Such considerations are driving the effort to tell Olympic spectators to walk rather than ride.
Finally, texting by Olympic spectators, tourists and United Kingdom residents spiked during key moments at the games.
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Travel for Olympic spectators was disrupted by delays on three Tube lines - the Piccadilly, District and Jubilee - on Tuesday morning.
It was the first time we can gauge whether Londoners were willing to change their well-worn travel habits to make way for Olympic spectators, says BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards.
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TfL expects up to 215, 000 spectators to visit the Olympic Park on most days during the Paralympics.
Bright sunshine in the Welsh capital greeted the first spectators to witness an Olympic event under the London 2012 banner, as Team GB kicked off what was billed as "day-2" of the Games.
But by the time she arrived at the final event Saturday night, the 800 meters, she was 188 points ahead of her nearest competitor and primed to deliver a suitable-for-framing memory for the 80, 000 or so spectators on hand at Olympic Stadium.
There was also general support among spectators attending events at the Olympic Park on Friday for a separate honours list.
Before the 20, 000-cast event kicks off on 27 July at 21:00 BST, with the tolling of the bell, an Olympic Stadium packed with 80, 000 spectators will be entertained by a pre-show that will start at 12 minutes past eight - 20:12 BST.
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The company boasts 64 million customers around the world, and it will serve the coaches, athletes, spectators and media right on the Olympic site.
The event saw two Eurostar trains and a Hitachi Bullet Train, which will shuttle spectators to and from the 2012 Olympic Park, arriving at St Pancras.
Indeed, at the new Nikaia Olympic weightlifting hall there were more volunteers and officials than paying spectators for the early sessions.
It looks as though the day of the Olympic truce, when fighting was put on hold for athletes and spectators alike, that's over.
One advantage of Stratford station is its 10 lines coming in and out - so spectators seemed to heed the advice and find other routes to the Olympic Park.
And then, buoyed up by the music, it was time for my very own snippet of Olympic glory -- entering the echoing bowl of the stadium, to the cheers of spectators.
In Great Britain, cycling medalists may be treated like rock stars, but few spectators have been inspired to take up organizers on their suggestions to ride bicycles to Olympic Park.
The Olympic authorities are keen on technological advances, and anything that helps runners break records will add to the excitement for spectators.
Meanwhile, Locog says some 5.1 million spectators have watched the Games at its venues so far, including more than one million visitors to the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London.
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