Darren Johnson AM will meet with pedestrians and cyclists this Friday morning at Old Street roundabout to demand that the Mayor acts on the concerns of both sets of road users as it draws up plans to re-design this busy junction. He will examine the option of abolishing the roundabout altogether.
TfL’s proposals are currently at the planning stage and will go to public consultation later this year. The Mayor is the Chair of the TfL board.
17 cyclists were killed or seriously injured on the roundabout between 1994 and 2012.
Darren will conclude his tour by visiting the nearby junction of Great Eastern Street, Commercial Street and Shoreditch High Street. This junction featured on TfL’s original list of 100 junctions with safety concerns but was subsequently dropped from its Better Junctions review programme.
When: Friday 6th June 2014
Where: Meeting at 9am by the cycle parking next to Smartline dry cleaners shop, City Road (opposite Starbucks)
Contact on the day – Tom Chance: 07866 447 075
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Notes to editors
- Darren Johnson AM will be available for interview
- Details of cyclists killed or seriously injured in these areas can be accessed using the following map based on STATS19 data, a large data set covering all recorded collisions on the roads of the UK: https://www.google.com/fusiontables/data?docid=1zyR4quGFjOSxZDToT8PI5wUPCx8djRVvHP1ddEg#map:id=3
- Transport for London’s web page stating its intentions for the junction: https://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/old-street-roundabout