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It is big enough but doesn't have the demand for good public transport as households have 2 cars and don't use the public transport. Cycle routes are often described as something a city needs to invest in, you build the routes and for many that creates a safer option of cycling which they will then use. London is in a weird state where cycling is growing even with poor infrastructure and so the planner are playing catch up with the safer option being safety in numbers rather than safe cycle routes.
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It's up and coming, green boxes first, now new cycle lanes.
But the distances are often still too large for box bikes which are also so expensive here due to a lack of a second hand market.
In my case: One bus to city centre. Another bus. Arrives waaay to early at school. Yet another bus to city centre. Then ANOTHER bus to work.
Aintnobodygottimeforthat... :)
JWestland
I have several colleagues with two cars. Why? One does the schoolrun in the AM, the other in the PM and they can't make it work swapping days due to working times/rules.
An unexpected side-effect of both partners pulling their weight in a city (Belfast) not big enough to have good transport everywhere and rental bike routes everywhere. Yet?