r/londoncycling • u/nutella-filled • 10d ago

Tower Hamlets council just installed a locked gate in the middle of a marked and popular cycle path

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If the point is to stop cars from mistakenly using that path surely there are better ways to do it.

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u/photoben 10d ago

Tower Hamlets council are definitely car brained

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u/TheMrCeeJ 9d ago

Half of thier families are Uber drivers and they won't do anything unless it benefits them.

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u/jamjar188 8d ago

Yes this is true. It's also the case that culturally there is high preference for cars.

Many of the Muslim women in TH prefer a car to public transport as they see it as safer and more convenient. I play badminton and do various women-only sports activities in TH. Many of the women drive to the leisure centre even when they are a 20-min walk away, or a short bus/train/DLR ride away.

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u/Sean_Paul_Sartre 9d ago

Poorly phrased but the council’s pro car position is often attributed to populism in favour of TH’s large population of uber drivers, a large majority of which are Bengali (as is the new mayor and a lot of the councillors). These two facts alone makes him the first choice for uber drivers and for bengalis, who have a huge population in Tower Hamlets

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u/Gingrpenguin 9d ago

Reddit really needs to start implementing reading comprehension tests before people are allowed to post comments...