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London’s Aldgate Square Goes From Stressful Traffic Circle to Great Public Space
London has embarked on an ongoing quest to remake its busiest districts with high-quality public space, taking real estate that used to belong to cars and designing areas where people come first and drivers behave accordingly. The Aldgate project is the latest example.
June 25, 2018
Congestion Pricing and a Bus Turnaround: Two Great Policies That Go Great Together
There's a symbiotic relationship between road pricing and better bus service. Congestion pricing can speed up buses and reverse the decade-plus decline in bus ridership in New York.
January 5, 2018
London Cycling Works: How Savvy Campaigning Got 180 Employers to Support Bike Lanes
In 2014, there was an intense bikelash in London in reaction to groundbreaking, high-quality protected bike lanes in the city center. London CyclingWorks played a critical role in countering this pushback, gathering endorsements of the new bike infrastructure from a wide range of businesses in central London.
December 6, 2017
London Traffic Would Be At Least 20 Percent Slower Without Congestion Pricing
The number of automobiles entering London’s center each day has plunged by 44 percent since the start of congestion charging, even as the total number of people entering grew 23 percent.
December 5, 2017
London’s Protected Bike Lanes Move People 5 Times More Efficiently Than Car Lanes
London's new protected bike lane network has made Upper Thames Street much, much more efficient -- because it gave more Londoners a way to comfortably move through their city in a way that requires less public space.
November 29, 2017
To Reduce Pollution, London Will Outlaw Parking Construction
Saying London needs to get "bolder" about reducing reliance on cars, London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced today that the city will ban the construction of new parking spaces in home and office developments in large parts of the city.
November 28, 2017
These London Trains Have Real-Time Displays to Reduce Crowding
Sometimes it’s astounding how rider-friendly transit service has become in other countries compared to America.
August 3, 2017
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Transportation Vision: Add a Million People While Cutting Traffic By 3 Million Miles Each Day
London Mayor Sadiq Khan's new transport strategy lays out a vision for how his city, expected to add 1.5 million people by 2041 on top of its current 9 million residents, will keep people moving while reducing pollution and improving quality of life. The big idea: Cars are the problem, not the solution.
June 21, 2017
London Is Going to Ban the Deadliest Trucks From Its Streets
Heavy trucks with big blind spots are a deadly menace to cyclists and pedestrians.
October 21, 2016
Behold the Transport for London Traffic Collision Map
As City Hall staffers work on improvements to Vision Zero View, hopefully they're taking cues from Transport for London’s collision map.
July 27, 2016