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Friday 12th December, late o'clock:
London's cycleway #C3 #CS3 #CS3Count Victoria Embankment 7,009 cycle journeys recorded by late evening, 751,723 since the late-September reboot of the counter - and 55k up over the last week.

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@CS3CS6Count@mastodonapp.uk

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#bikeTooter #BikeTootUK

London's cycleway #C3 and #C6 journey counters were restarted last week.
At 10pm on Weds 29 April:
> #CS3Count Victoria Embankment 12,547 today, 151,987 since last Tuesday-ish
> #CS6Count Blackfriars Road 6720 today, and looks like it was rebooted again last night
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#BikeTooter #BikeTootUK

22 Jan'26, mid-evening, still raining after a day of drizzle:
> London's cycleway #CS3 #C3 #CS3Count Victoria Embankment 7,881 cycle journeys recorded so far today, 135,448 since Jan 1st.

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@CS3CS6Count@mastodonapp.uk

#TfL #LondonCycling
#BikeTooter #BikeTootUK

31 Dec'25, morning o'clock, brass-monkey cold:
> Victoria Embankment, #CS3Count, 917 cycle journeys counted so far this morning, 836,019 since the late September reboot.

Over 750k journeys Oct/Nov/Dec, beating previous Q4s by 90+k!

HNY 🎉
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@CS3CS6Count@mastodonapp.uk

#TfL #LondonCycling
#BikeTooter #BikeTootUK

Sunday 11 Jan'26, gone dark o'clock.
Wet.
Cold

Cycle journeys recorded by the cycleway #C3 #CS3 counter on London's Victoria Embankment
> 1,714 journeys by today's evening;
> 40,240 journeys in 2026

Westbound display is having a, ahem, stressful day.

#TfL #Londoncycling
#BikeTooter #bikeTootUK
cc @CS3CS6Count@mastodonapp.uk

Given the regular fuss about low traffic, filtered streets and neighbourhoods, it's worth remembering they're nothing new - another example

Here's a Victorian-era watercolour of wood bollards restricting entry to Merton Park's Church Path (south-west London), and the same view today with smarter metal bollards.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4101839,-0.2056256,3a,37.5y,137.01h,85.8t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s1ut7F3B_Xf5ZXWRybqGM9g!2e0!5s20200901T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D4.201787965270839%26panoid%3D1ut7F3B_Xf5ZXWRybqGM9g%26yaw%3D137.00995455390617!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Friday 14 Nov'25 with wet and blustery #StormClaudia
#CS3Count on London's cycleway #C3 #CS3 along Victoria Embankment 4129 cycle journeys recorded by late Friday afternoon, 526,133 since the late Sept reboot
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@CS3CS6Count@mastodonapp.uk

#BikeTooter #BikeTootUK
#LondonCycling #TfL

Friday 17 Oct'25, mid-afternoon, grey:
> cycleway #CS3 #C3 Victoria Embankment 5,956 cycle journeys by mid-aft, 267,945 journeys since the late Sept reboot;
> #CS6 #C6 Blackfriars Road: news that won't surprise regulars, the rebooted counter has failed again with "please wait sign starting"

Bluesky folks report counters were rebooted on 24 Sept, the #C3 #CS3 counter has averaged 11,600 cycle journeys per day.

#TfL #TransportforLondon
#BikeTooter #BikeTootUK
#LondonCycling
cc @CS3CS6Count@mastodonapp.uk

Boxing Day, 26 December 2025, gone dark o'clock:
> London's cycleway C3 Victoria Embankment #CS3Count 1,480 cycle journeys recorded on the day, 824,356 since the late September reboot;
> cycleway C6 Blackfriars Road #CS6Count with its now permanent "please wait sign starting"

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#Londoncycling #TfL
#BikeTooter #BikeTootuk

Friday 24 Oct'25, gone dark-o-clock:
> cycleway #C3 #CS3 8,260 cycle journeys today along London's Victoria Embankment, 332,449 since the totem was rebooted on 24th Sept;
> the #C6 #CS6 counter on Blackfriars Road still ain't working.

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@CS3CS6Count@mastodonapp.uk

Up 65k over a wet and windy week.

#TfL #TransportforLondon
#LondonCycling #bikeTootUK
#BikeTooter

PS ... if you want some examples of filtered streets in London from before the 1980s

Victoria-era filter in SW London's Merton: https://mastodon.online/@lastnotlost/116504965442634351

1950s Islington https://mastodon.online/@lastnotlost/116504934408277289