Poll shows massive support for new London Cycle Superhighways

There is nothing new under the sun. It's just that some people know and some don't.

If you take a step back and imagine you are an alien looking at humans in their cars. It'd be really quite amusing. Traffic jams quite clearly don't work, but the feeble human mind cannot compute...actually they can, but the political magicians and high priests think it not important.

No where in the animal kingdom can you find such futile behavior.

Do I think that more bikes on the road are the answer? No. What we need is more cars, much, much more, until there is chaos. Then, and only then will the bike and other real measures be sought. I hope they get that cryogenic tech sorted soon. It'd be nice to come back in a couple of hundred years when they've really sorted out...I wonder what Dura Ace will look like by that time

This feels so refreshing.

I spent yesterday driving around in rush hour and I swear it's sadomasochistic to drive through rush hour, to an office, sit all day, drive back, through rush hour, not so bad if you actually have a physically demanding job bu the majority don't.

I get that there are realities, like lack of facilities etc, but man... it's socially accepted madness.

the UK as a whole needs to be taking a look at the Danes.

I think drivers need to be made more aware of the harm private motor transport does to society; the external costs.

Not to criticise - I'm a driver - but to lessen that sense of entitlement. It needs pointing out that VED ("road tax") and fuel tax don't begin to compensate for the damage done; the lost life years and the loss of freedoms.

Perhaps this survey indicates that people are beginning to realise there are alternatives?

The london evening standard picked it up and the normal daily mail style comments aside (used to be owned by the daily mail) it's quite a big thing.

After seemingly starting to go pro cycling for a while they have backtracked in recent months in order to get the click bait money...so this is at least welcome...

Since the congestion charge was introduced 10 years ago, there has been a 9% drop in motor vehicle journeys in London, plus a 20% drop in journey times by motor vehicle with average speeds increasing from 8.5mph in central London to 20mph. At the same time, the numbers of those commuting by bicycle have tripled.

Perhaps if those complaining about cyclists slowing down motor vehicles were availed of the facts, they might view things differently. more cycling = fewer motor vehicles journeys = shorter queues at junctions = less pollution = shorter motor vehicle journey times = higher average motor vehicle speeds.

Note too that the over all road fatality rate in London has dropped faster than elsewhere in the UK also.

In other words, cyclists and cycling facilities are good for drivers.

Since the congestion charge was introduced 10 years ago, there has been a 9% drop in motor vehicle journeys in London, plus a 20% drop in journey times by motor vehicle with average speeds increasing from 8.5mph in central London to 20mph. At the same time, the numbers of those commuting by bicycle have tripled.

Perhaps if those complaining about cyclists slowing down motor vehicles were availed of the facts, they might view things differently. more cycling = fewer motor vehicles journeys = shorter queues at junctions = less pollution = shorter motor vehicle journey times = higher average motor vehicle speeds.

Note too that the over all road fatality rate in London has dropped faster than elsewhere in the UK also.

In other words, cyclists and cycling facilities are good for drivers.

Since the congestion charge was introduced 10 years ago, there has been a 9% drop in motor vehicle journeys in London, plus a 20% drop in journey times by motor vehicle with average speeds increasing from 8.5mph in central London to 20mph. At the same time, the numbers of those commuting by bicycle have tripled.

Perhaps if those complaining about cyclists slowing down motor vehicles were availed of the facts, they might view things differently. more cycling = fewer motor vehicles journeys = shorter queues at junctions = less pollution = shorter motor vehicle journey times = higher average motor vehicle speeds.

Note too that the over all road fatality rate in London has dropped faster than elsewhere in the UK also.

In other words, cyclists and cycling facilities are good for drivers.