Is TfL's new cycling plan revolutionary or a waste of time?

A data map of 25 London cycling corridors could be crucial for future superhighways, but critics say it's a distraction from getting the job done

Mike Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, once said "in God we trust; everyone else bring data". London has moved towards the mantra of one man who transformed a city for cycling by using a major data analysis to show where cycling routes could be built to get the greatest number of people on to two wheels.

Transport for London (TfL) has taken census data, cycle counts, surveys and data from the city's hire bikes to identify future urban development and growth hotspots and collision data. They have created a map of 25 corridors across London, along which the greatest number of cycling trips could be generated.