions previously occurred where the bike and car paths intersected. The campaign aims to demonstrate public support for safer and more attractive cycling infrastructure in the Bloomsbury area. It provides information on supporters so far, including education institutions and businesses, and asks how the organization King's Quarter can help by providing statements of support.

1. 1Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
Safer Bloomsbury:
Keeping the protected cycle tracks in Tavistock Place
Keeping the protected cycle tracks in Tavistock Place
George Coulouris
and
Jean Dollimore
Camden Cycling Campaign

2. 2Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
The Scheme
Before:
Road space shares – morning peak (Camden):
After:

3. 3Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
In context

4. 4Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
Benefits
• Safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The previous 2-way track
had safety issues resulting in several serious injury collisions:
For people on bikes:
– motor & cycle - mainly due to westbound motors turning right, e.g. into Gordon Street and
not seeing cycles on their right
– cycle & cycle – due to narrow and bendy 2-way track
For pedestrians: Confusion when crossing the 2-way track
– need to look left/right too many times, little space to wait.
• Tranquility and improved air quality in this predominantly
pedestrian area
• Reduced rat running in connection with the West End
Project
• Making the option of cycling to work more attractive

5. 5Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
Safer Bloomsbury?
• A campaign to demonstrate
the level of support that
exists for safe and attractive
conditions for cycling to work
or college in Bloomsbury.
• Follows in the footsteps of
CyclingWorks, a successful
effort to garner business
support for the approval of
TfL’s E-W and N-S segregated
Cycle Superhighways.

6. 6Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
Supporters to date
31 Organisations
– 9 Education
institutions
– 20
businesses
– 2 charities

7. 7Camden Cycling Campaign March 2016
How KQ can help
• Camden needs to receive statements of support from
as many individual organisations in KQ as possible
• An overall statement from KQ would also be very
powerful.
• Details at:
saferbloomsbury.org.uk
Thank you!