• IT looks like the whole affair of this Lime bike contract was a shambles and a waste of many councillors’ time.

Let’s hope that Councillor Awale Olad contacts Councillor Adam Harrison and that he gets some results. But according to a “council official” this would be in breach of the contract, so it is essential that the contract is made public.

The bigger problem is these cyclists and scooters going through pedestrian crossings and on footways. Unfortunately Camden is encouraging these cyclists and scooters to ride on the footway by having bays on the footway, the most stupid example is the bay outside Waitrose on High Holborn that is yards away from the carriageway and one can see all of the users riding along the footway as they start and finish.

More importantly Councillor Harrison’s statement that Camden’s number one priority is pedestrians is completely not true.

In fact Camden is waging war on pedestrians and here are some examples:

— Pedestrian refuges removed in Guilford Street and Calthorpe Street at Gray’s Inn Road.

— Pedestrian refuge with tactile paving removed in High Holborn outside the Oasis pool, requiring pedestrians forced to cross Endell Street and then cross High Holborn at a pedestrian refuge without any tactile paving, so increasing the danger to pedestrians.

— South End Road pedestrian refuge without tactile paving at the zebra crossing by Heath Hurst Road and where Camden have refused to install the required tactile paving.

— Numerous bus stops Gray’s Inn Road removed, forcing pedestrians to walk further.

— Southbound bus stop for the British Museum in Southampton Row moved to the south of Theobalds Road, increasing the risk to pedestrians having to cross Theobalds Road.

— The West End scheme has numerous pedestrian crossings that do not have the stipulated colour contrast with the surrounding paving for partially sighted pedestrians.

— There are many pedestrian crossings where the tactile paving does not extend to the back of footway as required.

Finally, Camden has not carried out a comprehensive review of its pedestrian crossings after years and years of being asked to do so.

RICHARD WALKER
Red Lion Street, WC1