Wait for the gap, fingers crossed and go for it! While the rest of us huddle, squeezed in between lanes of fast moving heavy motor traffic and wait for the next time…no pedestrian light phase or crossings anywhere at this junction to help.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
We have already commented in an earlier post that Tfl still hope to run an extension to CS5 through to Lewisham.\u00a0 And we know that the route they are considering would run through this junction.\u00a0 It’s not a done deal though…we are awaiting the results of the feasibility studies they are doing.\u00a0 What we would emphasise very strongly, is that, whether or not a CS5 extension goes through here or not,\u00a0 Tfl must attend to Deptford Bridge.\u00a0 And not just to make one route through it safer for cyclists.\u00a0 To make it part of its community again…a link to the different parts of New Cross, Deptford and Lewisham for everyone, incorporating pleasant traffic free spaces for bikes and people. \u00a0 It will always be a busy place we know, but it can be a space where motor traffic is calmed and controlled sufficiently, to make moving through it on foot or by bike, easier, safer and a whole lot more pleasant and attractive than it is now. A space which becomes part of the community environment to which it truly belongs, rather than a multi lane speed track which slices that community in two and forces its residents to risk their safety and that of their children every day, and to accept that risk without question. Well, we are questioning it, as loudly and as frequently as we can. Until those that have the power to change things for the better accept their responsibility and start to act.<\/p>\n
If you want to help us get in touch on lewishamcyclists@gmail.com and think about joining the London Cycling Campaign http:\/\/lcc.org.uk\/pages\/membership-and-benefits<\/p>\n
Thanks to Mike Cavenett from the LCC for the photographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At Lewisham Cyclists, we have been wondering just what the omission of Deptford Bridge from TfL’s revised list of junctions that will be reviewed with a view to redevelopment, actually means.\u00a0 In fact, not one junction in Lewisham made it on to that list of 33. Andrew Gilligan did warn us that the original list… Read More »Deptford Bridge Junction: Do TfL think this is safe enough?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5444"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5492,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5444\/revisions\/5492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}