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London<\/a> commuters have increasingly been cycling to work because of this week\u2019s Tube<\/a> strike, new figures show.<\/p>\n Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are staging walkouts until Friday in a dispute over pay and hours.<\/p>\n Tube services have been crippled since Monday, causing travel chaos for commuters, tourists and other visitors to the capital.<\/p>\n New figures from employee benefits provider YuLife showed that cycling miles tracked across London have jumped by 32% this week, from 3,878 to 5,120 miles, as workers turn to their bikes to beat the chaos.<\/p>\n Sammy Rubin, chief executive of YuLife, said: \u201cWhen strikes disrupt our routines, we\u2019re reminded just how much control we do, or don\u2019t have over our daily lives.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s encouraging is that so many people are turning to movement as a way to cope. A 32% rise in cycling shows how willing Londoners<\/a> are to take their wellbeing into their own hands when given the nudge.\u201d<\/p>\n Workers on the Docklands Light Railway<\/a> were also on strike on Thursday, adding to the disruption to travel in London.<\/p>\n