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Check out the latest news stories from London 2012 especially the claim that London 2012 media release "Transport is one of the key strengths of London's Olympic Bid"

This appears to be based on the following calculation: ""Every day 12 million journeys are made on London's public transport network. Daily spectator demand during the Games will be around 5% of this level at a time of year when 20% of commuters are on holiday. The net result is that London will have an effective 15% spare capacity for the Games."

What if those 20% decide to holiday at home for the olympics?

Be thankful then that:
"London's transport infrastructure is undergoing major improvements. A total of $30 billion is committed to be spent on transport in the capital between now and the Games.

Tony McNulty, Transport Minister: "The money that will be spent on improving and operating London's public transport infrastructure is not dependent on winning the bid but is almost entirely already planned and committed. In addition to the £17 billion to be invested between now and 2012 a further £4.5 billion is being invested in over 2000 new carriages on regional rail services into London. As a combined package, this represents one of the largest transport investment programmes in the world."