Boris Johnson plans to treble spending on cycle infrastructure to almost £1 billion over the next decade, making good his promise to unleash a “cycling revolution” on London.

The details of the investment will be set out in Transport for London’s new business plan, which will be published on Tuesday and voted on by the transport body’s board on December 12.

Hundreds of millions of pounds’ worth of spending on cycle lanes, bike parks and road improvements would, the Mayor claims, put the level of investment in London on a par with the leading cities for cycling, such as Copenhagen.

Mr Johnson is expected within weeks to publish plans for a cycle corridor running east to west through the capital and a network of cycle