After many years of consistent, concrete measures to improve cycling—and discourage driving—cyclists now outnumber motorists on the streets of London.
Since 1999, cycling has spiked 386% and driving fallen 64%; with cyclists representing 40% of surface traffic—including pedestrians—during peak hours.
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What is it about London’s infrastructure that seems to bring out a higher percentage of Type 1 and 2 cyclists and doesn’t entice larger amounts of Type 3 or more vulnerable populations (families, etc.)? It does seem to be safer infrastructure: separated for a majority of the distance. But I’ve heard that the majority who use the networks go extremely fast and treat the lanes like they are a crit race. What inherently about the infrastructure lends itself to this instead of fostering an all ages and abilities culture?
Love this! Hope you visit Glasgow soon 😀
Those look like very narrow lanes for the volume of cyclists, which makes passing difficult. And given that London has a reputation for "hard-core" athletic, spandex-clad sport cyclists, this really puts off casual cyclists and people who are vulnerable. If another general traffic lane was converted to a cycling lane, you'd probably see a more diverse crowd of people using them, including children and the elderly.
Wow how fast are they !!!