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It's a reasonable point, and not everyone is going to want to cycle all of their journey, but with better conditions they might want to cycle some of it, e.g. to/from the station. Average commute distances have increased, but people still make a heck of a lot of short distance trips that could easily be cycled - to the shops, the school run etc. So cycling could take a lot of pressure off the public transport network, as well as making people healthier and better off, without getting them all up to SuperCommuter standards.
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Going off topic here, but this thread has reminded me of something that as far as I'm aware hasn't been mentioned that could completely ruin mass cycling in London.
Rising house prices.
Are you going to convince the average joe to ride to work when they now can only afford to live in zone 4 and have a 12 mile ride to work?