Can Sadiq Khan Stand Up to Bike Bashers and Make London a Cycling City?

My regular bike commute to work comes in two very distinct parts, a split which epitomizes the rapid changes to cycling in London. The beginning and the end – Walworth Road and Farringdon Road for those who know the city – are an experience familiar to cyclists in the capital for many years: a slightly gung-ho rush of mingling with the buses, cabs and construction trucks.

But for one, blissful mile in the middle, this all changes. Those of us on two wheels are funneled onto a brand new, billiard table-smooth bike lane, separated from the metal behemoths by a raised curb, cosseted with our own mini traffic lights.

This is the first completed section of Boris Johnson’s much-heralded north-to-south cycle “superhighway”, among a series of dedicated bike routes created by the now-departed mayor. In the coming months it will gradually expand all the way to King’s Cross.

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