Elevated Cycle Lanes for London

This is a truly dreadful and incredibly stupid idea. London is a city so addicted to automobile use that it would rather build a bicycle network in the sky than deal with our congestion issues. We already have SO MUCH SPACE on our roads. We simply need to redistribute it.

I absolutely agree with @ragtag:disqus and @joepeach:disqus, however – if specific routes are so in-demand it could make sense? What I mean is, if a specific route is primarily just used to bicycle commute on (ie. bicyclists don’t really stop along the route for anything specific) AND it cuts down on travel time, while minimising infrastructural changes to existing roads then I think it could work.

People seem to love also (well, the idea). https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=478344428863376&set=a.296746903689797.74550.192382937459528&type=1

It also makes sense what Sam Martin of Exterior Architecture said: “the streets of London are not going to get any bigger, and you have retail and other activity, so you need trucks, buses, taxis — you can get rid of cars, maybe, but vehicles are a reality.” http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/09/london-serious-about-builing-network-elevated-bike-lanes/3174/

The point is, the idea should be handled with care and shouldn’t be the considered the only ‘ideal’ solution for everywhere and cause a major building of elevated bicycle highways that will become scars on cities as are current elevated motor vehicle highways in cities.