Cycles outnumber all motorised traffic by 50% on major London road
My impression was that this nice weather had really brought out the cyclists. So repeated my counts at Dockhead this morning (July 17th). Compared with last October there were 66% more cyclists, an amazing 880 per hour. All motorised traffic (cars, motorbikes, vans, buses, lorries) was down 10% at 570 per hour. So for every 2 motorised vehicles there were 3 cyclists. It does not look like that because cyclists take up so little road space. But when you start counting there really are a lot of bicycles out there.
For those who do not know it, Dockhead is the Jamaica Road-Tooley Street junction on the A200. On one of the main routes from SE London, close to Tower Bridge. Counts from 8:08 to 8:45.
My impression was that this nice weather had really brought out the cyclists. So repeated my counts at Dockhead this morning (July 17th). Compared with last October there were 66% more cyclists, an amazing 880 per hour. All motorised traffic (cars, motorbikes, vans, buses, lorries) was down 10% at 570 per hour. So for every 2 motorised vehicles there were 3 cyclists. It does not look like that because cyclists take up so little road space. But when you start counting there really are a lot of bicycles out there.
For those who do not know it, Dockhead is the Jamaica Road-Tooley Street junction on the A200. On one of the main routes from SE London, close to Tower Bridge. Counts from 8:08 to 8:45.