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Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
Cycle Tours of London
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Midtown Cycle Vaults | Bloomsbury Square Gardens, London EC4A 3BE, England

Cycling in London is a popular mode of transport and leisure activity within the capital city of the United Kingdom. Following a national decline in the 1960s of levels of utility cycling, cycling as a mode of everyday transport within London began a slow regrowth in the 1970s. This continued until the beginning of the 21st century, when levels began to increase significantly - during the period from 2000 to 2012, the number of daily journeys made by bicycle in Greater London doubled to 580,000. The growth in cycling can partly be attributed to the launch in 2010 by Transport for London of the Barclays Cycle Hire system throughout the city's centre, which by 2013 was attracting a monthly ridership of approximately 500,000, peaking at a million rides in July of that year.Cycling conditions in the city have in recent years been found to be widely perceived as unsafe by cyclists. A spate of cycling deaths in London occurred in November 2013, drawing heavy criticism of TfL's cycle facilities and sparking protests and calls for rapid safety improvements from politicians, cycling organisations and the media.
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