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Floating bike highway proposed for London’s River Thames

United Kingdom Architecture News - Oct 12, 2014 - 14:42   3202 views

The billion dollar project could alleviate traffic and pollution

Floating bike highway proposed for London’s River Thames

A group of architects, engineers, and artists proposed a novel way of creating protected bike lanesin traffic-clogged London: a floating bike highway along the Thames. The path, called the Thames Deckway, would run east-west along the river’s southern bank for about seven miles, from Battersea to Canary Wharf.

"London needs to think outside the box of conventional solutions to solve its deep-seated traffic and pollution problems, the River Cycleway Consortium said in a statement announcing the proposal. "The river Thames, London’s main transportation thoroughfare from Roman times up to the 19th century, is overlooked today as a major travel artery except for a handful of passenger boats."....Continue Reading

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