Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by mnd999 on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:00AM
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I think most of the commenters missed this.
It should also be taken in the context of the city not being an area many people drive to anyway. Many of these cyclists will have switched from the tube, and many of them will have taken a train to a terminal station and biked from there.
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Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by worik on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:43AM
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Does the London tube have good facilities for carrying bikes?
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by iams on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:56AM
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No. Non folding bikes are not allowed on most tube services in central london. The lines that do allow it don't allow it during rush hour.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by worik on Monday March 20, 2023 @03:34PM
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So how do all the bikes get into central London?
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by dan-robertson on Monday March 20, 2023 @04:31PM
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Not sure I understand your question. I think people cycle them in…
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by tim333 on Monday March 20, 2023 @04:34PM
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You can take them on overground trains, though that's kind of restricted at rush hour. I imagine people mostly either cycle from their homes or leave the bike near a station.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by mnd999 on Monday March 20, 2023 @05:04PM
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Lots of stations have large cycle racks. They just go from office to station and back again.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by yuliyp on Monday March 20, 2023 @05:44PM
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While there are certainly some areas like the City of London which are almost exclusively commercial/office, most of London, even the central parts, is a mashup of different land uses including residential. Not everyone commutes in from the suburbs.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by dan-robertson on Monday March 20, 2023 @04:30PM
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Folding bikes are sometimes not allowed
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by oakesm9 on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:51AM
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No, but folding bikes are pretty common in London. Those can be taken on trains at any time whereas normal hikes are technically only allowed on off-peak trains.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by matth3 on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:50AM
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Nope, they are not allowed on the underground network unless they are folding bikes.
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by Symbiote on Monday March 20, 2023 @01:06PM
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Outside peak hours they are allowed on the sub-surface lines (Circle etc) as those have larger trains and simpler emergency evacuation.
It's still not something you'd want to do very often. I think I did it once with a new bicycle that I'd bought from the other side of London, where the route home would have been long and completely new to me.
Map of allowed lines: https://content.tfl.gov.uk/cycles-on-public-transport.pdf
Re:Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
by DrBazza on Monday March 20, 2023 @12:12PM
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For non-UK people, particularly American readers, the City of London, and inner London in general has zero public parking. It feels like even saying 'zero' is being pretty generous. Every street is restricted in some way (no parking, or exorbitant parking meters), and there are decreasingly few car parks/parking lots.