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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

New separated cycle lanes popping up on Shaftesbury Ave. All it takes is political will + the removal of some unnecessary parking spaces. London is becoming a cycling city, reflecting a generational shift that recognises driving in urban areas as slow, inefficient use of time.

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

In 10 weeks since the counter was restarted, 754111 cycle journeys have been recorded along the Embankment. Up over 72000 from last week. Every cyclist is doing drivers a favour by freeing up the roads. We are going to need more cycle lanes @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

In 9 weeks since the counter was restarted, during this s's heatwave, 681937 cycle journeys have been recorded along the Embankment. Up 75000 from last week. Chapeau London @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

In two months since the counter was restarted, 607972 cycle journeys along the Embankment have been recorded. Up 70000 from last week 70000 cyclists doing drivers a favour @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

POV new separated cycle lane, westbound uphill Clerkenwell Road. @camdencouncil.bsky.social is really setting the benchmark in London. @willnorman.co.uk

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

POV first section of the Clerkenwell Rd separated cycle lane. You love to see it @camdencc.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

In under two months since the counter was restarted, 539,697 cycle journeys along the Embankment have been recorded as of 8:36 am this morning. Safe cycle infrastructure = more people cycling = less congestion @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

292222 cycle journeys along the Embankment have been recorded in under 19 days since the counter was restarted, averaging around 15,000 per day. London's going to need more cycle lanes, as the demand rises substantially year on year @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Nearly a quarter of a million cycle journeys in under 12 days along the Embankment have been recorded since the counter was restarted. Given the choice and safe infrastructure, Londoners love cycling. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

You love to see it. New separated cycle lanes are being built on Clerkenwell Rd. More cyclists = more room for drivers = less congestion

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Never seen congestion in a bike lane; it's purely a car/inefficiency thing.

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Another central London street transformed with a filter and added gardens, preventing rat-running, noise, and danger. Chef’s kiss, London. Thank you, Camden Council, don't stop.

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

More good news today, if you can believe it! The picture in the thumbnail below is one of the multi-million £ public realm improvements which Lutfur Rahman wanted to rip out to turn this street back into a traffic sewer. Utterly unhinged stuff, much schadenfraude at his ignominious defeat today 🥳

standard.co.uk

East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes

London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

A cold, wet morning commute in London highlights the tipping point for more separated cycle infrastructure. Theobald's Road and Clerkenwell Road have long been in desperate need of a dedicated cycle lane. A dozen cyclists = more space for drivers.

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Hackney Council's traffic calming on Downham Rd when you water down your design to appease drivers is working well 🤦

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

When you get rid of cars, the noise, the danger and pollution they bring, then add gardens, seating, cycle lanes and public space, no one ever wants it to return to its previous incarnation. Keep going London. Bayley St, Bloomsbury

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

‘No one cycles in the winter’ London 👇 ( nearly 1200 cycles on a Sunday before 9am ) @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The best kind of induced demand. Still waiting for drivers to cotton on that more cycle lanes lead to more cyclists, which means fewer cars for them to deal with.

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

If you choose to drive your space-inefficient private vehicle into an already crowded city with a road system designed before the advent of cars, when excellent public transport is available, you forfeit your right to complain about gridlock, traffic, and congestion.

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

In the 2 months since the counter was reset, nearly 650,000 cycling journeys along here, averaging about 9,700 trips a day. Cycling has increased by 12% since last year, 1,500,000 daily journeys, a 43% rise from 2019. Those who complain about congestion are the ones driving

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

8am, 1 degree C, one of London's finest LTNs and people still cycle. Provide people with safe routes, and they will cycle throughout the year. Shout out to the cyclists in shorts

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Something has to give if successive governments have not increased fuel duty since 2011, continually subsidise driving, and you need to fill a financial black hole. Pay-per-mile is the answer

theguardian.com

Will pay-per-mile raise Reeves money or drive people away from electric vehicles?

