A good start, but nowherenear as much as needed unfortunately. Especially certain boroughs
Would be interested to see the percentage increase of protected/separated bike lanes in the same period
Still too many gaps unfortunately. I can cycle around my neighbourhood safely, and near my office safely, but can’t get between the two without cycling amongst motor vehicles and crossing busy roads without adequate protection for people who aren’t in a metal box.
4x sounds good, but there weren’t that many at the beginning and 2016 is almost a decade ago. So maybe if we quadrupled it again by 2032 then we’d be in a really good spot.
The cycle from Cutty Sark to London Bridge used to be a treacherous game of life and death. Just last week they completed the last stretch of the fully segregated bike lane. Even Citymapper hasn’t caught up yet and gets all confused when I start blazing towards Surrey Quays on the wrong side of the road.
It’s a dream and I salute the legends working in London borough councils who made this happen.
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It’s a start, but 4x a small number is still a small number. Love the changes I’ve seen over the last 10 years, and it feels more joined up than before, but there are still ways to go to make cycling as accessible to everyone… and I don’t just mean able-bodied people: people with access requirements who can use adapted bikes are more likely to cycle if they feel safer doing so. The argument I see all the time is “cycling doesn’t benefit disabled people” but that’s just not the case, and even if (for example) a wheelchair user can’t use a bike, cycle lanes assist more easily when navigating a busy pavement.
Some paths are excellent, I really love cycling along Embankment, but then suddenly you go past Houses of Parliament and all that protection vanishes and you’re being undertaken by buses. Or you’ve got to go against traffic on an unprotected lane (Old Street has a particularly terrifying right turn into a blind corner opposing one-way traffic for example).
It would be great to finally see some cycling infrastructure in Kensington & Chelsea, but I won’t hold my breath.
As it is, I’m moving to Berlin this year where there is considerable cycle paths, but similar to London, it often feels like an afterthought, or is poorly maintained.
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Alternative: [Number of cycle lanes in London has increased by just 33% since 2020](https://www.transport-network.co.uk/Protected-cycle-space-in-London-tripled-since-2016/16483)
A good start, but nowherenear as much as needed unfortunately. Especially certain boroughs
Would be interested to see the percentage increase of protected/separated bike lanes in the same period
Still too many gaps unfortunately. I can cycle around my neighbourhood safely, and near my office safely, but can’t get between the two without cycling amongst motor vehicles and crossing busy roads without adequate protection for people who aren’t in a metal box.
4x sounds good, but there weren’t that many at the beginning and 2016 is almost a decade ago. So maybe if we quadrupled it again by 2032 then we’d be in a really good spot.
The cycle from Cutty Sark to London Bridge used to be a treacherous game of life and death. Just last week they completed the last stretch of the fully segregated bike lane. Even Citymapper hasn’t caught up yet and gets all confused when I start blazing towards Surrey Quays on the wrong side of the road.
It’s a dream and I salute the legends working in London borough councils who made this happen.
Kylo Ren More GIF
It’s a start, but 4x a small number is still a small number. Love the changes I’ve seen over the last 10 years, and it feels more joined up than before, but there are still ways to go to make cycling as accessible to everyone… and I don’t just mean able-bodied people: people with access requirements who can use adapted bikes are more likely to cycle if they feel safer doing so. The argument I see all the time is “cycling doesn’t benefit disabled people” but that’s just not the case, and even if (for example) a wheelchair user can’t use a bike, cycle lanes assist more easily when navigating a busy pavement.
Some paths are excellent, I really love cycling along Embankment, but then suddenly you go past Houses of Parliament and all that protection vanishes and you’re being undertaken by buses. Or you’ve got to go against traffic on an unprotected lane (Old Street has a particularly terrifying right turn into a blind corner opposing one-way traffic for example).
It would be great to finally see some cycling infrastructure in Kensington & Chelsea, but I won’t hold my breath.
As it is, I’m moving to Berlin this year where there is considerable cycle paths, but similar to London, it often feels like an afterthought, or is poorly maintained.