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Bicycles Now Outnumber Cars in London's Rush Hour
20 Feb 2025 | Abstracted from Reason To Be Cheerful
"People on bikes represent 40 percent of non-pedestrian rush hour traffic in the city, and cars are trending down."
"The government says that the creation of 'low emission zones' has contributed to a 50 percent drop in toxic nitrogen dioxide
"Data from 12 sites across the city show that since 1999, automobile traffic has fallen by 64 percent and the bicyclist count has increased by 386 percent."
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