Jeremy Parker wrote:

That aside, the facility does seem to successfully promote cycling
in
MK, to a level I've not seen elsewhere in the UK other than in
Oxford
or Cambridge.

Neil

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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK


2001 figures for bike mode commuting share are Cambridge, 28% (which
beats Amsterdam), Oxford 16%, York 13%, Hull 12%, Boston, Lincs. 11%.
I'm not sure of the Milton Keynes figure, but I think its about 3% -
about half that for the London borough of Hackney.

See Jon Parkin "Comparisons of cycle use for the journey to work from
the '81, '91 and 2001 census" TEC, Sept 2003

Maybe this is because although MK has an excellent cycle network (I used
it once and was very impressed apart from the signage!), it also has a
relatively high-capacity road network, so cycling isn't really a way to
beat congestion (e.g. London) or car restrictions (e.g. Hackney)
(although I admit I have only driven in MK in rush hour once).

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London