Khan says London’s roads “cannot be clogged with cars” with 4 new cycle lanes being built this month
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has said that the capital’s roads cannot be “clogged up“ with cars, and is delighted with the increase in cycling in London.
As the Mayor continues his push to see more people cycle, this month has seen four new cycle lanes being built across the capital.
The Mayor’s office said the new routes will build on the construction work already underway to make cycling safer and easier, including significant upgrades to the CS8 route between Wandsworth Town Centre and Chelsea Bridge, which will connect to further improvements to create a safer route between Wandsworth and Lambeth Bridge.
Work is also in progress at Old Street, Cycleway 9 at Kew Bridge and Cycleway 4 on Creek Road in Greenwich.
The four trial schemes which work has been started on this month are:
A protected two-way cycle lane on Mansell Street in Tower Hamlets and the City of London, which will help create a vital new link between two major protected routes in the area, Cycleways 2 and 3
A cycle route along Tooley Street, which will extend the existing Cycleway 4 route from Tower Bridge Road to London Bridge, creating a high-quality cycle route between Rotherhithe and London Bridge for the first time
Further trial upgrades to the CS7 route between Oval and Elephant & Castle. These will mean that people can cycle between Colliers Wood, Tooting, Balham, Clapham and central London via a largely protected route - or in improved bus lanes - for the first time
Work to make cycling safer along the A23 between Streatham and Oval, including by widening bus lanes at stops to make it easier for people cycling to safely pass stationary buses, and creating separate traffic signals for cycling at key junctions.
Sadiq Khan said in a tweet: “London’s road to recovery cannot be clogged with cars. I’m delighted we’ve seen a 200% increase in cycling across London.
”Since being elected, I’ve delivered 260km of high-quality, safer cycle routes - with construction on another four routes underway.”
A spokesperson for TfL said: “Improvements in walking and cycling has enormous benefits for Londoners and for people visiting the capital. Continued investment in active travel has been proven time and time again to have a profoundly positive effect on people's physical and mental health, while helping to tackle toxic air and the global climate emergency. Research also shows more walking and cycling provides an important boost to high streets and the local economy.
“This continued investment is also central to achieving the Mayor's Vision Zero goal of eradicating all deaths and serious injuries from London's roads by 2041. The risk of a damaging car-led recovery from the pandemic has made it even more important to make it easier to walk and cycle, especially as around 40 per cent of Londoners don't have access to a car, with a high proportion of these from low-income households. The Mayor is determined to ensure that his work with TfL and the boroughs continues to be at the forefront of London's recovery.”
