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A real benefit to all cyclists of having more people on bikes is that as the number of cyclists rise, the number of collisions involving cyclists goes down, in absolute terms normally. Not up, as you might expect.
I think this is because the more cyclists there are, the more people expect to see them, so the more they look for them...
Just in case anyone was in any doubt of the benefits of more bums on saddles..
This is happening in London right now - numbers up 3% total journeys from 1998 (TfL figures), number of cyclists killed or seriously injured down by 20% (London Road Safety Unit figures)