Transportation

An Incredibly Detailed Map of How Londoners Commute

A street-by-street breakdown of where city residents ride, drive, bike, or walk to work.
CDRC

Londoners as a whole take the train to work. East Londoners love their bikes more than anyone else in the capital. And a large share of the city’s walking commuters seem to come from a religious minority.

These are some of the interesting conclusions to be drawn from an unexpectedly beautiful, incredibly detailed map of London’s commuter habits. Created by Oliver O’Brien, a researcher for the Consumer Data Research Centre based at University College London, the map uses data from the U.K.’s 2011 national census (the most recent) to provide an almost street-by-street breakdown of how Londoners get to and from work.