When the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone announced plans for 12 segregated cycling highways and borough cycling zones across the capital this week, Cycling Weekly asked how such routes could be created without taking residents parking spaces?
"We will identify much less travelled routes," answered the Mayor. "There are lots of them. People shouldn't assume that this is cyclists taking something away from people with cars. This is aimed at people with cars, getting them to give up their car and actually cycle. And everybody who switches relieves road space.
