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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 1h

If you're thinking of cycling around central London on Sunday, be aware of the road closures including cycleway #C3 #CS3 for the Royal Parks Half Marathon. #JoggistsBeJogging Route info www.royalparkshalf.com/route Road closures: www.royalparkshalf.com/road-closures

Cycle paths
Friday 9 October
From 09.00 on Friday 9 October Cycleway 3 on South Carriage Drive in Hyde Park will be suspended. There is a diversion in place for cyclists between West Carriage Drive and Hyde Park Corner via Rotten Row on this day only.

Saturday 10 October
In Hyde Park Cycleway 3 on South Carriage Drive, and cycle paths on Serpentine Road, The Broadwalk and Rotten Row will be suspended.
In Kensington Gardens cycling access to Albert Approach Road will be suspended.

Sunday 11 October
In Hyde Park all cycle paths will be suspended including the Cycleway 3 on South Carriage Drive and the cycle path on Rotten Row.
In Kensington Gardens all cycle paths and accessible parking bays will be suspended.
In The Green Park and St James’ Park Cycleway 3 will be suspended.

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Morning! (10 secs of the TfL's traffic cam video looking along Victoria Embankment as lines of folks on their bikes cycle east and west on London's cycleway #C3 #CS3)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Morning! (5x10 secs traffic cam video 0755-0835 on 6/10/26 looking towards Blackfriars Bridge as folk commute on their bikes on London's cycleway #C6 #CS6)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Morning! (7x10 secs traffic cam video looking towards Blackfriars Bridge 0805-0915 on 1 Oct'26, as waves of cyclists cycle north and southwards on the cycleway #C6 #CS6 track)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Evening! (7x10 secs TfL traffic cam video looking towards Blackfriars Bridge on 30 Sept'26, 1715-1825 as waves of folk cycle home on the cycleway #C6 #CS6 track) Over 9,000 cycle journeys were recorded on 30 Sept by the #CS6Count totem south of the Stamford St junction.

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

6/ 🚴🚴🚴 ... > 🚗🚗 Well, here's two drivers who can't claim that "no one uses those cycle lanes" (Two drivers wait to enter and exit One Blackfriars as a peloton of folk on their bikes wait to cross the Stamford Street junction on London's cycleway #C6 #CS6)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

5/ 🚴 > 🚗 (London's cycleway #C6 #CS6 south of Blackfriars Bridge, as a wave of folk on their bikes and cargo bikes pass a driver waiting in their car)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Morning! (4x10secs traffic cam video 0825-0855 this morning looking towards Blackfriars Bridge as pelotons of folk on their bikes commute towards the City of London)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Morning! (4x10 seconds of traffic cam video 0755-0825 this morning showing waves of folk riding their bikes on London's cycleway C6 track towards Blackfriars Bridge)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When working, London's cycleways' #C3 #Embankment and #C6 #Blackfriars Road counters have recorded over #28million cycle journeys since they were installed in February 2018* *crowdsourced reports. Thanks to everyone who has shared pictures and scores 🙏 #CS3Count #CS6Count #LondonLovesCycling

27 million
cycle journeys counted and displayed
February 2018 – 13 September 2026*
* Based on crowd-sourced reports of the counters’ displays:

#CS3Count
19,747,245

Cycleway C3 / CS3
Victoria Embankment
2018: 1,654,441 journeys over 33 online weeks
2019: 1,362,003 / 27w
2020: 2,403,651 / 50w
2021: 2,165,693 / 48w
2022: 2,773,951 / 48w
2023: 2,775,657 / 51w
2024: 2,525,485 over 44 online weeks (offline mid-July & August)
2025: 2,528,907 over 40 online weeks (offline July-Sept)
2026: 1,557,457 over 24 online weeks (offline February-April)

