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Hackney shows you don’t have to have lots of cycling infrastructure to get more people on bikes

By Gary Cummins
16 January 2009
Gary Cummins - JMP
Gary Cummins - JMP

 

The London Borough of Hackney has one of the fastest growth rates of cycling anywhere in the UK, yet planners and transport professionals visiting this borough with a view to imitating its success on their own turf may be surprised to see little in the way of conspicuous cycle facilities. Danish-style cycle tracks are nowhere to be found and the 1,000-strong local cyclists group, the London Cycling Campaign in Hackney, actively lobbies against the installation of cycle lanes.

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