London: Alan Neve, 54 years old, was hit by a truck in an accident on15th July 2013 in High Holborn, while cycling to work in London.
Paul Hutcheson, 41 years old, father-of-two, was hit, with his bike, just outside the center of the Lewisham on June 24 2013.
The French student Philippine de Gerin-Ricard, 20 years old, was killed after being run over by a truck at Aldgate East, on 5th July 2013: she also was riding her bike.
And the retiree Clive Richards, 67 years old, is the last victim of cycling in London, the fourth in a few weeks. The incident happened in Archway, in a way that has not yet provided a dedicated space for cyclists.
These are just some of the 122 victims of cycling in the UK last year, of which 14 are only in London.
London Cycling Campaign has decided it’s time to change: Monday September 2, in fact, a protest ride will take place. “We call on Londoners to join our space for cycling protest on Monday 2 September”, said LCC. The meeting will be held in Jubilee Gardens behind the Millenium Wheel at 6.00 pm and the protest ride will start at 6.30 pm. That same day the safety of cyclists will be debated in Parliament, in the House of Commons.
The reason of the protest revolves arounds the need to ask the Mayor Boris Johnson to take appropriate measures. Previously the Mayor had expressed his ideas to cope with this situation and the last tragic death is yet another wake-up call. His vision of change concerns the possibility of providing more space for cyclists in the main streets to make cycling a strategic transport choice, reducing the speed of traffic and creating a network of quiet ways for cycling in other parts of London. 
We asked a few people who take the bike as a means of daily transport their feelings about the situation.
Orsi is 38 years old, has lived in London for ten years, and takes his bike every day from Fulham road to go to work in Marble Arch. In her opinion “London is a city with a large concentration of business, especially towards the center. Big business require large cars, big taxes, big buses, and big vehicles on the roads all the time, and this creates traffic and chaos. Just think of the amount of goods that need to go inside the shops. It’s too busy”.
James is 25 years old and every morning takes his bike from Chelsea to get to Hyde Park, and in his opinion the problem lies in “the aggression that is in all: by traders, businessmen and anyone else who moves every day in London: as anyone is in a hurry and is afraid of arriving in late. Not only those who drive bus, or taxi, or car: also some cyclists drive like crazy”.
If you also believe that the time has come for things to change, join the protest for the safety of cyclism on Monday 2 September. Not to forget.