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3. Travel trends by mode
Table 3.4
Daily average cycle stages and trips in London.
Cycle stages
Cycle trips
Millions Year-on-year change % Millions
2004 0.38 3 0.33
2005 0.41 9 0.39
2006 0.47 12 0.42
2007 0.47 0 0.42
2008 0.49 5 0.44
2009 0.51 5 0.47
2010 0.54 6 0.49
2011 0.57 5 0.49
2012 0.58 2 0.50
2013 0.58 1 0.50
2014 0.65 10 0.56
Source: TfL Planning, Strategic Analysis.
Cycle flows on major roads in London
TfL monitors levels of cycling on the TLRN major road network through data
collected by automatic cycle counters. Figure 3.10 shows the data as an index with
a base of March 2000, calculated as the average daily cycle flows within each fourweek
reporting period.
Between 2000/01 and 2014/15, the index increased by 230 per cent overall.
Following a 7 per cent increase between 2012/13 and 2013/14 the index increased
by a further 11.5 per cent in 2014/15. The chart illustrates the seasonal variations in
cycling, with peaks and troughs in the series corresponding with summer and the
Christmas and New Year holidays respectively. Over the period since 2008, the
growth was 62.4 per cent.
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