Lord Hylton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hylton on 2016-03-07.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 3 March (HL6554), whether they have assessed the impact of having red routes managed by Transport for London, rather than London boroughs; whether they are satisfied that the London Permit Scheme is not increasing delays and disruption; and whether current work on cycleways will be completed before the main tourist season starts.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Government has not carried out an assessment of the impact of having Transport for London (TfL), rather than the London Boroughs, managing the Transport for London Road Network (“red routes”), and has no intention of doing so.
The London Permit Scheme and cycle superhighways are both matters for TfL. TfL has published a report evaluating the first year of the London Permit Scheme which suggests that it is having a positive impact. This report is titled ‘The London Permit Scheme, First Year Evaluation Report’ and is available on the TfL website.
The construction timetable for the cycle superhighways is available via TfL’s website and summarised below:
Cycle superhighway 1
- A10 Tottenham High Road: 6 July 2015 to spring 2016
- Pitfield Street (Boot Street to New North Road roundabout): 6 July 2015 to early 2016
- Apex Junction to Old Street/Great Eastern Street: 3 August 2015 to spring 2016
Cycle Superhighway 2 upgrade
- Mile End Road and Bow Road between Harford Street and Harley Grove: February 2015 – November 2015
- Whitechapel Road between Osborn Street and Cambridge Heath Road: February 2015 – November 2015
- Mile End Road between Cambridge Heath Road and Harford Street: June 2015 – March 2016
- Bow Road between Harley Grove and Bow roundabout: July 2015 – March 2016
- Whitechapel High Street by Aldgate East station: September 2015 – April 2016
Cycle Superhighway East to West
- Lancaster Gate: April 2016 – October 2016
- Hyde Park: November 2015 – October 2016
- Hyde Park Corner: April 2015 – March 2016
- St James’s Park and Green Park: June 2016 – October 2016
- Parliament Square/Westminster Bridge: October 2015 – May 2016
- Victoria Embankment: April 2015 – April 2016
- Blackfriars Underpass/Puddle Dock: September 2015 – April 2016
- Castle Baynard Street: November 2015 – May 2016
- Upper and Lower Thames Street: April 2015 – April 2016
- Tower Hill: October 2015 – April 2016
Cycle Superhighway East to West
- Blackfriars Road: North of The Cut to Stamford Street: August 2015 – January 2016
- Blackfriars Road: South of The Cut: April 2015 – December 2015
- Blackfriars Bridge: January 2016 – February 2016
- Blackfriars Junction/Victoria Embankment: August 2015 – April 2016
- Farringdon Street: January 2016 – March 2016
- New Bridge Street/Ludgate Circus: November 2015 – April 2016
