500,000 people visit the City each day, the majority of them on foot.
And bikes now far outnumber cars, but a minority of those riding
through the City do so at speed, claims the new campaign.
“Our message is simple – in the City, please ride at a speed where you
can easily stop if a person walking happens to step out,” says a
statement from the Corporation.
The statement claims that the recent work to get more people on bikes
– such as banning cars from the Bank junction – “is under threat due
to the behaviour of a small minority of irresponsible cyclists.
Travelling over 10mph is simply not acceptable.”
There has been a 22% increase in pedestrian KSI between the 2009 - 11
and 2014 – 16 baseline data which mirrors an approximate 22% increase
in City worker population in the same period.
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