#CS6Count
8,363,982

Cycleway C6 / CS6
Blackfriars Road
2018: 574,304 journeys over 23 online weeks
2019: 593,122 / 23w
2020: 1,135,657 / 50w
2021: 1,295,846 / 51w
2022: 741,996 / 32w
2023: 1,222,817 / 37w
2024: 1,769,746 / 52w
2025: 56,140 over 1 online week, then offline
2026: 974,354 over 21 online weeks (offline January-April)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Evening! (3x 10 seconds of traffic camera footage 9/9/26 1735-1755, as lots of folk cycle homewards on the cycleway #C3 #CS3 cycle track along London's Victoria Embankment)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

3/ Looking back on Tuesday 8th Sept, it is clear that cycling is embedded in London's transport habits, as folk grabbed their coats and cycled to work in the morning's rain 🚴🌧️ (6x 10secs of traffic vid btw 0700-0845 from London's cycleways #C3 #CS3 and #C4)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Morning! (7x9 secs traffic video looking towards the junction of Tooley St and Boss St south of Tower Bridge as folk cycle towards central London on cycleway #C4 on 3 Sept'26 0755-0855)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

... wot, you want more? Evening #2! (55 secs of traffic video looking towards Blackfriars Bridge as folk cycle homewards on the cycleway #C6 #CS6 track, Weds 2 Sept'26 btw 1805-1855)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Evening! (40 secs of traffic video looking towards Blackfriars Bridge as folk cycle homewards on the cycleway #C6 #CS6 track, Weds 2 Sept'26 btw 1715-1755)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

2/2 Evening! (5x10 seconds of TfL traffic cam video looking towards Blackfriars Bridge 1725-1805 this evening, as folk cycle home on the cycleway C6 cycle track

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Morning! (2x10 seconds of TfL traffic cam video of Victoria Embankment at 0835 and 0850 this morning, as folk ride their bikes on the cycleway C3 track. Few if any vehicles on the 4 lanes allocated to them) 1/2

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

3/ ... roads between Excel Centre in London's Docklands and Westminster are closed for the tri-cycle stage

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

2/ .. the tri-folk are out doing their tri-cycle stage in the London Triathlon.

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

📢 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT CLOSED ON SUNDAY 26 JULY 📢 ... for the London Triathlon 100km bike ride. Roads from Excel Centre to Westminster are closed from 0430 to 1400. Assume the #Silvertown bike bus is suspended too .... Road closure info pdf: t100triathlon.com/wp-content/u...

Map of London between Westminster and City Airport with coloured lines representing road closures across the triathlon weekend

MAP REFERENCE ROADS CLOSED CLOSURE TIMES
RED LINE ON MAP Royal Albert Way Saturday 25 July 05:30 –
Sunday 26 July 18:30*
*Royal Albert Way closure remains in
place overnight (Sat 25 July 05:30 –
Sun 26 July 18:30)
1 lane westbound available for access; exit via Lynx Way to Connaught
Roundabout
WHITE LINE ON MAP Sandstone Lane, Seagull Lane, Western
Gateway, Tidal Basin
Saturday 25 July 05:30 – 18:30
Sunday 26 July 04:30 - 18:30
PINK LINE ON MAP Silvertown Tunnel Roundabout, Silvertown
Tunnel, Lower Lea Crossing
Saturday 25 July 05:30 – 14:00
Sunday 26 July 04:30 – 14:00
YELLOW LINE ON MAP Leamouth Roundabout, East India Dock
Road, Aspen Way, Limehouse Link Tunnel,
The Highway, East Smithfield, Tower Bridge
Approach, Tower Hill, Byward Street, Lower
Thames Street, Upper Thames Street, White
Lion Hill, Blackfriars Underpass, Victoria
Embankment
Sunday 26 July 04:30 - 14:00
(Sunday closure only)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

These works on Byward Street, by the Tower of London, are authorised by #TfL Another failure by #TfL (cc @willnorman.co.uk ), allowing Thames Water to block cycleway #C3 with no traffic management bsky.app/profile/bean...

One Network entry for Thames Water works on Byward Street 23 Jul-29 Jul 2026 "lane closure"

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

To @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social and others that like to pootle around on a Sunday, lots of central London is closed on Sunday 12 July for the London 10k run. Map with reopening times: www.thelondon10k.com/_files/ugd/2... bsky.app/profile/se1....

