Next mayor should seize control of Oxford Street and High Street Kensington, says Green candidate Sian Berry Ross Lydall
Oxford Street should be brought under the control of the mayor to allow it to be pedestrianised, Green candidate Sian Berry said today.
Roads such as High Street Kensington and Holland Park Avenue should also be seized by Transport for London to overcome council objections to building safe cycle routes, she said.
Ms Berry, who wants to spend £400m a year on cycle schemes, believes it is vital to complete a network of strategic routes “as quickly as possible”, and improve safety at more than 200 dangerous junctions, to encourage Londoners to walk and cycle.
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Tory candidate Shaun Bailey says ‘left-wing’ journalists are hampering his bid to become London mayor Ross Lydall
Shaun Bailey claims his bid to be mayor is being hampered by a “left-wing” media biased in favour of Sadiq Khan.
Mr Bailey, speaking with former Miss World Toni-Ann Singh in a webinar organised by the Jamaican High Commission on Thursday evening, said: “The biggest challenge is that in London all of the press don’t ask him [Mr Khan] any real questions.
“They just write him up lovely. They’re all left-wingers, he’s a left-winger, and they make life easy for him and they make life tough for me. That is the biggest test.
Emergency services dragged into High Street Kensington cycle lanes row over objections Ross Lydall
Their objections emerged in documents published last night by the council ahead of a crunch meeting next Wednesday at which it will deliberate over four options, including the reinstatement of the lanes or a “do nothing” approach to keeping the road layout without protection for cyclists.
According to the documents, the fire brigade feared its fire engines would get stuck in the lanes, while LAS said they would cause pinch-points. Both feared that vehicle congestion could slow 999 response times and said they would not instruct crews to enter the cycle lanes in an emergency.