Lessons from London's failing 'quietways' cycle scheme

The troubled trajectory of the capital’s backstreet bike routes has repercussions for cycling policy across the countryIt has arrived with less fuss than the segregated superhighways, but as of this week London has the first in its new generation of officially designated cycling “quietways”.Quietway 1 runs for just over five miles from Greenwich to Waterloo in south-east London, eschewing main roads for a combination of back streets, traffic-free paths and cyclist-only contrafl