‘We are witnessing the beginnings of the Age of Rotations’

• REVISITING parks in London after a couple of years, we were horrified at the amount of pavement cycling now commonplace.

We were often obliged to walk upon the lawns and verges for safety. Furthermore, the cyclists were people of all ages and varying speeds, thereby adding to our anxieties.

So what will come next? Will the general public eventually demand cycle-free days, perhaps once a month, as well as safe places where wheel users can be legally banned?

Pavement cycling now poses serious problems for the elderly and disabled, also for children and dogs. Cycle abuse can also be observed along one-way streets, upon station platforms and even in cemeteries.

Post-lockdown we are witnessing the beginnings of the Age of Rotations, whereby the old divisions between pathways, pave­ments and roads largely disappear and wheel users just speed around, sometimes aimlessly.

ANTONY PORTER, W9