Boris Johnson's cycling vision. A political railroading exercise?

The battles over Boris Johnson’s plans for an 18 mile, highly segregated cycle “superhighway” linking Barking in the east to Acton in the west are as revealing as they are fraught. In recent days the mayor has come under pressure from both the evangelical wing of London’s cycling lobby and his more natural allies in London’s business community and Square Mile. The reservations of the latter about the mayor’s “Crossrail for bikes” have consumed some activists with rage. Read more.