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I have consistently said a decline in growth....which it is exactly what it is....which can also be referred to as a slowing in growth if you prefer....deary, deary me.... Ha ha....still some way to go to get to the 10x increase promised during the lobbying for funds phase during Covid though....we are seemingly at .43x after 6 years.... @DulvilleRes what, in your mind, have I been proved wrong about exactly? Is what I say about the data and information in TFL's report wrong? No it isn't. Do you have an opinion on the catalysts for the big jump in cycle stage growth this last year - or are you just here to try and attack a fellow poster? I do find it laughable that you suggest I am pushing propaganda when asking questions about TFL's report....

Shame, that's a bit boring. At least the Poundland fulfilled the need of cheap basic toiletries.

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Earl is indeed on a roll of brilliant fact checking, the overall result of which has been a decrease of unchallenged factual inaccuracies and misleading statements on these threads. Long may he keep it up. Yet again Rockets, you have been proved wrong - out of respect to your fellow posters, why don't you just admit it? That way we could have a measured and mutually respectful debate, instead of constantly having to counter what feels like propaganda.

I walked by Honest Burger around lunchtime today and they had just opened. They haven’t publicly promoted the opening yet because they were focusing on the building work, but the guy I spoke to was really friendly. They’re giving away free lemonade as an opening promotion and mentioned that residents should download their app because they can get a free meal after buying a certain number of meals. Sounds like they also do takeaway as well. I told him that Honest had been trending on the EDF, so I would post about today’s opening.

That's not decline, it's a slowing in growth over 2 years (there have been similar spikey patterns in other areas over the last few years linked to changing commuting habits post-Covid). Of course, any single year will not tell you the whole picture, but the trend has been consistent; Cycling has been growing year on year for over a decade, as investments have been made in cycle infrastructure. And the recent boom in hire bikes has also been enabled by the existence of that infrastructure. I'm so bored of your completely predictable responses to anything to do with transport. It's great that we've seen consistent growth in cycling over many years now. The investment to get here has been tiny as a proportion of the overall TfL budget. It's a great success story. And it proves those that said "a low single digit percentage gain in cycling numbers is all any set of measures will ever deliver" wrong.

Maybe the explosion of lime and forest bikes has had an impact on cycling numbers over the past year 🤔

Driving is reckless on Alleyn Park, residents & parents contacted local councillor for a school street, cycle lane- but councillor has been coming up with endless excuses to not take actions. Hundreds of cyclists, e-cargo bikes , limes, kids on bike , go up and down Alleyn Park amongst rat running and massive parked coaches. Numerous crashes. Appalling behaviour from the council to not take serious action. The 2500 children at Kingsdale don t even have a decent crossing. A Dulwich prep parent reversed her SUV into a Kingsdale student on bike last year. And drove off .

But until this year cycle stage growth was in decline in the preceding years: in 21/22 it was 18%, in 22/23 it was 6.3% in 23/24 down to 5% and then in 24/25 back up to 12.7%. I don't think infrastructure is irrelevant - but it just doesn't explain the over doubling of cycle stage growth in the last year.

P13 is on diversion between Primark, Peckham and Sainsburys, Dog Kennel Hill via Peckham Rye, both directions, due to road works on Avondale Rise railway bridge. Avondale Rise is completely closed to traffic between Coplestone Road and Ivanhoe Road.

Do you think Donald has managed to get the gold foil off yet and eat the chocolate inside?

The sustained long term trend is clearly linked to infrastructure. Shorter term, the massive popularity of hire schemes (e.g. Lime etc) in the context of that infrastructure having been put in place, no doubt a big factor. Why do you think infrastructure isn’t relevant?