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60% of car journeys in
London is a single occupant

Last week, over 85,000 cycle journeys were recorded along the Embankment, ≈ 500 + journeys ph. Peak hours show ≈ 250 motor vehicles AM and ≈ 350 PM, significantly fewer than the number of cyclists. Time to add another cycle lane for more efficient transport @willnorman.co.uk @london.gov.uk

Should be 200,000+ cycle journeys today in 2.5 weeks on the Embankment since the counter was fixed on the 24th of September. Chefs kiss London. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

It's impressive how quickly Paris has transformed car-dominant roads, prioritising more efficient modes of transportation. One lane for drivers on the right side, made to wallow in their own stop-and-start inefficiency, two giant lanes for bikes.

80000+ cycle journeys in Autumnal weather this week along the Embankment. Tell me cycling is not popular in London. The counter was fixed last week @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

After not working for three months, it's been fixed in the last few days. London was well on its way to passing 3 million cycle journeys on this route, a new record, but I guess we will never know now. Until next year, then @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

There is still a group of Nimbys and taxi drivers who prefer this to the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, thinking retail will close & crowds disappear. If only Oxford St had at least 6 Tube lines and several stations within walking distance, connecting all of London, then maybe, this might work

Ulez bombshell: TfL owed £800m by drivers who refuse to pay Sadiq's clean air levy Crackdown on persistent evaders sees more than 530 vehicles seized and sold or crushed since January

'Another driver paid almost £17,000 to clear 46 warrants'

£575 or £17000? The driver chose the latter. Stupid does as stupid is

Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.

Saving lives and preventing injury should always take priority over drivers' convenience.

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations

Can't come soon enough.

'The Transport & Environment thinktank has urged the government to use the autumn budget to bring in a levy on the largest vehicles, which it said would reflect the damage they caused to the environment and infrastructure.'

4 children on a cargo bike

Roads busier this morning in London? The school run is back.

The school run accounts for nearly 30% of morning traffic in London ( 43% in Tower Hamlets)

You may well ask ‘How am I supposed to do the school run with 4 kids without an SUV ?’

Tell me they're not having fun

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Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space

Waiting for that tipping point when most sensible people realise that transporting a single 80kg person in 2.5 tonnes of SUV was not the height of technical advancement but peak stupidity for the human race.

Tax SUVs out of existence

A picture from Hackney Archive of residents in the 1980s on Graham Road protesting against the levels of traffic.

And it's Hackney local derivative... 'There was never any traffic on Graham Road before LTNs'

Graham Road anti traffic protests, 1980s

'There was never any traffic in London before Sadiq Khan and those cycle lanes, it's all manufactured'

London, 1952 and 1926

No. The average speed of traffic in London is 10.6 mph; the primary cause of obstruction to emergency services is traffic and poorly parked vehicles

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Also, about the bikes

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Post this on the other hellsite and the comments inevitably lead to ' where do they fit the patients '

When you need to get somewhere quickly in a city, biking is always the best option. Chapeau London Ambulance E-Bikes

Watched a while ago and really enjoyed it. Getting from A to B doesn’t have to be soul-destroying, stuck in a prison of your own choosing. It can be wind-in-the-hair enjoyable. People look upon bicycles as childish, toy-like. Duh, yeah - toys are fun - being a kid again is fun - hence biking is fun!

Ahh the serenity

‘A nuisance and an eyesore’: hire ebikes accumulate at London border between rival firms Chiswick Bridge now frontline of turf war as Lime bikes stop functioning when they cross from Richmond into Hounslow

I'll tell you what an eyesore is: limitless and subsidised on-street parking for cars

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Private vehicles account for 80% of UK traffic.
There's no benefit for me in that. Tax them for the privilege.

A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it's long past time to end the fuel duty freeze | Larry Elliott Successive chancellors have steered clear of increasing taxes for motorists for 15 years, but this should be a no-brainer for cash-strapped Rachel Reeves, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Just to be clear, your driving habit is heavily subsidised. More so for the 46% of London households and the 22% of UK households that don’t own a car.

For every mile driven, taxpayers subsidise 21p outside London, up to £1 inside.

Raise Fuel Duty

Absolutely. The difference is that Soho is under the hold of one of London's most notorious NIMBY clubs, the Soho Society.

I love the Strand Aldwych. It used to be four lanes of traffic that cut off St. Mary le Strand Church, but now it's a space for people and plants. Once these changes are made in cities, no one ever wants to revert to the way things were. ♥️ London

Blue plaques London’s famous blue plaques link the people of the past with the buildings of the present. Now run by English Heritage, the London blue plaques scheme was started in 1866 and is thought to be the old...

Blue Plaques London

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London Ambulance Bicycles

7:30 AM, Soho, London. If there was ever any question about the fastest way to get from A to B in the middle of a vast city, these incredible men and women demonstrate the answer.

❤️ London Ambulance