The Royal Parks has released the results of its initial engagement survey on the principles of its draft Movement Strategy, and Londoners have overwhelmingly supported these and the Parks’ intention to begin to reclaim parks from cars, for people, walking and cycling.
The Royal Parks are eight iconic and large green spaces scattered across London, including Regent’s Park, Hyde Park and Richmond Park. Nearly all of them feature large roads through them that mean the parks are widely used as cut-throughs for motor traffic. And while many of the parks have gates that are shut at night, or restrictions on commercial traffic, the traffic in the parks is resulting in high levels of road danger to both those walking and cycling, and high levels of pollution.
Schemes in the past to reduce the through traffic, such as Cycle Superhighway CS11 have been stymied. And even enforcement of existing commercial vehicle bans and against clear road dangers have been routinely opposed. And indeed, until recently, The Royal Parks has been fairly resistant itself to enabling cycling in and through its parks, and in reducing motor traffic. But that now seems set to change, for the better.
Londoners support making Royal Parks for people, not cars – LCC
The Royal Parks has released the results of its initial engagement survey on the principles of its draft Movement Strategy, and Londoners have overwhelmingly supported these and the Parks’ intention to begin to reclaim parks from cars, for people, walking and cycling. The Royal Parks are eight iconic and large green spaces scattered across London,… [Read More]