Map showing lots of closed roads in central London - see https://www.thelondon10k.com/_files/ugd/2f9bfd_178dc49edd6e47d0a84a9caabfa05462.pdf for info with reopening times

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

When working, London's cycleways' #C3 #Embankment and #C6 #Blackfriars Road counters have recorded over #27million cycle journeys since they were installed in February 2018* *crowdsourced reports. Thanks to everyone who has shared pictures and scores 🙏 #CS3Count #CS6Count #LondonLovesCycling

27 million
cycle journeys counted and displayed
February 2018 – 10 July 2026*
* Based on crowd-sourced reports of the counters’ displays:

#CS3Count
19,159,972

Cycleway C3 / CS3
Victoria Embankment
2018: 1,654,441 journeys over 33 online weeks
2019: 1,362,003 / 27w
2020: 2,403,651 / 50w
2021: 2,165,693 / 48w
2022: 2,773,951 / 48w
2023: 2,775,657 / 51w
2024: 2,525,485 over 44 online weeks (offline mid-July & August)
2025: 2,528,907 over 40 online weeks (offline July-Sept)
2026: 970,184 over 16 online weeks (offline February-April)

#CS6Count
7,887,615

Cycleway C6 / CS6
Blackfriars Road
2018: 574,304 journeys over 23 online weeks
2019: 593,122 / 23w
2020: 1,135,657 / 50w
2021: 1,295,846 / 51w
2022: 741,996 / 32w
2023: 1,222,817 / 37w
2024: 1,769,746 / 52w
2025: 56,140 over 1 online week, then offline
2026: 554,127 over 13 online weeks (offline January-April)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

When it's finally cool enough to cycle home ... folk using London's cycleway #C6 #CS6 below Blackfriars Bridge 2335-2355 9 Jul'26.

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Evening! (6x10 secs traffic video 1725-1835 today, with wave after wave of folk riding their bikes home on cycleway C6 CS6 south of Blackfriars Bridge)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Evening! (6x10 secs of traffic video looking towards Blackfriars Bridge 1725-1825 this evening, as wave after wave of folk cycle homewards on the cycleway C6 track)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

London's cycleway #C4 busy this morning (6x 10 secs traffic video of C4, 0805-0855 this morning, at the Tooley/Boss St junction south of Tower Bridge, as folk wait and cross the junction on their bikes)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

@pedalme.bsky.social with their bike's distinctive name plate getting pap'd by TfL's cycleway C4 traffic camera at the junction of Tooley Street and Boss Street (south of Tower Bridge) (10 secs traffic cam vid as folk on their bikes and cargo bikes cross the cycleway junction)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

There's a roadworks job approved by #TfL for Upper Thames Street "some carriageway incursion", the route of London's cycleway #C3 #CS3 which, in @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social 's post below, is very much blocked. bsky.app/profile/rant...

Roadworks entry in one.network for works on Upper Thames Street this weekend "some carriageway incursion"

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This job on Upper Thames Street, 0500 4 Jul - 1300 5 Jul, approved by TfL "Some carriageway incursion"? If @willnorman.co.uk 's #TfL has granted a closure of cycleway #C3 #CS3 on a summer weekend (with folk coming in for events like Pride), then is "byword for cycling" just a joke?

Works notice for job on Upper Thames Street

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Morning! (Remember these are all, according to the naysayers, "paid actors" ... it costs a bl**dy fortune to hire them every day) (7x 10 secs of traffic cam vid of folk riding their bikes on the cycleway C6 track towards Blackfriars Bridge 0815-0915 on 2 Jul'26)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

2/2 Evening! (7x10 seconds of TfL's traffic camera video looking towards Blackfriars Bridge Tues 30 Jun 1715-1815, as wave after wave of folk on bikes using the cycleway C6 cycle track south from the bridge and queue to cross the Stamford St junction)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

