London's Walking and Cycling Commissioner on new cycleway in Southwark
Transport for London (TfL) and Southwark Council have completed work on section of a cycleway that runs from London Bridge to Greenwich.
London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman says TfL has quadrupled London's cycle network since 2016.
London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman says TfL has quadrupled London's cycle network since 2016.
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00:00 Yeah, we're here in Southwark to announce the completion of this section of cycleway 4.
00:05 That's a new cycle route for London that runs all the way from London Bridge
00:08 all the way down to Greenwich and then beyond into Woolwich and Plumstead.
00:12 But this marks a massive milestone for London more generally.
00:16 We've quadrupled the size of the cycle network across the city.
00:21 So that's going from about 90 kilometres decent cycle lane in 2016 when Sadiq became mayor
00:26 to over 360 by the end of that month.
00:29 And this is having a huge impact on people.
00:31 More and more people are cycling because they feel safe because of the infrastructure.
00:36 We now have about 1.26 million bike journeys being made on average on a daily basis across London.
00:42 Now that's good for our environment, that's good for our health and that's good for our city.