The new routes take in Lambeth, Islington, Ealing and Hounslow as well as the City of London
Transport for London (TfL) has announced three new "low traffic" cycle routes that the authority says will make it easier for people to travel around the capital using a bicycle. They are the first of a series to be launched and will mainly use new low traffic local streets.
Located in Lambeth, Islington, City of London, Ealingand Hounslow, the routes will add 10 kilometres of routes to London’s Cycleway network and, TfL says, will bring more than 124,000 more Londoners within 400 metres of a "high-quality cycle route". While you could already cycle along these roads, new signs are going up to allow people to follow the designated route, knowing they are staying on low traffic roads, and connecting to the wider Cycleways network.
Another effect of the changes is that communities across London including Herne Hill, Brixton, Clapham, Angel, Barbican, Chiswick and Acton Central, will be "better connected to the Cycleways network". And "by the summer, this accelerated programme of Cycleways will help connect outer London town centres such as Lewisham, Wanstead, Edmonton Green and Brentford to the cycleway network".
Three new cycleways were launched today (Friday, March 24) and further routes are planned to open this summer in Enfield, Hammersmith & Fulham, Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge. The new routes are:
Cycleway 11 – a 3km route between Angel and Farringdon, connecting to C6 (Kentish Town to Elephant & Castle), C13 (Hackney Central to City), and C27 (East Acton to Walthamstow). Prior to the launch, cycling levels increased by 53 per cent between 2021 and 2022
Cycleway 48 – a 3km route between Herne Hill and Clapham via Brixton, connecting to CS7 (Colliers Wood to City). Cycling on this route has nearly doubled between 2019 and 2021
Cycleway 49 – a 4km route between Chiswick. Acton Central and North Acton, connecting to C9 (Kew Bridge to Hammersmith) C27 (East Acton to Walthamstow) and C34 (North Acton to Wood Lane). Cycling on this route has seen a near fourfold increase between 2019 and 2021
Will Norman, London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner said: "The vital action many London’s boroughs have taken in reducing traffic on residential roads and lowering speed limits has enabled us to deliver these three new Cycleways at pace, unlocking access to cycling for many thousands of residents.
"These routes, mainly on low traffic streets, will not only connect communities but crucially improve access to cycling amongst traditionally underrepresented groups."
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