Pontoon to nowhere: why the Thames Deckway cycle scheme gets it wrong

The scheme's creators are seeking money to fund a floating bike lane in London. But like all such ideas, it misses the point of cycling

When last year I first read about a mooted scheme to build a floating pontoon cycleway along the Thames in London, I assumed it was yet another of those design flights of fancy that would generate some speculative media coverage, boost the CVs of those involved, and then vanish.

But it seems they're serious.