• Feel like London has got too expensive to ever become a cycling utopia. The majority aren't going to ride everywhere when they live 10 miles from work.

  • The over density of employees in Zone 1 is madness, so many brown field offices out in zone 3 and 4 that are going empty.

    I guess the people responsible prefer the jazzy glass and steel with views over the Thames...

  • Out here in outer north west London, Zone 6,
    brownfield office blocks being converted into flats,
    to allow more people to more easily commute into Zone 1.

  • so many brown field offices out in zone 3 and 4 that are going empty.

    Don't stress, they'll be flats soon enough.

  • The over density of employees in Zone 1 is madness, so many brown field offices out in zone 3 and 4 that are going empty.

    I guess the people responsible prefer the jazzy glass and steel with views over the Thames...

    Yes, the most important strategic aim towards sustainable transport in London is to even out activity--that is, spread employment, shops, etc. so that people can do things closer to their home rather than having to travel into Central London (unless that is their home and they do things there). Without that, you're never going to get cycling to come into its own, which is that it's unbeatable on short, (potentially) multi-stop trips of up to 2 miles (approximately).

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