On 24/03/18 16:56, Peter Parry wrote:
On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 14:09:29 +0000, JNugent
wrote:

On 24/03/2018 09:56, wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-10-years.html

They already are!

QUOTE:
If the current trend of declining average speeds continue, bicycles will
travel faster than cars across our towns and cities by 2027, the Daily
Telegraph reported.
ENDQUOTE

Somewhat unlikely as the comparator used was a self reporting group of
MAMILS and Tour de Peckham angry young yobs in rainbow sunglasses who
put their journey times on Strava so they can be king of the small
piece of rising ground just outside Euston. Apparently they achieved
a speed of just over 16MPH. A more realistic speed for utility
cyclists is 9MPH.

Some Strava input would obviously be from towns and cities but no doubt
the Strava "average" is made up of all rides and gets pushed up by
Sunday rides outside built up areas.

The usual poor comparison made by journalists in response to the figure
for speed on "urban A-roads" mentioned by the DfT.