A London Assembly Member has called on Mayor Sadiq Khan to get Transport for London to go back to the drawing board with its latest proposals for the Fiveways junction on the Purley Way and “come back with a set of proposals which work for people, not just cars”.
‘TfL needs to produce a more civilised road scheme’: Caroline Russell AM
Caroline Russell is a Green Party AM. Earlier this month she used Mayor’s Question Time at City Hall to ask Khan whether the TfL designs to turn Fiveways into Fourways met the demands of his own “Healthy Streets” policy. Khan was unable to provide any answers, in an embarrassing public disconnect over a question which his staff had had prior notice.
Russell has warmly welcomed “Healthy Streets”, which she calls “strong stuff with lots of policy for walking, cycling and using buses that is really sensible”. A key aspect of Khan’s transport strategy is to have more roads where cyclists, aged from eight to 80, can feel safe to ride to school, or work or just to get around.”
But, like Croydon cycling campaigners who described the latest proposals as making the route “more dangerous” for bike riders, Russell has been shocked by what TfL has issued for the latest round of consultation over the A23 and A232 junctions near Waddon Station. Continue reading
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