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Eyes on the Street: London “Cycle Superhighway” Teems With Bike Traffic

Good Morning, London. This is what London's Blackfriars Bridge looks like #cyclesuperhighwaypic.twitter.com/byAMWq1QLz

— Sustrans London (@SustransLondon) May 17, 2016

In case you're looking for a good visual to show how bike lanes can be extremely efficient transportation infrastructure, check out this short video from the UK-based advocacy group Sustrans. It shows rush hour on the Blackfriars Bridge "cycle superhighway" in London on a Tuesday morning.

London has been building out a network of "cycle superhighways" since 2008, but only in the last couple of years has the city started to emphasize physical protection from motor vehicle traffic in its bikeway designs. Here's a look at what the Blackfriars Bridge bike lane looked like before a recent upgrade.

Bicycling in London has risen dramatically in recent years, with bikes now accounting for about a fifth as many trips per day as the Tube, according to Transport for London. In addition to better bikeways, policies like congestion pricing and slow speed zones have made the city's streets safer and more appealing for people to get around by bike.

Hat tip: NACTO, Jacob Mason

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