CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Cycling News

'Cyclists outnumber motorists in London'

(6 posts)

No tags yet.


  1. chdot
    Admin

    "

    "Cyclists have for the first time outnumbered motorists on some of the country's busiest commuter routes during rush hour." reports Robin Henry in Today's Sunday Times.
    "

    http://lcc.org.uk/articles/cyclists-outnumber-cars-in-city-of-london

    Posted 13 years ago #
  2. SRD
    Moderator

    "for the first time" ...in post war britain? surely some qualification is needed?

    Posted 13 years ago #
  3. chdot
    Admin

    "surely some qualification is needed"

    This century?

    Posted 13 years ago #
  4. Min
    Member

    Which makes this:-

    "In London hundreds of proposals to reduce danger for cyclists on the London Cycle Network and the Cycling Superhighways have been over-ruled in order to maintain motor vehicle capacity."

    Even more depressing.

    Posted 13 years ago #
  5. chdot
    Admin

    "Even more depressing"

    Although -

    "The City of London is considering introducing 20mph limits on all its streets and already allows two way cycling on many narrow streets which are one-way for motor traffic.  These measures to reduce danger recognize that walking and cycling are the most popular choices for transport in the City."

    Not sure if TfL has any authority in the City.

    Posted 13 years ago #
  6. chdot
    Admin

    "
    _velorution:

    Critical Mass: The problem of course is that Boris was elected by motor dependent outer-Londoners, not by urbani... http://bit.ly/koS7Ue

    Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/_velorution/status/82599421610688512

    "

    Posted 13 years ago #

RSS feed for this topic

Reply

You must log in to post.


Video embedded using Easy Video Embed plugin