Road danger disproportionately affects people travelling on foot, by cycle or by motorcycle, with 80 per cent of all those killed or seriously injured on London’s roads travelling by these modes.
The Mayor’s Transport Strategy (MTS) 2018 sets out the Mayor’s commitment to adopt Vision Zero for road danger in London.[1] The aim of Vision Zero is the elimination of all deaths and serious injuries on London’s transport system. The targets to achieve Vision Zero are:
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- 2022 – reduce the number of people who are killed or seriously injured by 65 per cent against 2005-09 levels
- 2030 – reduce the number of people who are killed or seriously injured by 70 per cent against 2010-14 levels
- 2041 – eliminate all deaths and serious injuries from road collisions from London’s streets
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In addition, interim targets have been set for buses, recognising that these are the vehicles over which the Mayor, through TfL, has the greatest control:
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- 2022 – reduce the number of people who are killed or seriously injured in, or by, London buses by 70 per cent against 2005-09 levels
- 2030 – reduce the number of people killed in, or by, London buses to zero
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Tomorrow, the London Assembly Transport Committee will meet to discuss what progress has been made on the Mayor’s Vision Zero targets, assess whether interim targets for 2022 will be met, consider the Vision Zero action plan progress report, and what action the government has taken on the 21 legislative changes the Mayor has asked them to make. The guests are:
- Jeremy Leach, Chair of London Living Streets, and Action Vision Zero
- Amy Aeron-Thomas, Action Vision Zero
- Nick Simmons, CEO, RoadPeace
- Tom Bogdanowicz, Senior Policy and Development Officer, London Cycling Campaign
- Neil Liversidge, Chair, Motorcycle Action Group
- Zoe Courtney-Bodgener, Policy & Campaigns Officer, RNIB
- Alan Clarke, Sr Director of Policy, Northern Europe, Lime
- Lorraine Robertson, former Bus driver
- John Murphy, Regional Officer, Unite
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 14 December 2021 from 10am, in G02/G03/G04, London Fire Brigade Headquarters (169 Union Street SE1 0LL).
Media and members of the public are invited to view the meeting LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube
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Notes to editors
- London Assembly, Mayor’s Transport Strategy, March 2018
- Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, Chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee is available for interview – see contact details below.
- Agenda papers
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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