Londoners are being forced to store their bikes in bathrooms, hallways and next to their beds as demand for secure bicycle storage skyrockets.

Cyclists in some areas are waiting up to four years for a space, with more than 60,000 people now on waiting lists across the capital, up from 47,000 six months ago.

Data obtained by the Clean Cities Campaign found that there are only 22,592 spaces available across Greater London.

Demand is highest in Southwark, where more than 8,500 people have signed up to a wait list for hangar space. Camden and Islington have also seen high levels of demand, with wait lists of 7,307 and 6,963 respectively.

A coalition of clean air organisations, led by Clean Cities Campaign, is calling on Londoners to share images of the awkward places they have to store their bikes, using the hashtag #ThisIsAwkward on social media. Photos shared so far have shown cyclists storing their bikes in bathtubs, next to toilets and in cramped hallways.

The coalition is urging candidates in upcoming council elections to commit to building more secure bicycle storage to match the level of demand.

Oliver Lord, the UK head of Clean Cities Campaign, said it is “utterly unfair” that cyclists are facing such long waits for parking “given the abundance of space set aside for cars on our streets”.

He said: “More than 60,000 Londoners are waiting for a bike hangar space - and that is just the people lucky to have the time and energy to put their name forward. If councillors want to help Londoners jump on a bike and use their car less, then they have to make it as easy as possible.

“By not delivering the secure bike parking we need, London’s councillors are failing residents who want to do the right thing and neglecting their duties to reduce air pollution, tackle the climate crisis and help prevent the 400 bike thefts that occur every week.”

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-cyclists-bike-parking-wait-list-b989922.html

On 23/03/2022 06:16 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> Londoners are being forced to store their fairy-bikes in bathrooms, hallways and next to their beds (are you sure it's shortage of space that makes some fairy-cyclists keep their fairy-cycles next to their beds?) as demand for secure fairy bicycle storage skyrockets.

Damn!

So where do they have to store their coal?

Mind you, we all remember someone who stored his fairy-cycle in the
kitchen, dog-crap on the tyres, dodgy electrical installation
(definitely not up to code) and all.

> Fairy-cyclists in some areas are waiting up to four years for a space, with more than 60,000 people now on waiting lists across the capital, up from 47,000 six months ago.
> Data obtained by the Clean Cities Campaign found that there are only 22,592 spaces available across Greater London.
> Demand is highest in Southwark, where more than 8,500 people have signed up to a wait list for hangar space.

That sounds like a substantial step up from fairy-cycles. Is there space
to take off, or is this VTOL?

> Camden and Islington have also seen high levels of demand, with wait lists of 7,307 and 6,963 respectively.
> A coalition of clean air organisations, led by Clean Cities Campaign, is calling on Londoners to share images of the awkward places they have to store their fairy-bikes,

Do they recommend cleaning the tyre treads before wheeling the
fairy-bikes into a dwelling house?

> using the hashtag #ThisIsAwkward on social media. Photos shared so far have shown fairy-cyclists storing their fairy-bikes in bathtubs, next to toilets and in cramped hallways.
>
> The coalition is urging candidates in upcoming council elections to commit to building more secure fairy-bicycle storage to match the level of demand.
>
> Oliver Lord, the UK head of Clean Cities Campaign, said it is “utterly unfair” that fairy-cyclists are facing such long waits for parking “given the abundance of space set aside for cars on our streets”.

Ha-ha!

No sense of irony, eh?

> He said: “More than 60,000 Londoners are waiting for a fairy-bike hangar space - and that is just the people lucky to have the time and energy to put their name forward. If councillors want to help Londoners jump on a fairy-bike and use their car less, then they have to make it as easy as possible.
>
> “By not delivering the secure fairy-bike parking we need, London’s councillors are failing residents who want to do the right thing and neglecting their duties to reduce air pollution, tackle the climate crisis and help prevent the 400 fairy-bike thefts that occur every week.”

Any idea how many car-thefts occur each week?

I bet it's rather more than four hundred.
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> https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-cyclists-bike-parking-wait-list-b989922.html

8 hrs ago
TOP COMMENT.
Remove on-street car parking and let motorists work out their own storage solutions and then use the space that's left for cycle storage - with plenty of space still left to make our streets nice again (benches, more trees and children's play areas)
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> https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-cyclists-bike-parking-wait-list-b989922.html

COMMENT:
Perhaps London could follow Glasgow's lead, and erect bicycle shelters
on the road. One per bicycle lane should significantly help the storage
'problem' as well as choking traffic even further.. It should also have
the benefit of reducing the body-odour that cyclists suffer from.
Although London preceded the bicycle by a couple of thousand years, that
is no reason why the metropolis shouldn't be completely remodelled, to
boost the political fortunes of its Mayor.
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A coalition of clean air organisations, led by Clean Cities Campaign, is
calling on Londoners to share images of the awkward places they have to
store their bikes.

Photos shared so far have shown cyclists storing their bikes in
bathtubs, next to toilets and in cramped hallways.

“By not delivering the secure bike parking we need, London’s councillors
are failing residents who want to do the right thing and neglecting
their duties to reduce air pollution, tackle the climate crisis and help
prevent the 400 bike thefts that occur every week.”

<https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-cyclists-bike-parking-wait-list-b989922.html>

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Spike

21 hrs ago

It is pathetic that councils haven't stepped up on this. Every cycle hanger full with a long waiting list, clearly there is the demand.

INDEED.
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> https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-cyclists-bike-parking-wait-list-b989922.html

On 24/03/2022 10:52 am, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> 21 hrs ago
>
> It is pathetic that councils haven't stepped up on this. Every cycle hanger [sic] full with a long waiting list, clearly there is the demand.
>
> INDEED.
>>
>> https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-cyclists-bike-parking-wait-list-b989922.html

But perhaps Mason *is* proposing to hang them.

[Fairy-cycles, not fairy-cyclists, though I bet some people could be
persuaded that those should be swapped around.]

On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 6:16:29 PM UTC, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

It only took my old employers TEN YEARS to provide secure cycling facilities - give Mayor Khan a chance! :-)