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most of the cycling bodies say positive things about the scheme but sotto voce -- not wanting to piss over the mayor's latest wheeze -- think it'll make little difference. it's largely a zone 1 thing so it's an expensive answer to a non-existent problem.
the only regulars who require mass transport around zone 1 are commuters at train stations, and the hire stations are NOT going to be near stations to stop commuters using them. so, who's left? tourists mainly, I guess.
what this will mean is that boris will LOOK like he's doing a lot for london cyclists whereas in fact very little is happening. the "cycle superhighways" amount to little more than spraying a bit of pavement blue, and a few cycle lessons here and there, whatever positive spin the LCC try to give it.
edited to add: here's something that would actually change cycling in London for better. won't happen under boris.