In London, the day is being celebrated by the London Cycle Campaign with the meeting of eight separate cycle rides. Mayor Ken Livingstone will greet the riders on Tower Bridge at 2pm

Saturday is European Car-free day

London’s popular mayor will also be on hand to launch LCC’s Central London Cycle Guide, the first in a series of guides covering the whole London area.

The guides are being produced in a joint effort by the LCC and the mayor’s Transport for London department. The remaining guides will be published in Spring 2002.

Available free of charge, the maps are aimed at getting people back on their bikes in the capitol city.

LCC. Tel: 020 7928 7220.

TfL. Tel: 020 7222 1234.

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