Mayor Boris (via the LCC):

I fully intend to ensure that the cycling share of London journeys is massively increased in the coming years. TfL is working towards a target of 5% by 2025, but I will be working with TfL and the boroughs on new ideas that might enable us to be more ambitious. I’ve already asked TfL to develop plans for a bicycle hire scheme for London, along the lines of the hugely popular Velib scheme in Paris, to make cycling accessible to everyone. We’ll work to make cycling safer and more convenient, and we’ll work with the boroughs to make cycling a priority. £2 million will also be made available for more secure parking facilities such as the Finsbury Park cycle park.

Good stuff; except the last point: let’s not waste money on bunkers and let’s tackle theft by

1. catching thieves: set the right targets for the Police: no bonus unless you have recovered 10,000 stolen bikes
2. discourage the trade of stolen bikes: force online sites to take off ads of bikes which don’t have frame numbers posted and checked against a database such as Immobilise.

The three yellow dots are the symbol of Christiania, where the WorldChanging tricycle was developed.