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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Silvertown tunnel: TfL spends £2m on bike bus that cyclists 'don't want to use'

Transport for London is spending almost £2m on a “bike bus” to transport cyclists through the Silvertown tunnel, The Standard can reveal.

The figure emerged as concerns were raised about the way the shuttle bus will operate when the tunnel opens on Monday April 7 – and after TfL’s own consultation found that many cyclists were unlikely to use it.

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