The plans aim to get more people walking and cycling around the City.
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The City of London has voted in favour of plans to introduce a speed limit of 15mph in the London Square Mile.
It’s in an attempt to reduce traffic in the area by 25% by 2030. It sounds ambitious, but motor traffic has halved in the City of London over the last two decades.
However, the plans first need to be approved by the government’s Planning and Transportation Committee this summer. If they are, the speed limit would come into force in 2021.
Alastair Moss of the City of London Corporation said that they hope to prioritise public transport. He said the area is “one of the most well-connected parts of the UK, with 15 Tube stations, seven Tube lines, eight mainline stations, multiple bus routes and a fast-evolving bicycle network.”
But the limit is 5mph slower than the already controversial plans fielded by Sadiq Khan for wider Central London.
Speaking about the problems that the new 15mph limit might cause commuters, he said: “We are working tirelessly to support the 513,000 workers that commute to the Square Mile every day.”
This decision follows research demonstrating 9 in 10 people travelling in the City of London walk at least part of their journey.
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The City of London has voted in favour of plans to introduce a speed limit of 15mph in the London Square Mile.
It’s in an attempt to reduce traffic in the area by 25% by 2030. It sounds ambitious, but motor traffic has halved in the City of London over the last two decades.
However, the plans first need to be approved by the government’s Planning and Transportation Committee this summer. If they are, the speed limit would come into force in 2021.
Alastair Moss of the City of London Corporation said that they hope to prioritise public transport. He said the area is “one of the most well-connected parts of the UK, with 15 Tube stations, seven Tube lines, eight mainline stations, multiple bus routes and a fast-evolving bicycle network.”
But the limit is 5mph slower than the already controversial plans fielded by Sadiq Khan for wider Central London.
Speaking about the problems that the new 15mph limit might cause commuters, he said: “We are working tirelessly to support the 513,000 workers that commute to the Square Mile every day.”
This decision follows research demonstrating 9 in 10 people travelling in the City of London walk at least part of their journey.
