Boris Johnson unveils £913million plan for London cycling

Chris Boardman and Boris Johnson, London, March 2013

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson today launched a radical £913 million cycling plan to include a "Crossrail for the bike" across London, along with a "tube network for the bike" - linked cycle routes - to get a broader range of people cycling.

The new 15 mile partly segregated route will run from West to East London, via Canary Wharf and the Victoria Embankment, and over the Westway flyover. Johnson said this may be the biggest and most ambitious of its kind in Europe, to be completed by 2015.

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