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> Effectiveness of attacks was also reduced with physical security like cast iron/concrete bollards making truck bombs. Somewhat off topic, but I do wonder if
by jon-wood 5y ago
> Effectiveness of attacks was also reduced with physical security like cast iron/concrete bollards making truck bombs.
Somewhat off topic, but I do wonder if some of these have been a net negative in terms of people injured. Shortly after someone drove a van along the pavement on Westminster Bridge all the major bridges had concrete barriers built between the road and pavement, and while I see the reasoning for it, it does seem to me that cyclists who could previously fall relatively harmlessly onto the pavement if caught alongside a bus or other vehicle are now going to be dragged along a concrete blockade instead.
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoThere are some that think that cyclists should have their own separated ways the same way pedestrians do.
- dan-robertson 5y agoYeah I dislike a lot of the barriers on the bridges. Even the large iron/concrete barriers on the pavement are inconvenient for pedestrians (they are narrow choke points if a lot of people are crossing and must be particularly bad for those in wheelchairs.) I would much rather they were bollards that were easier for people to pass between but perhaps they would be insufficient at stopping motor vehicles.