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@skydancer
Good post blue feet
You point out the massive increase in cycling in London over 20 years which i too have witnessed with spikes and a recent acceleration , almost a snowball effect. There may be a tipping point with a huge sudden uptake or we may carry on with these small gains as we get better at improving skills and conditions.
The main point here is that we keep on looking for those wins. And where we can work with political leaders, like in hackney, who understand the value of this and understand how we need to tweak the environment, educate people, contain anti social driving, making drivers feel like guests on the road through and welcoming people on bikes on the road with them, london could be amazing.
For such change to happen out of London there needs to be national leadership as well as the local relationships and a more coherent united view from advocates