How many more cyclists have to die?

A cyclist is apparently fighting for his life in a Camden hospital after being involved in a collision in Chalk Farm yesterday morning. According to the Ham&High newspaper the driver opened the car door as the cyclist, believed to be in his 60s, was riding past.

How many more deaths and serious injuries to cyclists will it take before we accept that our streets are not safe for cyclists? When will we get to grips with the question of how to install properly separated cycle lanes? That's what those who are too scared to cycle want as a recent Sustrans campaign showed.

For us to move forward on this will require brave politicians to step up to the plate - or perhaps into the road! Politicians like the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, who ordered that lines of parking be removed where necessary to facilitate separate cycle lanes.

Most of all we need to re-vision London as a city for pedestrians and cyclists and not for the motor vehicle.