"Cycling
in London has seen remarkable growth,"
says a new document from the Mayor of London's
office and the Greater London Authority. "It
is sometimes suggested that cycling is a marginal
or fringe activity," states Human Streets,
The Mayor's Vision for Cycling. "In London,
this is no longer true. In zone 1, during
the morning rush hour, 32 per cent of all
vehicles on the roads are now bicycles. On
some main roads, up to 70 per cent of vehicles
are bicycles."
According
to TfL, motorists entering central London
during the morning peak in 2000 outnumbered
cyclists by more than 11 to 1. By 2014, the
ratio was 1.7 to 1. "If these trends
continue, the number of people commuting to
central London by bike will overtake the number
commuting by car in three years," believes
TfL.
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17
March
Chalk Farm
'Leg Stretcher' N/A
miles | RIDE
VIDEO
Nowhere
to park? LCC + TfL are tackling a cycling issue with the
people who know best – you!
LCC
Chief Executive, Ashok Sinha
“The launch of this interactive Urban
Cycle Parking website is a great opportunity
for London cyclists to play an active role
in improving cycling provision and to suggest
the right places to install cycle stands.
Substantially more high quality cycle parking
at stations and on streets is vital to sustain
the welcome growth in cycle use.”
So
if you’ve ever been frustrated that
there isn’t anywhere to park your bike
outside your local shops, pub or gym, now’s
your chance to let the right people know about
it! |
Urban Cycle Parking
11
March
Demonstration in support of TfL’s
Cycle Superhighway 11 (CS11)
11.86 miles |
YOUTUBE | RIDE
VIDEO The Commodores
People started to arrive soon after 5:30
and by 6 pm a good crowd (maybe 150) had assembled. Before
setting off Mustafa Arif and then Donnachadh McCarthy
(Stop
Killing Cyclists) addressed the crowd with
megaphones.
London
Live were there throughout the evening. They
started by recording those speeches and then interviewed
Tom Bogdanovich, LCC,
Justin McKie, Regent’s
Park Cyclists and Angela Hobsbaum, Camden
Cyclists. Here are some of these interviews:
6
March Mothering Sunday
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VIDEO
Tilda - Sweet Mother
Those
who wish to control their own lives and move beyond
existence as mere clients and consumers -
those people ride a bike. Wolfgang
Sachs
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When
the spirits are low, when the day appears dark,
when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly
seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go
out for a spin down the road, without thought
on anything but the ride you are taking. Arthur
Conan Doyle
“He was like one of those characters in
an 18th-century comedy meant to embody a particular
flavor of human folly. Trump struck me as adolescent,
hilariously ostentatious, arbitrary, unkind,
profane, dishonest, loudly opinionated, and
consistently wrong. He remains the most vain
man I have ever met. And he was trying to make
a good impression.”
Mark Bowden
