Cycling revolution (2)

Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

Response received on 19/02/13.

The area of Hull is roughly equivalent to a central London borough and the 12 per cent mode share figure for cycling in Hull refers to the percentage of trips by bike for journeys to work in 2001. This figure is analogous with a number of London boroughs. For example, in the London Borough of Richmond, 16 per cent of residents cycle at least part of their journey to work and in the London Borough of Hackney this is 12 per cent. Furthermore, 20 per cent of all traffic in the City of London are now bicycles.

My target for cycling in London is to increase cycling levels so that they represent 5 per cent of all journeys made in London by 2026; not just journeys to work. This is an ambitious target which I will achieve by investing in better routes for cyclists, measures to improve cycle safety and measures to support people to take up cycling.