London commuting.

[ianrauk]

Count 'em...

 

[KneesUp]

It already doesn't look wide enough to cope with demand.

 

[ianrauk]

It already doesn't look wide enough to cope with demand.

Indeed. Already at some junctions it's reached critical mass.
I lost count at 50 cyclists on that vid, and that's just in 35 second's of video.

 

[moo]

If that was real footage there'd be a huge pile-up every morning

 

[ianrauk]

I think it's a slightly different commute to what @User9609 has every morning.

 

[DCLane]

And I if I see up to 5 on my route into Leeds it's a busy day.

 

[ianrauk]

And I if I see up to 5 on my route into Leeds it's a busy day.

Although living and working in London, I can say the same. My commute on a SE to north route is not a busy one at all, untill I get to very near my work of when I start to see a lot more going from east to west heading into London. Though it has gotten busier as the years have gone by. 10 years ago I was lucky to see one other cycle commuter morning or evening. Now, 5 is a good number.

 

[ianrauk]

[QUOTE 4265545, member: 9609"]Very different indeed, when I see other cyclist we wave, smile and sometimes even stop to have a chat - not even the slightest hint of such pleasantries in your vid, how very rude of all of them.[/QUOTE]

Not my vid.
And for my liking, far too busy for me. It would take me an age to get to work with the sheer amount of cyclists.

 

[fimm]

Are those the lanes over Vauxhall Bridge (is that the right one?) that no one is using?

 

[ianrauk]

Are those the lanes over Vauxhall Bridge (is that the right one?) that no one is using?

That video is of Blackfriars Bridge. But Vauxhall Bridge is just as busy.

 

[Markymark]

Those cars were still flowing despite roadspace being taken away. Now imagine if even 1/3 of those cyclists were in cars (the rest on public transport) how much worse the congestion would be.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

20 odd seconds in, is that Michael O'Leary on a grassy knoll

 

[ianrauk]

You do sometimes have to go at the pace of the pack. The people who struggle with that, overtaking, pushing in etc are a bit of a problem.

Yup. A well known fact and plenty of vids on the web showing that.

 

[Milkfloat]

I wonder how long it will be before the road is so freed up that people will switch back to cars?

 

[si_c]

I wonder how long it will be before the road is so freed up that people will switch back to cars?

Looks like they should have made it wider, cycling / pedestrian only bridge perhaps?