Sadiq Khan launches major "Action Plan" to get more Londoners cycling
Sadiq Khan launches major "Action Plan" to get more Londoners cycling
The Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) have unveiled an ambitious plan to create a unified, London-wide cycle network across London, with new quality standards for the building of new cycling infrastructure.
The Cycling Action Plan sets out how TfL and the London boroughs will use cycling to help address poor air quality and congestion, while improving infrastructure to make cycling even easier safer and more accessible for everyone.
The Mayor wants to increase the proportion of people walking, cycling and taking public transport to 80 per cent of journeys by 2041, from 63 per cent now. The plan will see cycling journeys double over the next six years, through measures such as:
• Work on routes between Tottenham Hale and Camden, and Hackney and the Isle of Dogs, is due to begin next year following consultations, as well as construction of a number of other major cycle routes across the capital including Cycle Superhighways 4 (Tower Bridge to Greenwich) and 9 (Olympia to Brentford)
• Ensuring that all new routes in the capital meet strict new quality standards, based on the latest evidence, with a focus on traffic volumes and speeds.
• Launching the world’s first Cycling Infrastructure Database, a comprehensive digital record of all cycling facilities on the streets of the capital, which will lead to a step-change in the accuracy and quality of cycling data in London. The CID will be made available to everyone, free of charge, through our open-data platform. The data will have a range of applications including personalised journey planning and information about on-street cycle parking.
• Significantly increasing the number of schools engaged with TfL’s free cycle training and active travel programme STARS, as well as doubling the number of adults who receive free cycle training each year
In 2019, TfL will begin using a single brand for all cycle routes, merging the two existing Cycle Superhighway and Quietway brands into a single system where a Pan-London network is delivered in line with new quality criteria, supported by simple, easy-to-use signs. This comes after clear feedback from Londoners on the current brands, which can be misleading – especially for those new to cycling – and is in line with best practice from the world’s top cities for cycling. The identity for the new network will be revealed in early 2019.
The new standards will include six quality criteria to shape the design of cycling infrastructure and to make it clear to boroughs what we will and will not fund. These will include volumes and speed of motor traffic, numbers of HGVs and collision risk at junctions. The detailed criteria will be included as an update to the London Cycle Design Standards in 2019, and will be regularly reviewed as part of the continuing development of cycling infrastructure design. The aim is that, where traffic levels are high, cycle routes will either need to reduce traffic below the new acceptable threshold, or provide segregation.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “Getting more Londoners cycling is essential for our city’s future health and prosperity, and our new Action Plan launched today shows how we’re going to go further than ever before to make this a reality.
“The evidence is clear - where we’ve built new high-quality cycling infrastructure, the routes have been hugely successful in getting more people on their bikes. Despite this, too many Londoners still don’t have the high-quality cycle routes they need in their local neighbourhood.
“I’m delighted to be announcing some of the major new work that will start on cycle routes across London next year, and in introducing new quality standards for cycle routes, I’m determined to ensure every Londoner feels comfortable and safe getting on a bike, whatever their age, experience or background.”
Construction work on several major new cycle routes is set to begin in 2019.
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The Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) have unveiled an ambitious plan to create a unified, London-wide cycle network across London, with new quality standards for the building of new cycling infrastructure.
The Cycling Action Plan sets out how TfL and the London boroughs will use cycling to help address poor air quality and congestion, while improving infrastructure to make cycling even easier safer and more accessible for everyone.
The Mayor wants to increase the proportion of people walking, cycling and taking public transport to 80 per cent of journeys by 2041, from 63 per cent now. The plan will see cycling journeys double over the next six years, through measures such as:
• Work on routes between Tottenham Hale and Camden, and Hackney and the Isle of Dogs, is due to begin next year following consultations, as well as construction of a number of other major cycle routes across the capital including Cycle Superhighways 4 (Tower Bridge to Greenwich) and 9 (Olympia to Brentford)
• Ensuring that all new routes in the capital meet strict new quality standards, based on the latest evidence, with a focus on traffic volumes and speeds.
• Launching the world’s first Cycling Infrastructure Database, a comprehensive digital record of all cycling facilities on the streets of the capital, which will lead to a step-change in the accuracy and quality of cycling data in London. The CID will be made available to everyone, free of charge, through our open-data platform. The data will have a range of applications including personalised journey planning and information about on-street cycle parking.
• Significantly increasing the number of schools engaged with TfL’s free cycle training and active travel programme STARS, as well as doubling the number of adults who receive free cycle training each year
In 2019, TfL will begin using a single brand for all cycle routes, merging the two existing Cycle Superhighway and Quietway brands into a single system where a Pan-London network is delivered in line with new quality criteria, supported by simple, easy-to-use signs. This comes after clear feedback from Londoners on the current brands, which can be misleading – especially for those new to cycling – and is in line with best practice from the world’s top cities for cycling. The identity for the new network will be revealed in early 2019.
The new standards will include six quality criteria to shape the design of cycling infrastructure and to make it clear to boroughs what we will and will not fund. These will include volumes and speed of motor traffic, numbers of HGVs and collision risk at junctions. The detailed criteria will be included as an update to the London Cycle Design Standards in 2019, and will be regularly reviewed as part of the continuing development of cycling infrastructure design. The aim is that, where traffic levels are high, cycle routes will either need to reduce traffic below the new acceptable threshold, or provide segregation.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “Getting more Londoners cycling is essential for our city’s future health and prosperity, and our new Action Plan launched today shows how we’re going to go further than ever before to make this a reality.
“The evidence is clear - where we’ve built new high-quality cycling infrastructure, the routes have been hugely successful in getting more people on their bikes. Despite this, too many Londoners still don’t have the high-quality cycle routes they need in their local neighbourhood.
“I’m delighted to be announcing some of the major new work that will start on cycle routes across London next year, and in introducing new quality standards for cycle routes, I’m determined to ensure every Londoner feels comfortable and safe getting on a bike, whatever their age, experience or background.”
Construction work on several major new cycle routes is set to begin in 2019.
more...