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Aldgate Gyratory Cycle Counts

January 2002 to March 2003

The Tower Hamlets Wheelers have conducted morning rush hour counts of cyclists using the Aldgate Gyratory system over the past 2 years: on 19 January and 18 June 2002 and 26 March 2003. We believe that the gyratory system acts as a large deterrent to cycling in this area of London.

Use the "point" links below to view the results of the counts taken at the four points around the gyratory indicated on the map.

Point 1 | Point 2 | Point 3 | Point 4

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aldgate gyratory cycle count
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Point 1

By far the most used route is heading from East to West round the gyratory from Whitechapel High Street onto Braham Street. The number of cyclists using this route has increased markedly in March 2003 from the two previous counts.

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aldgate gyratory cycle count

Flow January 02 June 02 March 03
A 33 22 48
B 32 22 38
C 29 52 52
D 4 12 1
E 145 157 256
F NA 78 58
Misc NA 10 55

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Point 2

The most used route here shows cyclists continuing around the gyratory on Brahman Street. There are also significant numbers of cyclists feeding in from Commercial Road and travelling in a Westerly direction.

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aldgate gyratory cycle count

Flow January 02 June 02 March 03
A 1 8 7
B 61 82 82
C 44 88 91
D 123 120 196
E 0 1 1
F 5 6 2
Misc NA 2 5

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Point 3

The most used route is that of cyclists now exiting the gyratory system to the west. Again there is a marked increase in the number of cyclists travelling from East to West in March 2003.

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aldgate gyratory cycle count

Flow January 02 June 02 March 03
A 151 176 241
B 6 4 10
C 24 35 38
D 6 54 48
E 54 29 37
F 13 9 24
Misc NA 4 0

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Point 4

The most used route at this point was in cyclists entering the gyratory system from Commercial Street and then travelling East on Whitechapel High St. There were also a significant number of cyclists travelling from West to East on route B.

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aldgate gyratory cycle count

Flow January 02 June 02 March 03
A 7 23 23
B 52 58 66
C 9 7 4
D 49 49 82
G NA 14 12
Misc NA 20 49

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