In my ongoing series of videos trying to learn something about bike friendliness from other cities, today I'm in London for the first time. But rather than just floundering around on the wrong side of the road, I enlisted some help to see how London has made some great strides toward bike-friendliness in the past five years.
Big thanks to Katy Rodda from the London Cycling Campaign for showing me around. For those of you who live in London and want to support the great work of London Cycling Campaign in improving the city, here's a discount code for joining: https://membership.lcc.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=106&discountcode=SHIFTER25
0:00 Introduction
0:57 Cycling superhighway
2:35 Bicycle junctions
3:11 Pilot projects and consultations
3:46 Cycle gate
4:32 Crossing London Bridge
4:52 Quiet Streets
5:25 Quick changes
6:20 Is London now a bike city?
6:40 My impressions of London's progress
#cycling #bike #commuting
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