Boris Johnson has allocated £100m of funding to create ‘mini-Holland’ cycling hubs around the capital's outskirts to encourage Londoners to be more active in a safe environment.

In a speech at City Hall, the London Mayor said “the rubber is about to hit the road” as he announced which areas would receive a share of the pot.

Of the eight outer boroughs shortlisted for the ‘mini-Hollands’ programme – which will emulate the cycle-focussed Netherlands to create Dutch-style roundabouts – Enfield, Kingston and Waltham Forest will each receive £30m to develop cycling hubs and around key destinations and segregated superhighways.

The remaining five boroughs will receive a share of £10m to develop the most impressive aspects of their proposals and have been encouraged to work with Transport for London in applying for extra funding through additional channels.

"The boroughs that have won funding have demonstrated that they understand what a vision of a true cycling nation looks like,” said British Cycling policy adviser Chris Boardman.

“Almost half of London households do not have a car, and around a quarter of journeys in inner London are now by bike, so it's logical that infrastructure and resource for this desirable form of transport reflects this.”

TfL analysis shows that over half of potentially cyclable journeys made in London are in the suburbs.

The programme’s aim is to move significant numbers of suburban car journeys, which are often short and highly cyclable, on to the bike.