Kensington Council won’t reinstate bollards on hated cycle lane

Councillors today vowed not to bring back bollards on Kensington’s hated cycle lane despite Mayor Sadiq Khan‘s threat to take control of the road – as Extinction Rebellion threatened a second protest to save it.   Work to remove the plastic barriers continued last night and the westbound route it now clear, a day after labourers … Read more

Kensington cycle lane bollards that have caused traffic chaos for weeks start to disappear

A Tory council today vowed to continue to rip up a ‘disastrous’ cycle lane in West London despite Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists trying to stop them. Workmen last night managed to remove 38 plastic bollards on Kensington High Street before left-wing demonstrators glued themselves to their van, forcing them to stop. But defiant Kensington and … Read more

Sadiq’s war on cars: How motorists are secretly taking down cycle-friendly bollards

Drivers have been turning to guerilla tactics to battle against London’s increasing number of cycle-lanes as some shared tips online for how to remove road bollards, it was revealed today. A social media user, with the handle @BobfromAccounts, tweeted out a photograph of a missing bollard on Cleveland Road in London earlier this week. Tweeting … Read more

Driver infuriated by ‘s****y cycle lane’ knocks down bollards – but wrecks his wing mirror

‘Incredible’ video shows driver infuriated by ‘another s****y bike lane’ mowing down the bollards that mark it out – but he wrecks his OWN wing mirror doing it Expletive-laden clip, shared by broadcaster Jeremy Vine, shows motorist’s fury at bollards marking out a cycle lane – as he proceeds to mow them down  Angry driver, … Read more