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The British cities where it is now faster to CYCLE than drive
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It's now faster to cycle than drive in some city centres as Britain’s roads become increasingly gridlocked, a report has found. London and Edinburgh are the two most congested cities in the UK, with drivers clocking up average speeds of only 7mph during the final mile of their journeys, the global traffic audit has revealed. It concluded that it has become ‘faster to ride a bike than drive or take the bus’ for millions of motorists in Britain. It found that last year drivers in six UK cities – London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield – crawled along at an average speed of 10mph or less in the last mile of their journey. The average cyclist in cities travels at 9.6mph, according to traffic analysts Inrix, which conducted the study. ENDS. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cle-drive.html |
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On 17/02/2019 20:52, wrote:
QUOTE: It's now faster to cycle than drive in some city centres as Britain’s roads become increasingly gridlocked, a report has found. London and Edinburgh are the two most congested cities in the UK, with drivers clocking up average speeds of only 7mph during the final mile of their journeys, the global traffic audit has revealed. It concluded that it has become ‘faster to ride a bike than drive or take the bus’ for millions of motorists in Britain. It found that last year drivers in six UK cities – London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield – crawled along at an average speed of 10mph or less in the last mile of their journey. The average cyclist in cities travels at 9.6mph, according to traffic analysts Inrix, which conducted the study. ENDS. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cle-drive.html I have corrected the thread title for you and for the Daily Mail. As written. it was the usual nonsense. I am confident that any competent driver in an ordinary car, behaving completely lawfully, could easily beat you or any other cyclist (on a bicycle) in a race - at any time of day or night - from one end of the Liverpool Ring Road* to the other. [* Approximately 11.3 miles, Millers Bridge / Balliol Road / Breeze Hill / Queens Drive / Menlove Avenue / Hillfoot Road / Speke Hall Road, northerly termination at Regent Road, southerly at junction with A561 Speke Boulevard. Almost all dual carriageway, almost all 40 mph limit.] |
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The British streets where it is now faster to CYCLE than drive
On Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:51:41 GMT, JNugent wrote:
On 17/02/2019 20:52, wrote: QUOTE: It's now faster to cycle than drive in some city centres as Britain’s roads become increasingly gridlocked, a report has found. London and Edinburgh are the two most congested cities in the UK, with drivers clocking up average speeds of only 7mph during the final mile of their journeys, the global traffic audit has revealed. It concluded that it has become ‘faster to ride a bike than drive or take the bus’ for millions of motorists in Britain. It found that last year drivers in six UK cities – London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield – crawled along at an average speed of 10mph or less in the last mile of their journey. The average cyclist in cities travels at 9.6mph, according to traffic analysts Inrix, which conducted the study. ENDS. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tish-cities-fa ster-cycle-drive.html I have corrected the thread title for you and for the Daily Mail. As written. it was the usual nonsense. I am confident that any competent driver in an ordinary car, behaving completely lawfully, could easily beat you or any other cyclist (on a bicycle) in a race - at any time of day or night - from one end of the Liverpool Ring Road* to the other. [* Approximately 11.3 miles, Millers Bridge / Balliol Road / Breeze Hill / Queens Drive / Menlove Avenue / Hillfoot Road / Speke Hall Road, northerly termination at Regent Road, southerly at junction with A561 Speke Boulevard. Almost all dual carriageway, almost all 40 mph limit.] This appears to be some kind of race. But on dual carriageways. I can't see it as representative of the madness that is the daily commute into a city centre. xpost added. -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug. |
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The British streets where it is now faster to CYCLE than drive
On 03/04/2019 22:18, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:
On Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:51:41 GMT, JNugent wrote: On 17/02/2019 20:52, wrote: QUOTE: It's now faster to cycle than drive in some city centres as Britain’s roads become increasingly gridlocked, a report has found. London and Edinburgh are the two most congested cities in the UK, with drivers clocking up average speeds of only 7mph during the final mile of their journeys, the global traffic audit has revealed. It concluded that it has become ‘faster to ride a bike than drive or take the bus’ for millions of motorists in Britain. It found that last year drivers in six UK cities – London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield – crawled along at an average speed of 10mph or less in the last mile of their journey. The average cyclist in cities travels at 9.6mph, according to traffic analysts Inrix, which conducted the study. ENDS. