The congestion charge played a big part in it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_congestion_charge That came in in
2003, so their 15-year timescale is almost certainly meant to
correspond with that.

The fact that their (conservative and right-wing) mayor is very
pro-bike and dedicated a billion pounds to cycling infrastructure has
likely helped too.
http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Mayor-of-London-to-Invest-1-Billion-in-Bicycle-Infrastructure.html

It's nice when bike infrastructure is just considered to be a good
thing by politicians, and not a right-wing wedge issue.

It's also worth noting that London did most of its growing as a city
before automobiles, so the streets are pretty narrow and
car-unfriendly (a good thing in my opinion).

On 9 February 2016 at 11:30, Gwyndaf Jones <gdaf@tiac.net> wrote:
> Hi Ariel,
>
> This is a good source for UK bike scene info:
> http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog
>
> Also, some years ago there started to be a surcharge on vehicles driving
> into central London each day.  I'm not sure of it's current status though.
>
> Gwyn
>
> On Feb 9, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Ariel C wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
> I recently saw this article- London is set to have more bicycles than cars
> coming into the city at rush hour in the next few years. They cut their car
> entry by half in 15 years! What strategies did they use? Anyone from there
> who could comment more or send more articles?
>
> http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-35475318
>
> -Ariel
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