City planning

Shared spaces, such as Exhibition Road and Sloane Square a BIG problem for persons with a mobility problem. Wheeled users show little regard for pedestrians. The modern electrical vehicles, hich a blnid person can't hear coming, add to the problem.

Now there is (New) Bond Street where. Its pedestrianisation is misleading: the centre of the road alternates between being level with the pavement and about 3 cm lower. The height difference is invisible and the inconsistency of the use of 6 shades of grey surface colour, interrupted by an incoherent use of lines, dot, squares and rectangles, actually lead the user to believe there is an even surface where there is none, and that there is a kerb, where there is none. And all the surfaces are equally matte.

There is no way of reporting problem. I finally lodged my unlucky meeting with invisible N Bond Street kerb, under "problems" with "pavement", including photos but as it was automatically classified under "damage to pavement", an inspector checked the state of the pavement and reported back me that the pavement was undamaged.

No, Mr. Mayor, the damage was to me and the tax payer who has paid tens of thousands of pounds for a fancy but dangerous road surface.

You have been told time and time again by many groups of disabled road users that shared spaces are a problem.

One more thing, those block-long parking areas for rented bicycles are another problem for the blind? How are they to know that when they cross the street, they won't be able to gain the pavement across (so the disabled road user is caught by traffic in the road), either because of the tightly packed bikes  or because the bikes have fallen to the ground, causing the user (usually blind) to trip over them.

Please involve - not just "consult"- all disabled persons (and a few more elderly persons) in your planning RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET. They too have rights.

Improvement in London's green spaces is welcome. Tree planting to replace felled dying trees originally planted by the Victorians should be funded. 

All building on flood plains and land that would be flooded by a 30cm or greater rise in sea level should be prohibited.

Uitlisation of brownfield sites and former industrial areas should be prioritised for new build housing. As such areas cost developers more money to clear and use than green sites, their should be financial incentives for housing development on these sites, or financial penalties for building on greenfield sites.

Green spaces should be protected and expanded. Recycling and composting should be expanded for all boroughs. In Hounslow, like many boroughs, food waste isn't collected and this is terrible. We must collect food waste or provide compost bins for flats, where possible. The government needs to make sure that the life cycle of a product needs to take into account its disposal. Companies should be made to prove that there was no other way to make their product if it can't be recycled or repaired easily (Air Pods are a prime example). In Portugal, we have recycling bins built into the pavements with deep pits to catch the waste and they are on a lot of street corners. And in supermarket car parks, they have places to put used cooking oil, to stop the drains being clogged with it, which we should certainly introduce in London, along with a massive education campaign to promote this.

Housing developments shouldn't be approved without green spaces built and should include solar panels as standard and heat pumps and be as green and sustainable as possible. Green walls or living walls should be incorporated, too, to clean dirty air.

People who are still in council housing or housing association housing when their children have grown up and left should be rehoused to smaller properties in the same area to free up those properties for those who need them more. This should be looked into more by councils using the electoral register to see who still lives at the property.

New buildings should make accessibility a priority, and this should be industry standard and TfL should do its upmost to promote accessibility and good signage on the Underground. Community gardens and projects to plant trees and herbs that locals can enjoy should be given funding and the third runway at Heathrow should be stopped.

Number 1 source of methane (strongest greenhouse gas) emissions is cattle/dairy farming. We need to stop subsidising unsustainable meat farming and instead invest more in environment friendly plant/cereal farming. This will result in cleaner air and reduced heat and should be top priority, even before the green energy infrastructure.

When it comes to waste, there needs to be better recycling infrastructure and more incentives for businesses to be greener. Ban useless plastic packaging in supermarkets and enforce proper recycling in restaurants and cafes. better enforce recycling in all boroughs (some are good at it some are terrible)

Not sure if this is the right section to mention this...

It is great that more businesses are changing their packaging to be compostable, but if you live in a flat in London, the likelihood that you have access to a compost is very slim. 

If compostable packaging is predicted to be the future, perhaps it would be worth to start trialing communal composts by the entrance to green areas?

Also, how about prohibiting parking at any time on busy roads such as the A3220 and A3205 to make the traffic flow better and make the roads safer for cyclists? 

It is vital that existing green spaces are supported and enhanced. There needs to be joint efforts in conjunction with other organisations such as the Canal & River Trust and the Lea Valley Park to ensure that green spaces are protected. Although the provision for cyclists is welcome, it is also necessary to protect walkers partularly again electric bicycles, scooters etc. that are becoming more and more common. Where possible these modes of transport should be segregated from pedestrians and restrictions, speed limits/controls introduced.