These London Trains Have Real-Time Displays to Reduce Crowding
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Sometimes it’s astounding how rider-friendly transit service has become in other countries compared to America.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about London
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Transportation Vision: Add a Million People While Cutting Traffic By 3 Million Miles Each Day
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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.
London Is Going to Ban the Deadliest Trucks From Its Streets
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Heavy trucks with big blind spots are a deadly menace to cyclists and pedestrians. In Boston, eight of the nine cyclist fatalities between 2012 and 2014 involved commercial vehicles, according to the Boston Cyclists Union [PDF]. Between June and September this year, there were six cyclist fatalities in Chicago, and all six involved heavy trucks. In New York City, drivers […]
Behold the Transport for London Traffic Collision Map
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As City Hall staffers work on improvements to Vision Zero View, hopefully they’re taking cues from Transport for London’s collision map. Launched last September, the TfL map “shows traffic collisions that resulted in personal injury and were reported to the police” from 2005 through 2015. Some features of the TfL map that Vision Zero View doesn’t currently have: Crashes are […]
Eyes on the Street: London “Cycle Superhighway” Teems With Bike Traffic
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Good Morning, London. This is what London’s Blackfriars Bridge looks like #cyclesuperhighwaypic.twitter.com/byAMWq1QLz — Sustrans London (@SustransLondon) May 17, 2016 In case you’re looking for a good visual to show how bike lanes can be extremely efficient transportation infrastructure, check out this short video from the UK-based advocacy group Sustrans. It shows rush hour on the Blackfriars Bridge […]
London’s New Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Pledges to “Accelerate” Cycling Progress
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London bike advocates proved they were a political force to be reckoned under Mayor Boris Johnson. After cyclists demonstrated that they would not be satisfied with half-measures, Johnson started to make serious headway on safe bike infrastructure in his second term. It looks like that progress will continue even with a new mayor from a different party. Last week, Londoners chose Sadiq Khan of […]