However, it is important to realise that far more people cycle for speed, convenience and health than environmental reasons, so it's hardly surprising that some here are in favour of it. They may even take their bikes on planes, although Heathrow is a pretty rotten one to do it from, with only Terminals 4 and 5 having cycle route links and they're pretty terrible and the roads are even worse, with high speeds, sweeping bends and dodgy lane widths.
Ben@Forest wrote:To be fair links between Gatwick and Heathrow are pretty good, the coach service is every half hour. And there is definitely a similar service to Stansted - don't know about Luton.
The Stansted service used to call at Luton when I last saw it, which was a while ago.
A half-hourly coach service offering just 80 seats and taking 1h30 doesn't seem like a "pretty good" link for just 50km between Gatwick and Heathrow - about 21mph average speed as the crow flies. It's already quicker to use the bloody tube and Gatwick Express, even without paying Heathrow Express's premium prices. A direct rail service even using existing lines (via the West London Line) could be quicker and offer far more seats - and building new lines could make it even quicker, of course. But instead we just keep building Heathrow ever bigger and throwing more land into the fire.