London Living Streets

Fabulous news James. LB Newham has done a great job making it easier and safer to walk, wheel and cycle in recent years. Please keep up the excellent work.

Early days but great to see St Martins Lane included in @london.gov.uk Summer Streets. It will be car-free from 11am to 11pm (until 31 October); 20 businesses hv applied for licenses for outside dining. Hopefully the start of it becoming more fully pedestrianised.

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2 years of default urban/village 20mph in Wales has resulted in over 1,000 fewer killed or injured. The data shows a 25% reduction in casualties on the 20/30mph roads. Drivers gain with damage risk, crashes and premiums down. Well done Wales. bit.ly/4ppl030

Good to visit Hammersmith Bridge and see people enjoying walking across the bridge. Well designed with lots of separate space for people walking and wheeling and people cycling. So much quieter and calmer on Castlenau on the Barnes side of the bridge.

Don't forget next Sunday 21st Sept - car free #OxfordStreet from 12noon to 8pm. Large section of the street to the west of Oxford Circus will be car-free.

Car-free day closure of George St in Richmond by LB Richmond-on-Thames brought out large numbers of people to enjoy the town centre and support the shops and local businesses. Hopefully the start of a much bigger project to give more space to people in Richmond town centre.

Trade Deal With US Will Cost Lives On Europe’s Roads, Safety Groups Say European safety groups raise concerns that a recent transatlantic trade and investment agreement between the US and EU will expose EU citizens to higher road risks.

Trade Deal With US Will Cost Lives On Europe’s Roads, Safety Groups Say

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Shoreditch High Street junction with Great Eastern Street - Improving safety Find out about TfL’s consultation on proposals to improve safety on Shoreditch High Street with Great Eastern Street junction

NB @Transport for London consultation on changes to Shoreditch High Street closes 12th September

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Walk this way: Sadiq Khan bans buses and taxis for a day from Oxford Street Buses to be banned from famous high street to pave way for special shopping event on Sunday September 21

See Oxford Street in a whole new light.

On Sunday 21 September, ‘This is Oxford Street’ promises to be a joyful, traffic-free celebration of the potential future of London’s high street. Join us to enjoy entertainment, street food and games and activities for all ages.

#pedestrianiastion never works. Allegedly. Church Street in #Twickenham, closed to motors some yrs back. Yes an event but how did all these pple get here when they can’t park?? It’s a conundrum. Well done @richmondcouncil.bsky.social - more please. @richmondcycling.bsky.social @londonls.bsky.social

London council weighs parking surcharge on 'supersize' SUVs Lambeth to commission study into whether larger vehicles pose a greater danger to pedestrians and cyclists

Brilliant to be part of this coalition of Lambeth children asking the council to take action to reduce the number of SUVs on our streets.

75% of primary pupils in London walk or cycle to school and giant SUVs are a growing threat to their safety.

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Thames Gateway Bridge finally killed off to boost new homes and DLR - The Greenwich Wire Any lingering hopes of a road river crossing being built at Thamesmead have finally been killed off - providing a boost to plans to build thousands of new homes and a Docklands Light Railway extension...

Good to see!

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Vision Zero plans need to include measures to reduce car use. Delivering the Safe System on its own is not enough; cities also need to reduce driving. The latest AVZ briefing highlights recent research showing that when car use falls casualties fall too.

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Fantastic news - a comprehensive new LTN for Dalston! Hoping they may be releasing a Hoxton plan too very soon. Well done @hackneycouncil.bsky.social 👏

Will Norman on London’s path to Vision Zero Zag sits down with London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman to examine whether the UK capital is on track to meet its pledge of eliminating road deaths and serious injuries by 2041.

Interesting/informative interview with @willnorman.co.uk in @ZagDaily about Vision Zero in London. Runs through the successes...20mph limits and the challenges...more larger heavier vehicles/SUvs. Good on lessons/ideas from other global cities.

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TfL Congestion Charging consultation – London Living Streets Response (July 2025) Transport for London (TfL) is proposing a number of changes to its Central London Congestion Charging Zone. Some of these are good; others could go further. Access the consultation (closes 4th Augu…

If you plan to respond to TfL Congestion Charge proposals (consultation ends 4th Aug), do have a look at our blog. Some good things in there from TfL but could go way further to make Central London safer and have a fairer balance between people and vehicles.

