Cycling Action Plan Making London the World’S Best Big City for Cycling About Transport for London (Tfl)
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Cycling action plan Making London the world’s best big city for cycling About Transport for London (TfL) Part of the Greater London Authority We are moving ahead with many of family led by Mayor of London Sadiq London’s most significant infrastructure Khan, we are the integrated transport projects, using transport to unlock growth. authority responsible for delivering the We are working with partners on major Mayor’s aims for transport. projects like Crossrail 2 and the Bakerloo Contents line extension that will deliver the new We have a key role in shaping what homes and jobs London and the UK need. life is like in London, helping to realise We are in the final phases of completing the Mayor’s vision for a ‘City for All the Elizabeth line which, when it opens, 4 Foreword Londoners’. We are committed to will add 10 per cent to central London’s creating a fairer, greener, healthier and rail capacity. more prosperous city. The Mayor’s 8 Chapter 1 – Cycling’s role in Transport Strategy sets a target for 80 Supporting the delivery of high-density, London’s success per cent of all journeys to be made on mixed-use developments that are foot, by cycle or using public transport planned around active and sustainable by 2041. To make this a reality, we travel will ensure that London’s growth is 16 Chapter 2 – The vision for cycling prioritise health and the quality of good growth. We also use our own land in London people’s experience in everything we do. to provide thousands of new affordable homes and our own supply chain We manage the city’s red route creates tens of thousands of jobs and 20 Chapter 3 – Understanding cycling strategic roads and, through apprenticeships across the country. in London collaboration with the London boroughs, can help shape the character of all We are committed to being an employer 38 Chapter 4 – An evidence-driven approach London’s streets. These are the places that is fully representative of the to cycling where Londoners travel, work, shop and community we serve, where everyone socialise. Making them places for people can realise their potential. Our aim is to to walk, cycle and spend time will reduce be a fully inclusive employer, valuing and 50 Chapter 5 – Streets that enable cycling car dependency and improve air quality, celebrating the diversity of our workforce revitalise town centres, boost businesses to improve services for all Londoners. and connect communities. 74 Chapter 6 – Making it easy to get We are constantly working to improve around by cycle We run most of London’s public the city for everyone. This means transport services, including the freezing TfL fares so everyone can afford London Underground, London Buses, to use public transport, using data and 84 Chapter 7 – Promoting cycling for the Docklands Light Railway, London technology to make services intuitive and all Londoners Overground, TfL Rail, London Trams, easy to use, and doing all we can to make London River Services, London Dial-a- streets and transport services accessible Ride, Victoria Coach Station, Santander to all. We reinvest every penny of our 96 Chapter 8 – Delivering the Plan Cycles and the Emirates Air Line. The income to continually improve transport quality and accessibility of these services networks for the people who use them 100 Appendix I – Cycling delivery plan, 2019-2024 is fundamental to Londoners’ quality every day. of life. By improving and expanding public transport, we can make people’s None of this would be possible without lives easier and increase the appeal of the support of boroughs, communities sustainable travel over private car use. and other partners who we work with to improve our services. We all need to pull together to deliver the Mayor’s Transport Strategy; by doing so we can create a better city as London grows. 4 Foreword Cycling action plan 5 Foreword Look to our European neighbours and In Waltham Forest, where bold That is why we are publishing this you’ll find countless towns and cities choices are being made to redesign Cycling action plan, setting out our where children cycle on their own to streets in favour of people, not cars, comprehensive strategy for making school, where older people ride to the borough has quickly become a haven London the world’s best big city for the shops on cycles, where cargo bike for active travel. The latest monitoring cycling, including a pipeline of new cycle deliveries keep the economy moving and shows that residents are cycling more, routes stretching into the future. Going where cycling is a genuine option for and they are also walking more. The forward, these routes will be part of a most people. borough now tops the outer London single unified network, with no more league table for residents cycling confusing branding. And new quality For too long we’ve heard that people regularly, and has jumped from 11th criteria will ensure that, no matter where cycle more in countries such as Denmark to sixth place London-wide. they are built, new cycle routes are good and the Netherlands because it’s part enough to enable anyone to use them of their culture, or because it’s flat, or In central London, where we are – making it crystal clear what we will, because the cities there are compact. building cycle tracks on main roads and will not, be prepared to fund. And But none of those are the reason why and redesigning dangerous junctions, of course, this is not just a plan for City cycling is more popular in these places. we are seeing significant growth – often Hall and TfL to deliver. It will require In truth, these cities see more cycling more than 50 per cent, and more than the support, hard work and creativity because their streets have been designed double in some places – in the numbers of boroughs, communities, businesses to prioritise people, not cars. of people choosing to cycle where it has and everyone who is passionate about been made safer and more attractive making London a better place. It’s easy to forget that in the early 1970s, to do so. Amsterdam was much like London Cycling is a means to an end, not an end today: choked with traffic, filled with But London’s streets, for the most part, in itself. More people cycling frees up parked cars and with only a fraction remain too hostile for the vast majority space on overcrowded buses and trains. Will Norman of people cycling to get around. How of people to feel comfortable choosing It makes our air cleaner. It gives everyone Walking and Cycling Commissioner the city works now is the result of the to cycle, despite fewer Londoners now the chance to get around London quickly previous generation’s political choices. owning cars. Cycling’s share of the and affordably. It improves our mental transport mix remains stubbornly low, and physical health. It makes our high Cycle around London today and you will especially in outer London areas, which streets and public places more vibrant. start to see glimpses of what happens have seen little investment in making Making it easier to cycle means our city when streets are designed to enable cycling easier. Too many people are killed will be a better place to live, to work, everyone to cycle: mums with babies and hurt in crashes with vehicles, despite to invest in, to raise children in. That is cycling through Vauxhall; businessmen cycling getting safer. Looking again to why we must continue this journey and in suits gliding through Bank Junction on our European neighbours, we know that enable more people to choose to cycle. the way to meetings; children pedalling real change takes time and sustained over Blackfriars Bridge. investment, not just over political terms but over decades. 6 Foreword Cycling action plan 7 Foreword The Mayor’s Transport Strategy makes We have significantly improved our clear that a new type of thinking is understanding of cycling, and the way required to increase active, efficient and we gather data about it, over the last sustainable travel. This will help achieve few years, and this means that we are the Mayor’s vision for London – a fairer, able to take an evidence-led approach to greener, healthier and more prosperous planning for cycling. We can now bring in city. The Healthy Streets Approach, new routes that are based on data about set out in the Strategy, provides the cycling potential, and other initiatives framework for achieving this by putting shaped directly by what Londoners are people’s health at the heart of our telling us is stopping them from cycling. decision-making. We can only deliver this Plan by Cycling is a fundamental element of working closely with the huge range of delivering the Healthy Streets Approach. organisations, businesses and people The barriers to cycling are numerous who shape what it feels like to be on our and inter-linked, and consequently this streets – and encouraging them to take Cycling action plan is not a collection of action. This means businesses installing isolated projects dotted across the city. new cycle racks, people driving at slower It is instead the most ambitious plan speeds and giving enough space when that we have ever developed for cycling, overtaking those cycling, and residents and demonstrates a step-change in our supporting changes to their streets approach to this mode of travel. that make them safer and attractive to people walking and cycling. Londoners tell us that they want to cycle Mike Brown MVO Gareth Powell for some trips, but that the dominance This Cycling action plan is fundamental Transport Commissioner Managing Director – Surface Transport of motorised traffic makes them feel to achieving the Mayor’s vision for scared to do so.