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[article] London: many more people move around by bike than by car during daytime (cdn.masto.host)
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Thanks to a clear and defined strategy, the car number has decreased by 34% since 2017, and the number of cyclists has increased by 70%. In a city where the transit is really excellent.

These are the results that you get when you build quality infrastructure, as already seen in Paris

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The actual city of London is tiny. It is very small part of of what is considered London

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The same can be said for Paris, but it's still a remarkable result

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It’s not the same. The City of London is an official district, it’s about 1 square mile, it’s not like the whole of zone 1 - central london - it’s not like we’re talking about London vs Greater London. It’s still great to see, and it’s likely the growth applies to much of central london, and hopefully also the majority mode share.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

makes it even more infuriating that the second and third and fourth most use is cars....

while public transport is 3rd last .. horrible

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think it's vehicle count not passenger count.

Many buses in CoL will carry 50+ people at peak times so probably move more people than cars or bikes.

But walking was the most common by a fair bit, just not in that graph.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

damn youre right I completely didnt see that. goes to show how manipulative data can be if yore not triple checking every angle for misconception (altough this isnt that bad, just surprising to me I didnt even consider such different parameter)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is the tube not convenient?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

wheres the tube listed under? but yea didnt think about that option not being listed here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It's very convenient, when it's not on fire.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why on earth is there no bar for subways or trains in general in the graph? Surely that's also a significant percentage, and would probably shrink the car percentage quite a bit. Cause if that portion of people "moving around" isn't even counted, that seems like more than just a slight oversight...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Subways and trains aren't traffic. The study was specifically looking at traffic and how they should adjust the roads

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Look up figure 5 and you'll see how people really get around in The City of London. They walk from station to office.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLC-Tu8n7tE

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

@lgsp meanwhile in #Edinburgh...

Red and black drawing. Psychotic man behind the wheel of a car below the logo for CARMAGEDDON. Superimposed over the logo is WELCOME TO EDINBURGH!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That's so cool! But they probably still only get a fraction of the space cars get.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

And it still takes an hour and a quarter to go the 14 miles from Heathrow to downtown via car. 40 minutes by tube if you time it right.