Need for new road taxes is clear – but there are concerns that pricing plan could stall transition away from petrol

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Nearly 600,000 cycle journeys in less than 2 months since the counter was reset, averaging about 9,700 trips per day. This number surpasses all motor traffic. This week has seen freezing temperatures, but that hasn't deterred cyclists. They are a hardy bunch @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Since the counter was fixed, well over half a million cycle journeys have been made in less than two months. At peak times, records show that rush hour traffic consists of 250 motor vehicles ph in the am & 350 in the pm, considerably less than the number of bikes. Time for another cycle lane

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Just an average day in Soho, Berwick St, among its famous food stalls. Remember, the residents and the Soho Society prefer traffic and cars over pedestrianisation and al fresco dining @mayoroflondon.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Before smartphones, many Londoners would have an A-Z handy to navigate London, first published in 1936. It's good to see Central London, A to Z style, on the panniers of a London Ambulance E-Bike. The bicycle is still the quickest way to get to someone in Central London after all these years

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Everything about driving is heavily subsidised to maintain your car dependency. This is a start

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I've waited a lifetime for a safe, separated cycle lane on Theobalds Road to protect me from impatient drivers. Cyclists outnumber motorised vehicles on this stretch of road, so it's only fair that the balance shifts toward more efficient modes of transport. Well done, Camden Council

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

8 a.m. this morning on a very chilly but beautiful day, a month since the counter was fixed, 339,000+ journeys by bicycle in one month. Imagine if they were car journeys; cycle lanes benefit everyone. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Happy new LTN week to those who celebrate. In a borough with the lowest car ownership per household in London (26%), drivers are still frothing at the consequences of their own actions: driving. It's no longer just about you.

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Regardless of whether the average speed in central London is between 8.7 mph and 7.1 mph, there will still be someone who complains about the new markings at St John Street, Smithfield, part of the transformation to make it more pedestrian and cycle-friendly

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

At 9am this week, another 80,000+ bike journeys along the Embankment. To put this in perspective, there are more bike journeys per hour in this 1 lane than there are in the 4 motor vehicle lanes on the same route. If you want to get cities moving, build more cycle lanes @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Here are 10 cyclists taking up the space of approximately one car. In London, 60% of car trips are single-occupant Cycle lanes and cyclists don't cause congestion; cars do

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Last week, over 85,000 cycle journeys were recorded along the Embankment, ≈ 500 + journeys ph. Peak hours show ≈ 250 motor vehicles AM and ≈ 350 PM, significantly fewer than the number of cyclists. Time to add another cycle lane for more efficient transport @willnorman.co.uk @london.gov.uk

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Should be 200,000+ cycle journeys today in 2.5 weeks on the Embankment since the counter was fixed on the 24th of September. Chefs kiss London. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It's impressive how quickly Paris has transformed car-dominant roads, prioritising more efficient modes of transportation. One lane for drivers on the right side, made to wallow in their own stop-and-start inefficiency, two giant lanes for bikes.

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

80000+ cycle journeys in Autumnal weather this week along the Embankment. Tell me cycling is not popular in London. The counter was fixed last week @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

After not working for three months, it's been fixed in the last few days. London was well on its way to passing 3 million cycle journeys on this route, a new record, but I guess we will never know now. Until next year, then @cs3cs6count.bsky.social

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

There is still a group of Nimbys and taxi drivers who prefer this to the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, thinking retail will close & crowds disappear. If only Oxford St had at least 6 Tube lines and several stations within walking distance, connecting all of London, then maybe, this might work

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Can't come soon enough. 'The Transport & Environment thinktank has urged the government to use the autumn budget to bring in a levy on the largest vehicles, which it said would reflect the damage they caused to the environment and infrastructure.'

theguardian.com

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Roads busier this morning in London? The school run is back. The school run accounts for nearly 30% of morning traffic in London ( 43% in Tower Hamlets) You may well ask ‘How am I supposed to do the school run with 4 kids without an SUV ?’ Tell me they're not having fun 👇

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Waiting for that tipping point when most sensible people realise that transporting a single 80kg person in 2.5 tonnes of SUV was not the height of technical advancement but peak stupidity for the human race. Tax SUVs out of existence

theguardian.com

Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn

Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

And it's Hackney local derivative... 'There was never any traffic on Graham Road before LTNs' Graham Road anti traffic protests, 1980s

A picture from Hackney Archive of residents in the 1980s on Graham Road protesting against the levels of traffic.

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

'There was never any traffic in London before Sadiq Khan and those cycle lanes, it's all manufactured' London, 1952 and 1926

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

When you need to get somewhere quickly in a city, biking is always the best option. Chapeau London Ambulance E-Bikes

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Bernard the Badger @thebadgerpuncheur.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Watched a while ago and really enjoyed it. Getting from A to B doesn’t have to be soul-destroying, stuck in a prison of your own choosing. It can be wind-in-the-hair enjoyable. People look upon bicycles as childish, toy-like. Duh, yeah - toys are fun - being a kid again is fun - hence biking is fun!

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