On the 3rd August 2016 at the NLA CycleSummit Deputy Mayor for Transport, Val Shawcross set out the direction that Mayor Sadiq Khan’s cycling strategy will take London. Detailed strategy will be published in November 2016. (See below for Val Shawcross Slidedeck)

Highlights from the talk included TfL’s Nigel Hardy confirming that progress is being made on planning more Cycle Superhighways: “The political will is absolutely there.”

Val Shawcross explaining that “it should be our mission to help people get more active travel into their daily routine” and a confirmation that the “intention is to increase” budget for cycling from ~£150m a year spent previously.” and this is “not just for cyclists” – it makes the environment better for everyone. Less noise, pollution etc.”

She also went on to explain the cycling is not just about movement, it’s also about driving down air pollution across our city, although no figures or proposed measures for outlining car reduction.

There was encouraging news for other parts of the country as well as Ruth Cadbury, Labour MP for Brentford explained that “The govt encouraged London to be a test bed, now we need to roll it out across the UK” although she also confirmed what most of us already knew: “It’s difficult to express the level of ambivalence we find in parliament to cycling. We have a long way to go”.

Slide Deck for Val Shawcross Presentation to #CycleSummit16

MAYOR OF LONDON

The future of cycling in London

Valerie Shawcross CBE

Deputy Mayor for Transport

3 August 2016

MAYOR OF LONDON

Our approach must deliver for London Fairer for all

Better air quality

Safer and healthier roads

Improved walking experience

Active people

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A new vision for London… Healthy Streets to cycle, walk and enjoy

Cleaner air; greener streets

Reducing the impact of motor traffic

Coordinating improvements for walking and cycling

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The Mayor’s manifesto pledges Make London a World-Class Cycling City… Increase the proportion of TfL’s budget spent on cycling

Continue the Cycle Superhighway Programme

Prioritise Quietways

Safer, cleaner lorries

Safer Junctions

More cycle parking “My aim is to make London

a byword for cycling around

the world – with a plan to

make cycling and walking

safer and easier in the

capital.” Sadiq Khan, Mayor of

London

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Cycling is good for London Major mover of people

Cuts traffic emissions and noise pollution

Less motor traffic means a better quality of life for all

Improves health

Supports and attracts business

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Moving more people Cycling is a major mover of people – in 2014, there were 645,000 cycling trips a day – that’s 20% of all Tube trips

Victoria Embankment and Blackfriars Road corridors are now moving many more people per hour than they did before the cycle tracks were built

At the busiest times, bikes make up 70% of all traffic on Blackfriars Bridge.

MAYOR OF LONDON

Building on whats worked well 30km of Superhighways now open

Mini-Holland projects making good progress

50 million cycle hire trips now completed

First Quietway now open

24,000 children trained to cycle safely last year

Cycling is safer than ever …but we need to do a lot more

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Learn the lessons of earlier schemes We need to: Better coordinate roadworks and mitigate their impact

Consider more evening working

Mitigate the impact of schemes on buses

Listen more to the public – reducing the ‘bikelash’ for cycling schemes

Integrate cycling into wider transport improvements

MAYOR OF LONDON