We want nothing short of a cycling transformation in London. We are announcing the biggest investment in cycling in London’s history, which will mean that thousands more Londoners can cycle in confidence, on routes that take them quickly and safely to where they want to go.
- Ken Livingston, Mayor of London
Ken Livingston has mapped out a plan that could transform London into a bike commuter’s paradise by 2010. The plan includes
- 12 bicycle ‘motorways’ that link popular residential areas to the city
- A free bike hire scheme much like the one already kicking ass in Paris
- A £25-a-day congestion charge on the highest-polluting vehicles
- An over three-fold increase in the average number of daily cycling trips (from the current 0.5 million to 1.7 million)
I’ll believe this when I see it. Still, a similar scheme “successfully” executed in Aylesbury offers some hope. But I put that word in quotes because the model seems a little “hard going” according to The Guardian. Although the cycle routes themselves are great, they don’t really link up, so pedlars find themselves at the end of the route and have no idea where to go. Still, that’s what maps are for, eh?
Link to City’s two-wheel transformation in The Guardian
Link to Aylesbury’s cycleways leave room for improvement in The Guardian
Crossposted to SmarterFitter.com
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