| Topic: | Re:Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Ed Saper | |
| Date/Time: | 22/05/22 14:03:00 |
| "the Elizabeth line won’t solve a lot of problems in most of the capital." No, but it will help support economic growth by increasing rail capacity by 10% and directly linking Heathrow, the West End, the City and Canary Wharf without increasing road traffic. "The reason traffic increased was the boom in hone deliveries and taxi services like Uber." Yes, and Google Maps which dramatically increased road capacity, which helps to explain why all the traffic growth over the last 10 years has been on minor roads. I outlined several measures that could be taken to reduce the number of home deliveries, move them to off peak or out of vans. It isn't impossible to tackle Uber either, and one way to fix the Google Maps problem is to restrict local roads to access only. "And your assumption that more people will cycle if more lanes are built is flawed. It’s a leisure activity for many, not a transport mode for everyday life. " Increasing cycle lanes directly leads to more people cycling. Just like building a new motorway leads to more people driving. Or building a new tube line leads to more people taking the tube. Some of that will be for work, some for leisure, some for shopping - sure. In terms of cycling being a transport mode: Commuting in Inner London (e.g. Hammersmith, Islington, West End etc.) per day: 2019 - Cars 14% (0.274m), Bikes 7% (0.145m) Bikes transported roughly half the number of commuters as cars in Inner London in 2019 - and in Q4 2020, bikes transported 12% more, and the ambition should be to maintain and grow that. Given the amount of space 274,000 cars take up (about 630 acres excluding parking, just a bit smaller than The City of London), reducing that by half would give more space to buses and commercial vehicles throughout London. |