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Sheffield set to become UK's biggest city to trial new zebra crossings, hoping to boost active travel and cut road deaths The new crossings are a hundred times cheaper than traditional zebras, but are not currently recommended by the Department for Transport.

Sheffield will be the UK’s biggest city to trial side-road zebra crossings — simple, low-cost changes to make streets safer. We’re already leading Yorkshire on School Streets. This is the next step.

Thanks @maxsullivan.bsky.social for the inspiration

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Great to see masterplan proposals from the Harley Street BID to make the amazing streets in that area much more pedestrian friendly. Too much traffic, hard-to-cross-streets and tricky junctions make walking there much less enjoyable than it should be.

See: harleystreetbid.com

Six months into congestion pricing, more cars are off the road, data shows More than 10 million fewer vehicles have entered the zone.

Often overlooked is the importance of reducing traffic to help reduce road casualties. NYC Congestion Pricing is seeing "number of cars entering the pricing zone is down by 11%" and "traffic injuries down 15%". London needs more policies that reduce car use across the city.

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🗺️ Think a low traffic West End is a crazy idea? The rest of Europe doesn't seem to think so...

Take Paris and Ghent, two cites that have started to embrace low traffic living!

🙋‍♂️ Want London to join them? Email Sadiq and let him know: bit.ly/43YSUC7

More pedestrianisation plans for London's West End Regent Street St James's would be pedestrianised under the plans from The Crown Estate and council.

Good to see proposals coming forward at roughly the same time for Oxford Street and a much more pedestrian friendly Regent St area. Really need to link these up to other schemes for a car-lite West End.

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London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’ Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods

New research shows LTNs are making our streets safer.

10yrs of data in & around 113 London LTNs shows:

💚37% less deaths & serious injuries
💚No negative safety impact on surrounding roads

📉that's 600 fewer injuries (100 fewer deaths & serious injury)

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Officers investigating a fatal collision in Bexley appeal for public’s help “Did you witness the collision? If you think you might have caught any dash cam or mobile phone footage of the incident, or the time leading up to it, please...

🚶🏽‍♀️‍➡️ #pedestrians #roads #London 🚶🏽

😡 Another day, more #KSIs, this time in #Bexley 😡

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'Supersize SUVs much more likely to cause fatal injury to cyclists and pedestrians' Sports utility vehicles account for more than half of new cars bought in UK

Alarming research reveals the scale of the danger posed to pedestrians and cyclists - especially children - by "supersize" SUV cars www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

Determining Safe Speeds | RoadSafetyFoundation.org The Road Safety Foundation has published a new report entitled ‘Determining Safe Speeds’, working with experts in in-depth collision investigation research from Loughborough University, TRL, Autoliv and Lösningar. The report identifies the speeds that would be required to prevent most deaths and serious injuries. These speeds are evidence-based, given the laws of physics and the fragility of the human body. The report does not make recommendations about speed limit setting; it simply reports this evidence base from in-depth collision investigation studies.

A new report identifies the speeds that would be required to prevent most deaths and serious injuries. These speeds are evidence-based, given the laws of physics and the fragility of the human body. 20mph features where motors mix with people bit.ly/3Hd5LIN

New research provides conclusive proof that 20mph in London is saving lives 🚶🚲🚌🚗

14 yrs of analysis at 150+ sites - reviewed by experts - shows:
❤️40% fewer deaths (vs 7% drop on roads where no changes were made)
❤️75% fewer children killed & 50% fewer kids hurt.

Two women are walking down a canal path. The copy reads: women are 22% more likely than men to feel less safe walking or cycling.

When streets are safer, communities thrive.

Our new report with @bikeabilityuk.bsky.social - Safer Streets For All - brings these insights together and shows why it’s time for change.

Find the report, new YouGov data & launch video via the link.

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The same street in Levenshulme, Manchester, one hundred years apart.

The private motor vehicle is an invasive species, which gradually crowds out and suffocates the rich social life of our cities.

When cars don’t dominate the streets, life flourishes.

We could have eliminated child poverty over the past 100 years but instead we eliminated the one amazingly beneficial thing that all children, rich or poor, had daily access to: outdoor play and freedom.

Londoners have your say: should Oxford Street be traffic free?

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