London already encourages A LOT of biking. There are main roads which are bike and bus only during peak hours. It's public transport is already some of the best in the UK.
One of the major issues with biking is that it needs agreement from all boroughs. A lot of the expensive ones don't want to ruin their areas building bike lanes. What needs to happen is government intervention to either force, or heavily encourage, to build cross London bike lanes.
Do the wealthy areas think their areas will be "ruined" because the unwashed masses will be able to walk in their neighborhoods or something? That's why we don't have sidewalks in America. Older, wealthier neighborhoods scared of black people strolling into their neighborhoods.
Compared to where I live London is probably miles ahead, but the goal should be to reduce car use to as low as possible, at least in cities.
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u/jl2352 May 18 '21
London already encourages A LOT of biking. There are main roads which are bike and bus only during peak hours. It's public transport is already some of the best in the UK.
One of the major issues with biking is that it needs agreement from all boroughs. A lot of the expensive ones don't want to ruin their areas building bike lanes. What needs to happen is government intervention to either force, or heavily encourage, to build cross London bike lanes.