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Cyclist deaths overshadow TfL’s launch of safer junction design

Andrew Forster
15 November 2013
TfL’s new junction design aims to eliminate conflict between cyclists and left-turning traffic
TfL’s new junction design aims to eliminate conflict between cyclists and left-turning traffic
Traffic lanes will be converted to cycle lanes on Blackfriars Road for a new north-south cycle route across central London
Traffic lanes will be converted to cycle lanes on Blackfriars Road for a new north-south cycle route across central London

 

Transport for London has unveiled a new design of junction to boost cycling safety. But the plans have been overshadowed by five cyclist fatalities on London’s roads within the space of just nine days. 

The deaths take the total number of cyclists killed in London this year to 13, one below the total for 2012. 

Reacting to the deaths, London mayor Boris Johnson said this week: “Unless people obey the laws of the road and people actively take account of the signals that we...

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