Bikes faster than public transport for most London journeys under 8 miles

if more people took notice of this map and realised that it was faster by bike then MORE people would cycle, which would reduce rush hour traffic on tube and roads, therefore making the tube less congested (and therefore quicker) and the roads less congested (less busses, more people on bikes) and therefore they would be less snarled up - and quicker too!
literally, more people cycling would make EVERYONE's journey to central london faster!!!

Well for me it is 45 minutes by bike vs 1 hour plus to cover 10 miles. The money saving is pretty substantial, even if I do upgrade my bike(s) regularly

I rode to Norwood Green from Hyde Park after Saturday's triathlon. My wife left at the same time and took the tube from Kensington to Osterley then drove (yes, I know - children in tow) to Norwood Green. My journey time was 40 minutes, even allowing for the almost countless traffic signals and busy traffic; she took well over an hour.

When I lived in Hackney I used to love cycling to work in East Central instead of driving. The 30 minute car journey took 8 minutes by bike and I could stop for a bagel on the way near Brick lane.

It was always fun to beat the cars to 30 MPH from the traffic lights...but all the fun stopped, when some swine stole my bike. I locked it near to the security guard's cabin in a multistory car park. When I got out of work on a Friday evening it was gone.
I asked the guy working there with a security uniform on (in hindsight calling him a security guard is an insult to security guards) if he had seen anything, and he said yes, someone using cutting equipment to open the lock, but he thought it was their bike!

Loved my regular London commute - 30-35 minutes from Fulham up the Kings Road or the river to Soho, later Smithfield and most recently Holborn. Could cope with the rare puncture within 10-15 minutes and still beat the tube (45-55 mins, major discomfort and not a chance of a seat) and the bus (60-90 mins to travel only 5 miles!). So good that on one occasion I made a list of all the major sights and attractions I passed on the way.

I think anything under about 20 miles in Shropshire/Telford & Wrekin would be quicker on a bike and definitely more convenient. Arriva buses are bloody useless and expensive. The trains are ok but network isn't what you'd call extensive (thanks to Dr, Beecham).

I reckon 20 miles would apply to most of the country except for bigger cities.

It's a great study that needs to be pushed up the agenda at TFL. Most peak train & tubes are heavily congested and cycling could help alleviate some of the pressure. If more people knew it was quicker and cheaper then they might give it a go. I do think TFL should be looking at gps data as well to see which routes are the easy wins for improving infrastructure so that safety is less of a reason not to. After all, London is pretty flat and the weather is rarely so bad as to rule out a bike ride.

I live 13 miles from work, but it's still only just slower on the bike than on the fast train and tube.

I surprised me how short some distances were in London when I started cycling here (not long after I moved to London).

Its not just in London.

http://humancyclist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/pcommuting-by-public-transpor...

I know someone who isn't hugely into cycling like everyone on here, but even living on the outer part of the green portion (Putney Bridge), still manages to comfortably beat the public transport times into the city.

Brilliant! I wondered about creating various GPS logs of bus/train vs cycling etc.

If only more properties had better bike storage in London. Property developers... put a place to store bikes IN the flat! "Secure Bike Stores" are anything but.

It's fast until you get knocked off (twice in 3 months) by impatient idiots that are in a hurry to their hair appointment/dog grooming session/nail treatments. Then you have to spend one of the sunniest months in years waiting for their snide insurance company to pay out to fix your bike.

So does it really cone down to whether it's faster to find a bike rack or work out the route on the distance-bending tube map?

I figured this out five years ago, been hurtling around London om my faithful steed ever since. Spend most of my time trying to find somewhere to lock it up.

Why are the two images different? Second shows Dartford in the green zone, in the first pic it isn't anywhere near.

I've found that except for a few really direct tube routes, it's faster for me by bike up to about 14 miles away. Oh yeah, and free, healthy and fun

Kings Cross to Hangar Lane is quicker by bike for me. Even on a Brompton

I wish software like this would be developed for other major cities