영국 템스강에 '수상 자전거길' 만든다 Plans unveiled for £600m 'floating cycleway' VIDEO
Is this how cyclists will commute in the future?
Plans unveiled for £600m 'floating cycleway' along south bank of Thames
'Floating cycleway': The Thames Deckway would run along the south bank for nearly eight mile
Thames Deckway cycling route would be nearly eight miles in length
Users would be charged £1.50 per journey to cover maintenance costs
Fit cyclists could pedal the entire length in about 30 minutes
River Cycleway Consortium says path could be constructed in two years
런던시는 템스강 위에 배터시에서 카나리워프까지 약 13㎞에 달하는 수상 자전거길을 건설하는
내용의 사업계획안을 검토 중이다.
'템스 데크웨이' 컨소시엄이 제출한 계획안에 따르면 이 길은 자전거로 30분 이내에 주파할 수
있으며 사용자 통행료는 1인당 1.5 파운드(약 2천500원)로 책정될 예정이다. 총 사업비용은 6억
파운드(약 1조341억원)로 예상된다.
컨소시엄 측은 수상 자전거길을 통해 교통난을 해결할 수 있으며, 자전거 이용자들의 안전도 보
장받을 수 있다고 밝혔다. 이 길은 또 태양전지판과 풍력·조류 에너지를 이용, 조명에 소요되는
전력을 자체 생산할 수 있다.
런던시는 지난해 13일 사이에 자전거 이용자 6명이 도로에서 사망하는 등 자전거 이용자의 안전
문제가 대두되자 자전거 난간 설치 등을 추진해왔다.
런던시는 템스 데크웨이가 제안한 수상 자전거길 외에도 전차 선로 위에 별도의 자전거도로를 설
치하는 방안 등을 함께 검토하고 있다. <연합뉴스>
By Chris Kitching for MailOnline
With motorists and cyclists battling for space on London’s congested roads, a company is proposing a £600m ‘floating cycleway’ that would take thousands of cyclists of the streets and put them on the Thames.
Proposed by the River Cycleway Consortium, the Thames Deckway would serve as a nearly eight-mile cycling route from Battersea to Canary Wharf.
The first composite image released by the organisation, founded by artist Anna Hill and architect David Nixon, shows the costly path skirting the south bank in front of City Hall and slipping past HMS Belfast.
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A fit cyclist could cover the entire length of the route - from Canary Wharf to Battersea - in 30 minutes
Designed for commuter and leisure cyclists and pedestrians, the east-west cycleway could be constructed along London’s busy waterfront within two years if it is approved, according to the consortium.
Without any vehicular traffic to impede them, fit cyclists could pedal the entire length in about 30 minutes.
The mid-point would be the Millennium Bridge.
Share the road: Thames Deckway users would be charged £1.50 per journey to cover upkeep costs
Halfway there: Millennium Bridge would be the mid-point of the path through central London
Users would be charged £1.50 per journey to cover upkeep costs, while the path’s lights and refreshment kiosks would be powered using solar, tide and wind energy.
With its unique proposal, River Cycleway Consortium is challenging city planners to think outside the box to reduce congestion and pollution while encouraging more people to cycle.
The group is raising money to conduct a feasibility study which will identify how many on- and off-ramps would be required and how it would avoid moorings. It plans to seek private investors if the project proceeds.
This image shows a proposed segregated two-way cycle track included in London's ‘Crossrail for bikes’ plan
This is what the proposed segregated two-way cycle track would look like on Blackfriars Road
But the plan faces hurdles because of its nine-figure price tag and planning requirements.
In its proposal, River Cycleway Consortium said the path would complement the ‘Crossrail for bikes’ plan unveiled by Mayor Boris Johnson last month.
Under that proposal, two new urban cycleways – an 18-mile east-west route from Barking to Acton, and a three-mile north-south route from Elephant & Castle to King’s Cross – would link to other routes at a cost £47m.
Scheduled to open in March 2016, both cycleways would be almost entirely separated from vehicles
London is planning to construct two new urban cycleways that would link to other routes at a cost £47m
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