TfL putting brakes on London's Cycle Superhighway programme?

Any improvements to the transport infrastructure will always cause some increase in congestion while work is being done.  Crossrail.  Improvements to the underground.  Repairs and any improvements to the existing road network.  I cannot see how putting in a few more miles of segregated cycle route could cause more than these examples.  If you build it they will come.  

Hey a little more space for cycling might not get many car drivers to cycle, but it might get a few off public transport, and I'm guessing that the tube, rail and bus networks are often operating at above capacity at certain times.  Creating more capacity there, that's what may get those permanently stuck in traffic to change their minds.  And it only takes a small reduction in traffic to bring congestion down massivlly, just look at how things are far less gummed up during the school holidays, and I only hit the traffic after 9 and after 6, long after when the kiddies have to be driven to and from school.

Though if they are only doing 7.8mph they might be persuaded when they see those pesky cyclists whizzing past.  No wonder they get angry and hate us so.

To that point has does anyone know an good number on average cyclist speed in London?

So will all the anti-Boris trolls on this website now start to recognise he was a great cycling major for London and admit Khan is going to be a disater? 

...only in the U.K!

At some point though, elected officials, charged with the wellbeing of the city as a whole have to take decisions that may be a bit unpopular. Paris banned cars on a few days where the smog and pollution became too dangerous. London just told kids not to play outside.

Some cities operate a "rolling restriction" only allowing cars with even numbered plates on one day, cars with odd-numbered plates the next and so on. London continues to offer up new Prvate Hire Vehicle licences at the rate of 600 per WEEK!

The mayor has done a lovely consultation, he's got himself all over Twitter and on TV and meanwhile no new cycle lanes have been built but half of Embankment is being dug up again for Super Sewer, he's greenlighted the construction of two new skyscrapers (one of which is only fractionally shorter than The Shard), there's the new Garden Bridge supposed to be built soon, there's huge works ongoing at Battersea with thousands of new homes (and the associated extra traffic once people move into them)...

At some point, someone simply needs to stand up and say right, congestion charge is going to double, no new PHVs, phased removal of all diesel taxis and buses, new segregated cycle lanes, expansion of the Santander Cycle hire scheme, incentives to businesses to arrange delivery outside of rush hour and possibly something to help with that such as out of town warehousing with freight taken into town in smaller vans or even (shock horror) by e-cargo-bike.

It will be unpopular within some circles but sometimes the greater good has to outweigh the screaming NIMBYs.

I read that something like 35% of central london traffic is now Uber...amazing if true. Black cabs can't moan too much as they make up 20% (and dont restrict their numbers either).

At some point someone has to decide how many cabs we need in a city packed with public transport options (as well as walking/cycling).

And delivery vans? If only there was some kind of public operated 'postal service' that could do this a hell of a lot more efficiently...maybe with a mini railway underground to move parcels between depots?*

Bloody cyclists.

* It exists, it has been shut down. 

More negative vibes. I gave Khan the benefit of the doubt but the doubt is growing.

It's fine to say "more care needs to be taken to minimise disruption during their construction" but that can also be used as excuse not to actually build the things... (or build them slower or to a lesser standard).