http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Cyclists make up a quarter of London traffic, official census finds" en Tue, 19 May 2026 00:27:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10574#post-115888 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:07:43 +0000 sallyhinch 115888@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The figures are for central London - which is a tiny part of the whole city. Some of the outer boroughs have lower cycling rates than the UK as a whole (although some, like Richmond, are pretty good in UK terms). It is striking in central London now how many bikes there are and that's a good thing - but if you live in Enfield or Brent or somewhere like that, forget it </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10574#post-115877 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:16:39 +0000 chdot 115877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> It all seems to me like somebody is trying to make London sound better than it is</p> <p>"</p> <p>I suspect the 2% is getting out of date, but - <em>like Edinburgh</em> - there are the factors of 'central' and 'rush hour'. </p> <p>Both London and Edinburgh have undoubtedly seen a rise in people using bikes - for commuting, 'leisure' and general. </p> <p>In Edinburgh figures are probably under-reported because of the amount of cycling on off-road paths. </p> <p>Some have counters but the numbers never seem to get published. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10574#post-115873 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:05:06 +0000 Calum 115873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's great that there's lots of cycling on certain streets in London, but this doesn't change the fact that the overall modal share is just 2%.</p> <p>The thing about these figures is that they exclude rail passengers, who are of course not "road users". I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't count pedestrians either. And as chdot points out, how are they counting buses?</p> <p>It all seems to me like somebody is trying to make London sound better than it is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10574#post-115859 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:10:23 +0000 gkgk 115859@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>10% of journeys, iirc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10574#post-115843 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:16:30 +0000 chdot 115843@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Which reminds me -</p> <p>This '10% by 2020' is it vehicles or people?</p> <p>1 bike = 1</p> <p>1 bus = 1 or 60ish or? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10574#post-115840 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:06:46 +0000 Smudge 115840@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Blimey!<br /> <a href="http://road.cc/content/news/85927-cyclists-make-quarter-london-traffic-official-census-finds" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/content/news/85927-cyclists-make-quarter-london-traffic-official-census-finds</a></p> <p>Although there are of course lies, damned lies and then statistics... </p>