Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about London

London Cycling Group Proposes a Safer Urban Truck

By Brad Aaron | Mar 21, 2013 | 8 Comments

In the last few weeks, truck drivers have taken the lives of at least two NYC pedestrians: a 6-year-old child and a 60-year-old woman. Though the physics of the crashes were different — one driver was turning, the other accelerating into a crosswalk — in both cases the driver was said to have hit a […]

London Mayor Unveils Ambitious, $1.3 Billion Bike Plan

By Stephen Miller | Mar 8, 2013 | 8 Comments

In some ways, London and New York have each leapfrogged the other when it comes to bike policy in the past few years. London’s bike-share program launched back in 2010, but its bike lanes remain largely sub-standard, with little in the way of physical protection. Here in New York, the bike lanes are gradually forming […]

Lessons From London After 10 Years of the Congestion Charge

By Charles Komanoff | Feb 15, 2013 | 16 Comments

A Republican member of Congress told me last week that he recently was in London for the first time in a long while. “Traveling was so much better,” he said. “You can actually get around. That traffic-charging system they’ve got seems to be doing a lot of good.” London’s system — known formally as congestion […]

Following New York’s Lead, London Plans Protected Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Jan 10, 2013 | 8 Comments

When it comes to urban transportation policy, Americans often look longingly across the Atlantic. Paris pioneered big-city bike-sharing, London showed New York that congestion pricing works, and Sweden set the goal of eliminating traffic deaths. But here’s a case where New York is leading a peer city overseas. In 2009, London Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a […]

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