runners in the segregated lanes

[ianrauk]

and have never seen a runner on the bike path.

Saw a couple on the last Sunday London ride a couple of weekends back.

 

[glenn forger]

Greater Amsterdam population about 1.4m, greater London around 8.5m, some catching up to do per capita, but good to see cycling increasing of course

Which means..unless my maths is out, to match 'dam London would need about five times as many cyclists. Yikes.

CS7 this morning:

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Here the segregated paths are a free for all: joggers, skaters, dog walkers.
My slow cycling skills have improved lots lately with the better weather

 

[Fab Foodie]

Which means..unless my maths is out, to match 'dam London would need about five times as many cyclists. Yikes.

CS7 this morning:

Cyclewankers ...

 

[srw]

Greater Amsterdam population about 1.4m, greater London around 8.5m, some catching up to do per capita, but good to see cycling increasing of course

Population of central Amsterdam - 800,000. Population of central London - less than 500,000*, and most of London's cycling happens in and around the centre.

But that's not a meaningful comparison because both cities are major commuting destinations, and London has got a fully developed rail and light rail network while Amsterdam's is much smaller.




*Depending on how you define "central". Westminster is about a quarter of a million, the City is a few thousand, Kensington and Chelsea 150,000 or so.

 

[vickster]

I'm not sure what your point is? But it is early

 

[srw]

I'm not sure what your point is? But it is early

Measuring bike journeys per capita isn't desperately meaningful. If you measured bike journeys in central London per capita you'd get a very favourable answer compared with central Amsterdam or outer London.

On the other hand, one of the reasons Amsterdam has so many bike journeys is that it doesn't seem to have the very well-developed medium-distance public transport network that London has.

But it is early, and I'm not really trying to make a big point, just throw some ideas into the ether to see if they stick.

 

[Fab Foodie]

However you numerate folks like to cut the cake, the bottom line is that cycle-commuting in Londinium is in rude health :-)

 

[Markymark]

However you numerate folks like to cut the cake, the bottom line is that cycle-commuting in Londinium is in rude health :-)

I do it so it must be awesome.

 

[glenn forger]

I just found the photo on twitter, so thanks whoever. When I used to ride down Hackney Road at 7am I'd see about a dozen other riders I think. Overtake, I mean. Now it's 5000 an hour at rush hour.

 

[Drago]

Which means..unless my maths is out, to match 'dam London would need about five times as many cyclists. Yikes.

CS7 this morning:

All so safety conscious, yet none in mitts to protect the nerves and tendons in the hands, which aren't protected by a bony skull and which are far more likely to get damaged.