Bob From Accounts 🚲
@bobfromaccounts.bsky.social
If loving bollards is wrong I don't want to be right
New separated cycle lanes popping up on Shaftesbury Ave. All it takes is political will + the removal of some unnecessary parking spaces. London is becoming a cycling city, reflecting a generational shift that recognises driving in urban areas as slow, inefficient use of time.
In 10 weeks since the counter was restarted, 754111 cycle journeys have been recorded along the Embankment. Up over 72000 from last week. Every cyclist is doing drivers a favour by freeing up the roads. We are going to need more cycle lanes @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
In 9 weeks since the counter was restarted, during this s's heatwave, 681937 cycle journeys have been recorded along the Embankment. Up 75000 from last week. Chapeau London @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
In two months since the counter was restarted, 607972 cycle journeys along the Embankment have been recorded. Up 70000 from last week 70000 cyclists doing drivers a favour @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
POV new separated cycle lane, westbound uphill Clerkenwell Road. @camdencouncil.bsky.social is really setting the benchmark in London. @willnorman.co.uk
POV first section of the Clerkenwell Rd separated cycle lane. You love to see it @camdencc.bsky.social
In under two months since the counter was restarted, 539,697 cycle journeys along the Embankment have been recorded as of 8:36 am this morning. Safe cycle infrastructure = more people cycling = less congestion @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
292222 cycle journeys along the Embankment have been recorded in under 19 days since the counter was restarted, averaging around 15,000 per day. London's going to need more cycle lanes, as the demand rises substantially year on year @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Nearly a quarter of a million cycle journeys in under 12 days along the Embankment have been recorded since the counter was restarted. Given the choice and safe infrastructure, Londoners love cycling. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
You love to see it. New separated cycle lanes are being built on Clerkenwell Rd. More cyclists = more room for drivers = less congestion
Never seen congestion in a bike lane; it's purely a car/inefficiency thing.
Another central London street transformed with a filter and added gardens, preventing rat-running, noise, and danger. Chef’s kiss, London. Thank you, Camden Council, don't stop.
More good news today, if you can believe it! The picture in the thumbnail below is one of the multi-million £ public realm improvements which Lutfur Rahman wanted to rip out to turn this street back into a traffic sewer. Utterly unhinged stuff, much schadenfraude at his ignominious defeat today 🥳
East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes
London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan
standard.co.uk
A cold, wet morning commute in London highlights the tipping point for more separated cycle infrastructure. Theobald's Road and Clerkenwell Road have long been in desperate need of a dedicated cycle lane. A dozen cyclists = more space for drivers.
Hackney Council's traffic calming on Downham Rd when you water down your design to appease drivers is working well 🤦
When you get rid of cars, the noise, the danger and pollution they bring, then add gardens, seating, cycle lanes and public space, no one ever wants it to return to its previous incarnation. Keep going London. Bayley St, Bloomsbury
‘No one cycles in the winter’ London 👇 ( nearly 1200 cycles on a Sunday before 9am ) @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
The best kind of induced demand. Still waiting for drivers to cotton on that more cycle lanes lead to more cyclists, which means fewer cars for them to deal with.
If you choose to drive your space-inefficient private vehicle into an already crowded city with a road system designed before the advent of cars, when excellent public transport is available, you forfeit your right to complain about gridlock, traffic, and congestion.
In the 2 months since the counter was reset, nearly 650,000 cycling journeys along here, averaging about 9,700 trips a day. Cycling has increased by 12% since last year, 1,500,000 daily journeys, a 43% rise from 2019. Those who complain about congestion are the ones driving
8am, 1 degree C, one of London's finest LTNs and people still cycle. Provide people with safe routes, and they will cycle throughout the year. Shout out to the cyclists in shorts
Something has to give if successive governments have not increased fuel duty since 2011, continually subsidise driving, and you need to fill a financial black hole. Pay-per-mile is the answer
Will pay-per-mile raise Reeves money or drive people away from electric vehicles?
Need for new road taxes is clear – but there are concerns that pricing plan could stall transition away from petrol
theguardian.com
Nearly 600,000 cycle journeys in less than 2 months since the counter was reset, averaging about 9,700 trips per day. This number surpasses all motor traffic. This week has seen freezing temperatures, but that hasn't deterred cyclists. They are a hardy bunch @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Since the counter was fixed, well over half a million cycle journeys have been made in less than two months. At peak times, records show that rush hour traffic consists of 250 motor vehicles ph in the am & 350 in the pm, considerably less than the number of bikes. Time for another cycle lane
Just an average day in Soho, Berwick St, among its famous food stalls. Remember, the residents and the Soho Society prefer traffic and cars over pedestrianisation and al fresco dining @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
Before smartphones, many Londoners would have an A-Z handy to navigate London, first published in 1936. It's good to see Central London, A to Z style, on the panniers of a London Ambulance E-Bike. The bicycle is still the quickest way to get to someone in Central London after all these years
Everything about driving is heavily subsidised to maintain your car dependency. This is a start
I've waited a lifetime for a safe, separated cycle lane on Theobalds Road to protect me from impatient drivers. Cyclists outnumber motorised vehicles on this stretch of road, so it's only fair that the balance shifts toward more efficient modes of transport. Well done, Camden Council
8 a.m. this morning on a very chilly but beautiful day, a month since the counter was fixed, 339,000+ journeys by bicycle in one month. Imagine if they were car journeys; cycle lanes benefit everyone. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
