Hammersmith
Bridge
We would like to see the roadway made safer and less threatening for cyclists
25 March 2011 - we are asking LBHF to put a 20mph speed limit on the bridge on the engineering grounds that it is falling apart. TheCaseFor20mphOnHammersmithBridge.doc [2.8MB] was sent to To Cllrs Stephen Greenhalgh, Nick Botterill; Anvar Alizadeh, Chris Bainbridge, Nick Boyle.
November 2010 - we are asking the Council to put a 20mph limit on the bridge. We ran a survey via email groups asking questions about cycling over Hammersmith Bridge.
Here are the results of the survey. 92% would like to see a 20mph speed limit on the bridge. We are presenting this as evidence as part of the LIP consultation
RESULTS OF THE SURVEY
All
tick box questions
Open-ended
question page 1
Open-ended question page 2
Open-ended question page 3
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Previously
So far the action by the Council
on the roadway of the bridge has been zilch. We hope something significant
will be done. We have suggested a 20mph speed limit and markings to indicate
cyclist priority at the pinch points.
There was a meeting in January 2003 with Roger Khanna
of LBHF where the bridge was discussed. Roger' advice was "I would
cycle in the centre of that lane so that I would not get squeezed."
In August 2003 There was a question of whether cyclists should be penalised for cycling on the footways, especially carers accompanying children cycling to school. There was a meeting with the Council concerning this.
After this meeting signs were
put on the footway indicating that cycling is forbidden there. Some people
find these signs confusing.
A very useful discussion on pinch points can be found at the this link