Less than one third of cycle trips in London are taken by women - we want to remove the barriers that stop women cycling.
In London, less than 1 in 3 cycle trips are made by women. In the Netherlands, it’s over half.
In 2023, the LCC Women’s Network surveyed over 1000 women in London to ask what barriers prevent them from cycling. The responses were shocking. We received countless reports of harassment, aggression and even physical and sexual assault directed towards women cycling.
“Get off the road, b*tch!” women cycling in London told
In 2024, we published the report, ‘What Stops Women Cycling in London?’ Full survey results are here. This report reveals shocking levels of abuse faced by women cycling in the capital. It sets out our recommendations for the Mayor, Transport for London and London boroughs to overcome these barriers so that women can cycle any of their daily journeys without fear.
What do we want? Freedom to ride! When do we want it? After dark!
On Thursday 6 February 2025 we will be riding to protest how London’s official cycle network isn’t safe after dark, especially for women. The protest will launch a new report showing key problems with cycling in London after dark.
GET INVOLVED
Join the LCC Women's Network! The network is run by a steering group of volunteers and has hundreds of active members. It has produced the Women's Freedom Rides, the What Stops Women Cycling in London? report and other vital projects alongside LCC staff. Women make excellent campaigners, so sign up to our newsletter to find out more.
Our campaign is calling on the Mayor to make London a city where all women, non-binary and gender non-conforming people feel safe to cycle.
We’re calling on the Mayor of London to ensure cycling is an inclusive mode of transport that men and women use equally, across London, by 2030, by:
Supporting campaigns to end road danger and traffic harm
We are longstanding campaigners for safer, people-friendly streets and roads with a focus on urban areas.
We believe that what works to reduce road danger including eliminating casualties is already well known. Our aim is to make this knowledge freely available to campaigners.
Social enterprise for family cycling
Quality cargo bikes for families and businesses where you can try-before-you-buy plus community projects to help families get cycling!
Carry Me Bikes is an East London social enterprise, selling & hiring out cargo bikes to families & organisations alongside running community family cycling projects.
Building a London that works for all Londoners
Centre for London is the capital’s independent think tank – dedicated to researching the city’s critical issues to build a London that works for all Londoners.
Inspiring and enabling Muslim women to cycle
Happier, healthier and greener lives through cycling
Cycling UK is the UK charity inspiring millions more people to cycle providing skills, motivation, advice, and support to enable everyone to ride a bike.
Free, inclusive and fun mass cycle rides
IBikeLondon is a Community Interest Company organising free, inclusive, fun, safe & social mass participation cycle rides several times per year.
Women empowering women to start, return to, or keep cycling
JoyRiders helps women discover the joy and freedom of riding, first for fun and then, if they want to, for transport.
Using social led rides, mainly off-road, and then moving on to longer rides and rides to popular commuting destinations, the JoyRiders team are enabling women to improve their confidence in all areas and build social connections through cycling. Their current volunteer network spans four UK cities: London, Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester.
“I was scared as I hadn’t cycled for 38 years and worried I might fall off, but I quickly felt confident again… I’ve gone from signing petitions against the road closures to saying ‘Mini Holland benefits us, because more cyclists means less cars on the road.” ~Khadija
Women on two wheels changing the world
Londra Bisiklet Kulübü, or the London Cycling Club, is a project based in Edmonton around Turkish and Kurdish community centers.
Their aim is to get more people cycling from in and around the local community. We have previously worked together to place bikes in need of a new home, and to connect up their team with a very generous donation by Bikester through the #BikeIsBest campaign. Ozgur and the other volunteers have used these resources to enable many more people across Edmonton to start cycling.
“The teachers here were so encouraging. To be able to cycle felt incredibly liberating. I hope I will be a cyclist for life.” ~ Iman
Raising the volume of joyful, sustainable journeys
LOUD MOBILITY is an innovation agency and social enterprise.
Established in 2023 our vision is to stimulate the system-change needed to achieve the broad reaching benefits of sustainable mobility. We do this by working on high impact and cross-sector projects that widen participation in sustainable transport and mobility.
An award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages & abilities to enjoy cycling
Wheels for Wellbeing enhances disabled people’s lives by ensuring that anyone can access the physical, emotional, practical and social benefits of cycling.
Since becoming a registered charity in 2007 they have worked with thousands of disabled children and adults who face barriers to taking part in any physical activity. Informed by life-changing personal experience of disabled trustees, staff and volunteers, they are determined to show that anyone can enjoy cycling, given the right equipment, support and environment.
Gender equality through economics
We advance gender equality in policymaking through feminist approaches to economics.
We are a feminist think tank that raises awareness of and provides evidence for a gender equal economy – acting as a link between academia, women’s voluntary organisations, academics and policy experts.
Connecting women, health, equity and environmental justice
We are an environmental charity working on issues that connect women, health, equity and environmental justice.
We are the only UK charity working on issues that connect gender, health, equality and environmental justice and take an intersectional feminist approach to tackling the climate and nature emergencies. Our vision is a world where women, communities and the planet flourish because our society is equitable, collaborative and caring.
Women's Network Associates
Action Vision Zero
CarryMe Bikes CIC
Centre for London
Cycle Sisters
Cycling UK
IBikeLondon
JoyRiders
Londra Bisiklet Kulübü
Loud Mobility
Wheels for Wellbeing
Women's Budget Group
Women's Environmental Network
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Our members are our political voice, and we need more women so together we can fight to make our roads safer. If you cycle in London please consider joining today. You'll be supporting our work and you'll get a huge range of benefits in return.
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