The vigil outside Transport for London's headquarters in Southwark follows the deaths of six cyclists killed in a two-week period.
Organisers are calling for 10% of each London borough's transport budget to be spent on cycling infrastructure.
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Organiser Donnachadh McCarthy said: "We want a real budget, at the moment we're getting crumbs. We want an integrated cycling network in London within five years."
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Organisers are calling for 10% of each London borough's transport budget to be spent on cycling infrastructure.
No, problem. Just put a special tax on bicycles and parts as well as create a license with hefty fees all of which go to pay for the infrastructure.
As a cyclist who's recently been doing a few thousand miles a year, I still feel the road should be for cars. If I'm in a peloton we all go one behind the other to let cars pass us as easily as possible. I've been hit by buses a heck of a lot more than I've been hit by lorries, presumably the latter have a higher standard of training. Personally, I'd get rid of buses in a city but let the cars and lorries stay. Pedestraianisation and public transport has basically ruined the centre of Belfast and who knows how many other cities; if you don't want to buy a coffee or a mobile phone, just go to the hypermarkets on the ring road.
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