Have we reached critical mass?

prj45

Just watching the traffic behind the interviewees outside the Houses of Parliament thing morning on the news.

It seems that people on cycles outnumber people in private cars by to thirds to one.

If we're being partisan about it at what point do we get to say some roads are mainly populated by cyclists now so they should be primarily designed for cycling and not car driving?

always_tyred

prj45 wrote:

Just watching the traffic behind the interviewees outside the Houses of Parliament thing morning on the news.

It seems that people on cycles outnumber people in private cars by to thirds to one.

If we're being partisan about it at what point do we get to say some roads are mainly populated by cyclists now so they should be primarily designed for cycling and not car driving?

always_tyred

Or:


Your call.

roger_merriman

heh, but in all seriousness cars still, and frankly are likely even in london to out number bikes, you get the odd road/junction that you get a lot of bikes but they are still vastly outnumber on the whole.

on monday i drove kingston-chalk farm, during rush hour of all times, while you do get bikes, cars really do out number every thing else even around central.

bluesacs

No.

Roastie

Not even close.

Gazzaputt

Last night at about 5.45pm Junction of London Bridge and Tooley Street I'd have said at least 2 dozen cyclists. Numbers are growing rapidly this summer.

sarajoy

I saw tons on the way home last night.

Obviously the weather bringing people out - however that's all good, the more the merrier, the more cars get used to dealing with us, the safer. Hurrah!

prawny

Last night I saw maybe 2 other cyclists, + a few chavs on bikes over 20 miles. Birmingham aint cycle city yet

Porgy

Tube strike next week should help push cyclists up a bit more. 8)

Unfortunately - there'll be extra cars too. :evil:

cjcp

The spot outside the HoP is a bit misleading because that's one of the main bike commute routes. Outside these routes, less bikes, but still loads of cars.

Brothers and sisters, our time will come. One day, the bikes will rise. You must be patient.

il_principe

Brethren of the Chainset, our time will come.

Porgy

Cyclists of the World, Unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains!


oh wait...that would be bad :?

spen666

Porgy wrote:

Tube strike next week should help push cyclists up a bit more. 8)

Twisted perso nthat I am, I will be cycling wearing my london Underground Hi Viz vest next week. Its great to see people's reactions as I cycle past the massess queuing for buses cos there are no tubes

alien

with reference to said tube strike...

http://biketube.org.uk/index.asp?Pageid=12

routes, routes! not enough of them(due to be fixed by Monday it seems).
interesting idea.

Porgy

spen666 wrote:

Porgy wrote:

Tube strike next week should help push cyclists up a bit more. 8)

Twisted perso nthat I am, I will be cycling wearing my london Underground Hi Viz vest next week. Its great to see people's reactions as I cycle past the massess queuing for buses cos there are no tubes

ooh yeah - i might do that too

roger_merriman

shorely break free of the chains?

Soul Boy

Just a temporary blip while the sun shines.

Prepare to be vastly outnumbered again come the autumn.

lost_in_thought

spen666 wrote:

Porgy wrote:

Tube strike next week should help push cyclists up a bit more. 8)

Twisted perso nthat I am, I will be cycling wearing my london Underground Hi Viz vest next week. Its great to see people's reactions as I cycle past the massess queuing for buses cos there are no tubes

*wants a LU shirt*

sarajoy

http://teepay.com/frontend/showtee/709 ?

lost_in_thought

sarajoy wrote:

http://teepay.com/frontend/showtee/709 ?

Once they send me my registration email (daft thing to have to do just to buy a t-shirt) I'm ordering one!

Soul Boy

Like the Tee-pay ref (started by Howies I think)

Can we also have the "I don't jump red lights or ride on pavements like those plonkers, please don't judge me by your opinion of them whe you're thinking about running me over" as suggested by Bomberesque to'other day?

sarajoy

Needs to be shorter :P

' Not a "Bloody Cyclist!" '
' Friendly cyclist '
' I stop for red lights '

biondino

cjcp wrote:

The spot outside the HoP is a bit misleading because that's one of the main bike commute routes. Outside these routes, less bikes, but still loads of cars.

Brothers and sisters, our time will come. One day, the bikes will rise. You must be patient.

Attica and I went round Parliament Square this morning, which isn't our usual route, so that would have bolstered numbers.

il_principe

lost_in_thought wrote:

sarajoy wrote:

http://teepay.com/frontend/showtee/709 ?

Once they send me my registration email (daft thing to have to do just to buy a t-shirt) I'm ordering one!

Me too, me likey.

il_principe

Like this too:



and this:

sarajoy

There's a new thread a-begging to be started...

mountainroadie

i dont envy you londoners one bit

get your bikes on a train and come up to fife

nice roads fresh air and compared to the city not much traffic 8)