Tories puncture Ken’s plans for super cycle highways

15 February 2008

London mayor, Ken Livingstone, has unveiled an ambitious £500M plan aimed at transforming cycling and walking in the capital – and has run into a wall of criticism from the Conservative-controlled boroughs’ organisation, London Councils.

The package of measures will create a network of ‘super cycle highways’ with the introduction of a Parisian-style bike hire scheme, with some 6,000 cycles available for borrowing throughout central London from docking stations located every 300m.

A network of 12 cycling corridors will provide high-profile routes linking residential areas such as Hackney, Clapham and Kilburn to the city centre, with the creation of local bike zones for shoppers and schoolchildren, providing cycle-priority streets, 20mph speed limits, and direct routes to parks and recreation areas.
Transport for London plans to consult the boroughs on detailed plans for cycle routes and bike zones, but Cllr Daniel Moylan, chair of London Council’s transport and environment committee, has slated the lack of early discussions and pointed out that the boroughs were responsible for managing 95% of the capital’s road.

‘I don’t think much of this will happen. Why should the boroughs listen to Mr Livingstone when he has long since stopped talking or listening to them?’ said Cllr Moylan.

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