17 November 2010,
00:00-23:59
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ASPIRATION OF REALITY? A STRATEGY FOR LONDON'S ROADS
A Greater London Branch Presentation
Date: Wednesday 17th November 2010 (6:00 pm for 6:30 pm start)
Venue: Colin Buchanan, 20 Eastbourne Terrace, London, W2 6LG
Nearest Tube: Paddington
Speaker: David Quarmby CBE, Chairman of the RAC Foundation
London’s economic dynamism and its population and jobs growth is putting steadily more pressure on its transport systems. The policies pursued by London’s Mayors in the last decade have wrought transformational change in many aspects of the transport system - quality of the bus network, attractiveness and convenience of the Oyster card, investment in upgrading and improving the Underground and rail networks, including the creation of the London Overground.
But getting the public transport right is only part of the story. Most travel movement in London is not to and from central London – important and prominent though that is. And cars still carry the majority of passenger-miles travelled in London, particularly for journeys outside central London where public transport does not provide convenient alternatives.
Does the Mayor’s Transport Strategy give enough weight to roads and road users, and is there sufficient funding allocated to roads in the TfL Business Plan? David Quarmby examines the place of roads in providing the mobility that keeps this great city functioning well, critically reviews the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and considers some of the policy alternatives that could enhance and sustain that mobility into the future.
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