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Date: 14/2/01 Time: 4:30-6:30pm Weather: Dry, cold (but not nearly as cold as the last time! brrr ...), overcast Location: Junction Shacklewell Lane/St Mark's Rise, London E8
Carried out by Patrick Field, Oliver Schick, and Lucy Thomas
On Valentine's Day, we returned to the junction in order to count cycle traffic in the evening (from 4:30-6:30) to have comparative data when assessing when most incidents happen at this junction. Additionally, we handed out special Valentine envelopes containing—wait for it—Valentine cards, an LCC membership form, as well as a special survey designed to give you your say about what you want done about the junction. Well, what can we say? We had a blast meeting so many friendly cyclists there. It was great fun watching some of you come back for your card after you'd missed us the first time! The event also gained favourable press coverage in both the Hackney Gazette (22nd February 2001) and the London Cyclist (April/May 2001).
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The cycle count showed a very balanced cycle flow in the evening—statistics coming soon. There were approximately 10 cyclists every fifteen minutes. This even flow is consistent with other observations we've made since: A look at the incident statistics for the junction shows that the vast majority of incidents happen in the morning, when cycle flow has a very significant peak. In the evening, in addition, very few cyclists cycle through the most awkward part of the junction, namely the southbound lane of Shacklewell Lane, where the most typical kind of incident occurs: That of a car turning left across a cyclist going straight on. Many thanks to those of you who returned the survey—your responses were all of a high quality and will help us a lot. Thanks for telling us of your experiences—be it of near misses or incidents. Finally, in case anyone missed out on the survey, we are currently constructing a snazzy online survey, which will be here. This is an experiment—please help make it a success! |
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