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tish-cities-fa ster-cycle-drive.html I have corrected the thread title for you and for the Daily Mail. As written. it was the usual nonsense. I am confident that any competent driver in an ordinary car, behaving completely lawfully, could easily beat you or any other cyclist (on a bicycle) in a race - at any time of day or night - from one end of the Liverpool Ring Road* to the other. [* Approximately 11.3 miles, Millers Bridge / Balliol Road / Breeze Hill / Queens Drive / Menlove Avenue / Hillfoot Road / Speke Hall Road, northerly termination at Regent Road, southerly at junction with A561 Speke Boulevard. Almost all dual carriageway, almost all 40 mph limit.] This appears to be some kind of race. I bet you worked that out from the bit where I said "...any competent driver in an ordinary car ... could easily beat you or any other cyclist (on a bicycle) in a race...". But on dual carriageways. Quite normal. I can't see it as representative of the madness that is the daily commute into a city centre. You don't know anything about Liverpool and its dual-carriageway radial routes, then? Or about the fact that lots of peoples' commuting journeys take them aong non-radial routes (and even along ring road motorways)? xpost added. Why? |
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The British streets where it is now faster to CYCLE than drive
JNugent wrote:
On 03/04/2019 22:18, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote: On Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:51:41 GMT, JNugent wrote: On 17/02/2019 20:52, wrote: QUOTE: It's now faster to cycle than drive in some city centres as Britainâ?Ts roads become increasingly gridlocked, a report has found. London and Edinburgh are the two most congested cities in the UK, with drivers clocking up average speeds of only 7mph during the final mile of their journeys, the global traffic audit has revealed. It concluded that it has become â?~faster to ride a bike than drive or take the busâ?T for millions of motorists in Britain. It found that last year drivers in six UK cities â?" London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield â?" crawled along at an average speed of 10mph or less in the last mile of their journey. The average cyclist in cities travels at 9.6mph, according to traffic analysts Inrix, which conducted the study. ENDS. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tish-cities-fa ster-cycle-drive.html I have corrected the thread title for you and for the Daily Mail. As written. it was the usual nonsense. I am confident that any competent driver in an ordinary car, behaving completely lawfully, could easily beat you or any other cyclist (on a bicycle) in a race - at any time of day or night - from one end of the Liverpool Ring Road* to the other. [* Approximately 11.3 miles, Millers Bridge / Balliol Road / Breeze Hill / Queens Drive / Menlove Avenue / Hillfoot Road / Speke Hall Road, northerly termination at Regent Road, southerly at junction with A561 Speke Boulevard. Almost all dual carriageway, almost all 40 mph limit.] This appears to be some kind of race. I bet you worked that out from the bit where I said "...any competent driver in an ordinary car ... could easily beat you or any other cyclist (on a bicycle) in a race...". But on dual carriageways. Quite normal. I can't see it as representative of the madness that is the daily commute into a city centre. You don't know anything about Liverpool and its dual-carriageway radial routes, then? Or about the fact that lots of peoples' commuting journeys take them aong non-radial routes (and even along ring road motorways)? xpost added. Why? He has this thing about xposts. Sad little man. |
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The British streets where it is now faster to CYCLE than drive
On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 1:12:36 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
You don't know anything about Liverpool and its dual-carriageway radial routes, then? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q |
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The British cities where it is now faster to CYCLE than drive
On 17/02/2019 20:52, wrote:
QUOTE: It's now faster to cycle than drive in some city centres as Britain’s roads become increasingly gridlocked, a report has found. London and Edinburgh are the two most congested cities in the UK, with drivers clocking up average speeds of only 7mph during the final mile of their journeys, the global traffic audit has revealed. It concluded that it has become ‘faster to ride a bike than drive or take the bus’ for millions of motorists in Britain. It found that last year drivers in six UK cities – London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield – crawled along at an average speed of 10mph or less in the last mile of their journey. The average cyclist in cities travels at 9.6mph, according to traffic analysts Inrix, which conducted the study. ENDS. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cle-drive.html Old news. Way behind the times. In 1990's I used to work at the local college in Burton on Trent town center. It was 4 miles from my house. Guy I worked with gave me a 1970 5 speed "racer", well it had dropped bars and suicide levers. (Raleigh Rapier) Took me the same time by bike or Celica (only went as fast as the car in front). The only decider was, "is it raining?". And this was after they had opened the 2nd bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pet...ton_upon_Trent Was even worse before that but I had a motorcycle so wouldn't know. |
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