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Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

Twice as many bikes as cars in City of London 'Square Mile' after 57% increase in cycle journeys

Cyclists heading over Blackfriars bridge into the City of London - (Alamy Stock Photo)

The number of cycle journeys in the City of London has increased by 57 per cent in two years – with bikes outnumbering cars by two to one in the “square mile” financial district during the day.

The huge rise – the biggest ever recorded by the City of London Corporation – has been fuelled in part by a 340 per cent increase in the use of dockless bikes, namely the Lime and Forest e-bikes that are widely available across central London.

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