Transportation
In the Bike vs. Truck Showdown, London Sides With Cyclists
A new proposal will make roads safer by banning low-visibility trucks in 2020.
Anyone who commutes by bike in a city knows it’s an experience that edges on panic-inducing, never more so than when navigating past a brick-shaped truck.
In London, the statistics back up that fear. Large trucks were connected to 58 percent of cycling deaths in 2014 and 2015, and 22.5 percent of pedestrian fatalities. In a decision immediately embraced by cycling advocates, mayor Sadiq Khan announced a plan to ban tens of thousands of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) from the road by 2020.