26 Jan 2026
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Key points
- Cycling trips are up 47% since 2019, yet cycling’s share of total trips has only increased 1.1%, from 3.6% to 4.7% over this same time.
- 22% of London residents reported cycling in a year, down from 23% in the previous year.
- One third of cycling is on Cycleways although these only account for 2.5% of cyclable roads.
- Walking accounts for 24.7% of all trips, but is still slightly down from 2019.
This summary is based on the latest annual overview TfL produces for its Board and was published late November 2025. It had much more information on cycling than walking, despite walking’s modal share being five times that of cycling.
Overall (2024)
- Average daily travel demand (all modes) was 26.6 million trips (2024); this figure is 97.5% of the pre-pandemic level (2019).
- The sustainable mode share (proportion of all trips made by walking, cycling or public transport) was 63.4% (2024), compared to 63.6% pre pandemic. The Mayor’s sustainable mode share target is for 80% by 2041.
Cycling (2025)
- 1.5 million daily cycle trips in London, up 12% from 2024.
- Cycling mode share reached 4.7%, up from 3.6% in 2019 and 1.9% in 2000, with over three times more people cycling than in 2000.
- The 1.5 million daily cycle journey stages (up 13% from 2024) compares to a target of 1.6 million daily cycle journey stages by 2030 in Cycling Action Plan 2.
- However, according to the London Travel Demand Survey (LTDS), the proportion of London residents who cycled at least once in the previous year decreased slightly from 23% in 2023/24 to 22% in 2024/25. TfL explained that the rise in journey stages may be due to an increase in cycling by non-residents or not for personal travel.
- The London Strategic Cycle Network length reached 431 kilometres in Oct 2025, up by 7% from 403 km in 2024, and almost five times the length of 90 km in 2016.
- TfL’s Cycleways are cycle routes that meet the new cycle route quality criteria, and make up most of the Strategic Cycle Network (401 out of the total 431 km).
- Around 1/3 of cycling in London takes place on Cycleways, despite it accounting for just 2.5% of cyclable roads.
- 76% of Cycleway users, said they felt safe all or most of the time on them (compared to 40% when cycling on other roads or paths). They also stated a range of other benefits and changes of behaviour resulting from the introduction of Cycleways.
- 29% of Londoners lived within 400 metres of London’s Strategic Cycle Network.
Walking
- With 6.8 m daily walk trips, walking accounted for almost one quarter of all trips (24.7%).
- Amongst London residents, walking accounts for an even higher share of trips (38%).
- The number of walking trips is still below their pre-pandemic level.
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