| Re: Promoting cycling to less frequent users Posted by matth1j at 13:42, 11th September 2025 |     |
Telegraph piece:
Tube strike sparks e-bike ‘kamikaze race’ through London
Trips made on Lime bikes up by 74pc compared to last week but crowded roads have become ‘terrifying'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/39590f9f0b1a51f3
| Re: Promoting cycling to less frequent users Posted by Bob_Blakey at 13:23, 11th September 2025 | |
.....But you do need to provide the infrastructure to support it. .....
While I agree that infrastructure provision is important I also believe it is essential for 'newbie' cyclists to be properly instructed in how to behave when out & about on their bikes. e.g. wear a helmet (I can testify that you never know what others are going to do - in my case it was the helmet that split rather than my head after I hit the deck when trying to avoid two pedestrians who walked out in front of me on a cycle path), lose the headphones / ear buds - cycling can become dangerous if you are not fully aware of what is going on around you.
Completion of a Bikeability course - before they venture out unsupervised - should be mandatory for all new cyclists.
| Re: Promoting cycling to less frequent users Posted by Marlburian at 10:28, 11th September 2025 | |
An American friend who flew home from London hours before Lockdown clamped down on travel has just returned for the first time and tells me that "London is full of cyclists and people walking. I have to say I am not loving London this time around, I think living away from a city for nearly five years and travelling in a car most places really spoiled me for using public transport!"
I had warned her about the proliferation of shop-lifting and phone-snatching in the Capital, but I guess that has to be compared with the murder of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.
| Re: Promoting cycling to less frequent users Posted by ChrisB at 17:54, 10th September 2025 | |
Some of the videos & photos doing the rounds do give that impression in places.
But as its only going to be during strikes, don't expect much money be expended on wider lanes etc
| Re: Promoting cycling to less frequent users Posted by Marlburian at 17:41, 10th September 2025 | |
But 'Is the Tube strike turning London’s cycle lanes into “mosh pits on wheels”? Cyclists claim commute is “carnage” due to red light jumpers and hire bikes'.
Road CC blog
| Promoting cycling to less frequent users Posted by CyclingSid at 11:51, 10th September 2025 | |
"Dublin City Council has recruited three social media influencers to try to persuade teenage girls that cycling can be cool and fun." https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2025/0910/1532646-cycling-girls/
Thoroughly to be applauded, and should be copied elsewhere.
But you do need to provide the infrastructure to support it. https://road.cc/content/news/cyclist-killed-hgv-driver-council-says-junction-safe-315793
End on a more positive note the London Tube strike has encouraged more to get on their bikes https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-10-september-2025-315837. "Increased demand proof that better, wider cycleways needed", well that will get the taxi drivers going!
