Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about London

The Case for Baking Bike Infrastructure Into Vision Zero Projects

By Stephen Miller | May 21, 2015 | 12 Comments

London is surging ahead with big plans for protected bikeways that span the city. By comparison, New York’s bike plans, while moving forward incrementally, feel piecemeal. Has safe cycling infrastructure become an afterthought in the city’s Vision Zero program? The question came up yesterday during a seminar on cycling policy hosted simultaneously in the two cities, organized […]

Just in From London: Congestion Charging’s Street Safety Bonus

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 11, 2015 | 10 Comments

Add street safety to the list of benefits from congestion pricing. That’s the takeaway from a new “working paper” analyzing traffic crash rates in and around the London congestion charging zone by three economists associated with the Management School at Lancaster University. “Traffic Accidents and the London Congestion Charge” slices and dices the monthly changes […]

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Outer London’s Huge Bike Plan Could Break the Cycle of Bad Suburban Transit

By Michael Andersen | Feb 25, 2015 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. You may have heard that London has just approved a spectacular crosstown protected bike lane. But another part of its plan has, ironically, gotten little press in the United States. As London’s […]

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Boris Johnson Commits to a Protected “Cycle Superhighway” Crossing London

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 28, 2015 | No Comments

London Mayor Boris Johnson is showing cities what it looks like to commit real resources to repurposing car lanes for high-quality bike infrastructure. Yesterday, Johnson announced the city will begin building a wide, continuous protected bike lane linking east and west London when the weather warms this spring. When complete, it will be the longest […]

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Removing Center Lines Reduced Speeding on London Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 15, 2014 | No Comments

On some streets, getting drivers to stop speeding might be as easy as eliminating a few stripes. That’s the finding from a new study from Transport for London [PDF]. TfL recently examined the effect of eliminating center lines on three London streets. The agency found it slowed average driving speeds between 5 and 9 miles per hour, […]

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