1/2 Morning! (7x10 seconds of TfL's traffic camera video looking towards Blackfriars Bridge Tues 30 Jun 0815-0915, as wave after wave of folk on bikes using the cycleway C6 cycle track towards the bridge)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴 > 🚕 If you hear a London cabbie complaining "those effing cycle lanes are always empty .." point 'em to this video (London taxi driver waits, and waits, to cross the cycleway C6 cycle track south of Blackfriars Bridge as a peloton of folk on their bikes cycles by)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

/cont ... Guys, seriously, the football doesn't start until 9pm. (4x10 secs traffic cam 1825-1855 with more pelotons of commuters on their bikes in London's evening heatwave 🥵 )

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🤯 (7x10 secs traffic cam footage 1705-1815 with peloton after peloton (after peloton) of folk on their bikes on the C6 cycleway south of Blackfriars Bridge, waiting to cross the Stamford St junction)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

London's cycleway #C4 looking busy this morning between last night's tropics-like thunderstorm and today's heatwave (3x10 secs of traffic video of the Tooley St/Boss St junction sth of Tower Bridge as folk on bikes queue to cross the junction on cycleway C4. Timed 0800-0855 this am)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Talking of cycling sartorial styles in this morning's fab vid by @westcountrytim.bsky.social , which style do you rock best? 😎 bsky.app/profile/west...

9 images of folk on a variety of bikes rocking a great range of active wear.

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

2/ Cycleway C3 on Victoria Embankment looking busy this evening too (3x 10 secs of traffic cam vid of Victoria Embankment with lots of folk using the C3 track on the right by the River Thames, and some motorised vehicles use the four lanes devoted to them)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Budge up and make room for one more 😎 (10 seconds of traffic camera footage looking towards Blackfriars Bridge. A TdF-sized peloton of ordinary folk on their bikes queue wait on the cycleway C6 track to cross the Union Street junction)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"First drop of rain, and those expensive lanes are left empty .. fair weather drivists, the lot of them" (2x10 secs of traffic cam video 1700 today of Victoria Embankment. Folk ride bikes on the C3 cycleway to the right by the River Thames. Next to nothing on the four lanes for motorised vehicles)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"The problem with those special lanes is that they're only used for a couple of hours a day, then left empty! Just a waste of space and money!" (TfL traffic video of Victoria Embankment at 1115 today. Folk ride bikes on the cycleway C3 track to the right. Four lanes for motorised traffic are empty)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Given everything going with X, not sure to be amused or offended. Haven't posted any original content there for months, but someone is upset.

Hello London Cycleway C3/CS3's Crowdsourced Count,

Your account, CS3Count, was reported and has been suspended for violating the X Rules.

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

London's cycleway #C4 looking busy this morning (7x10secs traffic cam video of the Tooley St/Boss St junction sth of Tower Bridge, as large groups of folk on bikes cross the junction, sometimes wiggling past other vehicles blocking the road!)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ "We've built them their own dedicated lanes, but what a waste!" (10 secs TfL's traffic cam video of Victoria Embankment at 1815 today - rush hour. Lots of folk using cycleway #C3 #CS3 on the right by the River Thames. There are four lanes for motorised traffic, completely empty)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

One of the @pedalme.bsky.social cargo-bikes being pap'd by the TfL traffic camera on London's Blackfriars #C6 #CS6 cycleway.

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

4/ BREAKING NEWS With inclement conditions continuing, London's cyclists have got out their waterproofs ☔ (Traffic cam footage from cycleways C3 Parliament Square, C3 Victoria Embankment and C6 Blackfriars Road as folk wear wet weather gear)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

3/ "They never use those cycle lanes when it's raini ... oh" (3x 10secs of TfL traffic cam video looking towards Tooley Street with people cycling on cycleway #C4 queue to cross the Boss St junction in this morning's damp conditions)

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CS3 CS6 Crowdsourced Count @cs3cs6count.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

2/ "They never use those cycle lanes when it's raini ... oh" (4x 10secs of TfL traffic cam video looking towards Blackfriars Bridge with people riding bikes on the #C6 #CS6 cycle track in this morning's damp conditions)

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