Regarding Kensington and Chelsea withdrawing support for the Holland Park cycle lane, our own Simon MacMichael rides that way regularly.

He says:

I cycle through Holland Park Avenue regularly, and it is the single worst stretch of road for cycling between Ealing and the West End.

Westbound is fine - it's a slight downhill, there's no parking on that side, and there's a decent chance of catching a green wave on the lights heading towards Shepherds Bush.

Eastbound, though, is something else altogether.

More often than not, the motor traffic is queued up, the car parking along the parade of shops means there is a constant risk of getting doored, pedestrian islands cause pinch points but that doesn't stop motorists - including those driving buses or coaches - trying to squeeze past, and on top of all that you have to be vigilant at every junction for potential left hooks.

All this in a two or three hundred metre stretch of road.

The boroughs that *get* cycling - Ealing is one, even without Mini Holland money - are doing some terrific work.

Kensington & Chelsea, plus Westminster, don't - and given their central locations, that is an absolute disgrace.

I'm not a bike commuter, I don't ride a road bike in London, and I don't wear Lycra - the stereotype that opponents of segregated infrastructure would have you believe.

I just ride my ex-Royal Mail bike in everyday clothes with my little dog in the basket, and all I want is to get into town in one piece.

And every time I get through Holland Park and up the little kick to Notting Hill Gate, I let out a little sigh of relief.