How healthy a borough’s streets are currently
Action Vision Zero, the campaign for safer, people-friendly streets and roads, has joined the London Boroughs Healthy Streets Scorecard (HSS) coalition. The HSS coalition is made up of transport, health, road safety and environment campaigns who have come together because we understand that the same… Read More »Action Vision Zero join HS Scorecard coalition
Trust for London, an independent charitable foundation that aims to tackle poverty and inequality in London, has re-produced the 2022 Healthy Streets Scorecard data in their September Map of the Month.
Healthy Streets are streets with minimal road danger. That’s because a key barrier to more walking and cycling is fear of collisions. And the most dangerous vehicles on our roads are HGVs which are involved in 50% of cyclist road deaths and 20% of pedestrian… Read More »Lorry standards to keep us safe
We need urgent action to improve London’s main roads. Here’s what we need to do and why: London’s main roads lead towards, or run through, many local town centres, as well as the City and the West End. They are the roads on which most… Read More »Ten ways to improve our main roads
The third annual Scorecard results – July 2021 The 2021 Healthy Streets Scorecard shows huge divergence in action among London boroughs on measures to improve streets during Covid crisis The year up to March 2021 was a year of huge change on London’s streets, despite… Read More »Coalition commentary on 2021 Scorecard Results
Unless you work for a car manufacturer or an oil company, why would you want to see more car use in cities? The comfort and convenience of driving are benefits that go to the driver alone; none of them goes to society. The list of… Read More »Action needed to reduce traffic
London Boroughs Healthy Streets Scorecard Coalition on the 2020 Scorecard Since we launched the first year’s Scorecard in July 2019, the coronavirus crisis has impacted just about every aspect of Londoners’ lives, including the way we get around. The overall number of journeys being made… Read More »A message from our coalition on the 2020 results
What will it take to get more Londoners to shift from car ownership to car share? There are currently 2.6 million private cars registered in London. The Mayor’s target is to reduce that number by 250,000 by 2041. That’s around 12,500 fewer cars each year… Read More »Car ownership to car share
Adrian & Catherine and their two kids have recently given up their household car (Hackney) Adrian: “Our car was quite old and we found we weren’t using it very much so we decided we’d try to manage without it when it was no longer road… Read More »Saying goodbye to the household car: two families tell their story
Roughly half of London households live without a car. Will the other half be following soon? There are 2.66 million cars registered in London. The cost to Londoners of owning a car is estimated to be somewhere between £3,500 to over £7,000 a year .… Read More »Giving up the car