Critical Mass London: Hundreds Of Protesting Cyclists Ride Through Silvertown Tunnel In ‘Mass Trespass’
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Yahoo News in Canada.
These paragraphs describe the mass trespass.
Around 1,000 cyclists descended on the newly opened Silvertown Tunnel in a protest calling for greater road safety amid anger it has no bike lane.
Riders from Critical Mass London swarmed the northbound entrance near the O2 Arena in “a mass trespass” on Friday night.
Entering from the Old Kent Road, they took over both lanes near North Greenwich and blocked incoming motorists.
The ride through the tunnel took about 10 minutes before the cyclists moved off towards Poplar.
But on X, formerly Twitter, people reported that the road was closed for over an hour after they had left.
The £2.2bn Silvertown tunnel – opened by London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan earlier this month – has faced criticism from transport pressure groups for its lack of provisions for cyclists and pedestrians.
I suppose, at lease they weren’t riding on the pavement, as they do all the time near me.
I was even hit by one, on a zebra crossing, as he passed a bus on the wrong side, that had stopped to let me cross.
There is not one law for cyclists and one law for everybody else!
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