London is officially 'filthy'

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-387164...

Interesting and Im glad my current diesel motor is leased.
The end of the smoker is nigh - surely?

(If not the end of the private car itself in some cities with recent events in Paris etc)

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V8 Fettler said:

The answer has been obvious for several decades: encourage motorcycling.

As the OP here - sorry for that - Ive been monitoring the responses and have kept off grid up until this one
Its actually a pretty good idea

Now I lived there for a large part of my life and was a committed cycle and motorcycle commuter depending on how I felt when I woke up in the morning
Both were a bit lairy however when you're in your 20's and 30's you feel immortal so it doesnt matter

Having been away for 15y the difference in cycling is immense
I was down a few weeks ago and Boris'd, or rather Santander'd, my way around a lovely network of safe and protected cycle routes seeing far more cycle commuters than I ever did back in the day

Clearly there are people who would rather not ride a push bike for a variety of reasons but similarly wouldnt ever consider getting a motorcycle either

So genius time - why not ban all cars completely, and lets face it the car has to be the slowest form of transport in the capital - and put everyone on 2 wheels

Obvs the couriers would have their own superhighway on which to kill each other and mutilate pedestrians, cyclists another, born again Vespa-ists another, etc, etc, etc..............