Reducing emissions from transport

Make the roads/streets more cycle and pedestrian friendly.

Increase the congestion charge.
Increase the ULEZ charge.

Bring in a scheme such as Paris to prevent car use every day.

I have always commuted by bicycle. I take my children to school by bicycle. However it is a generally bad experience as we have to ride past long line of congested traffic or busy fast moving roads. Others with less experience than me would not do this.

It's vital that we change our mindsets and behaviours around cars and their place in urban life. Friends or colleagues of mine who drive private cars in London say they do so for various reasons:
- They don't have an easy, reliable public transport route to work, to their children's school or to a supermarket.
- They don't feel safe walking alone, especially in the evening as a woman.
- They are affected by mobility issues, and a public transport route would still involve too much walking.
- If they walk or cycle, they will be right next to a main road and the air can be very polluted.

I think most people would prefer to use a car less if these issues are addressed. Some people, however, are simply attached to using a private car as a way of life, which is very frustrating. We can't let such people put their own wishes above everyone's future. Walking, cycling and using public transport urgently need to become the easiest, safest, most affordable and most enjoyable options for as many people as possible.

For what else would we allow 4000 deaths a year just so a generally wealthier more privileged group can have their lives a bit easier? I appreciate there are some instances where certain individuals need to drive e.g those with disabilities where our public transport is inaccessible/difficult (and we should make exceptions in these kind of cases), but in most cases we need to move away faster from car use which will benefit the vast majority of poorer, vulnerable Londoners. I'm glad to see ULEZ and LTNs coming in place but these need to be expanded and strengthen rapidly over the next few years to make a significant improvement in air pollution and reduce the number of deaths. Thinking of all of those with health conditions who shouldn't have to suffer just by living in London.

Once again our wonderful authority is going to levy more costs on the vehicle owning and driving fraternity. More and more roads are being closed off, more and more being restricted, more and more standing traffic. less and less revenue to TFL to pay for schemes to supposedly improve our lives. The motorist is not a cash cow, London is not a village in the 16th century where we all live and work within easy walking/cycling distances. Goods and services require access into and out of the city. Can you get a washing machine on a bicycle, can supermarkets stock up on the bus, can your tradesmen walk to your house and offices carrying tools and ladders. The whole thing is a massive con, they do not care about our quality of life only about the depth of our pockets.

Safer cycling routes
more secure cycle parking places
Affordable hire of ebikes and escooters for medium length journeys
Better public transport connections in south London
100% electric or hydrogen buses on all routes
100% electric or hydrogen delivery vehicles in the city

Make walking and cycling safer…

the change in law recently was great. Updating the public and showing the public the benefits of this law change less so.

Also there need to be many more separate cycle and footpaths (not just a little line on a road!!), divided by a physical barrier (a step up, a line of trees etc).

New built areas should be quicker to walk or cycle than to drive around.

Create Zero Emission Zones - where driving a carbon-powered motor vehicle is banned

Only allow blue badge vehicles or electric taxies / buses + bikes, pedestrians and scooters (which should be legalised and regulated in the same way as bikes) in the zero emission zone

Road user charging everywhere - pay per mile - the actual cost of what it takes to repair / maintain the roadway for the use of motor vehicles...dependent on their weight

Parking charges to truly reflect the price of the public land being occupied

ENFORCEMENT!!!!!! Allow members of the public to report illegal parking, driving etc - by submission of video evidence - pay a percentage of all fines levied to encourage this to happen

How dare you cause such devastation to vulnerable people, my mother is disabled and relies on her car and lives on the outskirts of London in the suburbs. There is no option for her to get around using public transport. Public transport is woeful in central London let alone Greater London. Taxing her every time she drives will seriously restrict her social activities and leads to isolation. People cannot afford to get new cars and it's very bad destroying perfectly good cars when making new car creates more pollution and uses more resources than the older car. Reverse the anti car traffic calming measures which increase pollution due to traffic jams, they are counter productive. Expanding ulez to greater London will have terrible consequences for the most vulnerable whilst you line the coffers of TFL.

The pandemic period has inevitably had an impact on the frequency one hops on a bus. It has declined. Lockdown has determined that the use of one's own car to do some essential shopping has been necessary. That can be expected to decrease once there is a return to normality and the danger of Covid is overcome by vaccination.

Although over 70 I use a bicycle in preference to a car for most urban journeys. When it is wet or icy, I use a small 30 year old petrol car with an engine size of 600cc. Changing to an E.V. is unaffordable and anyway manufacture of new cars is a major contributor to climate change and world pollution. You cannot manufacture your way out of a climate crisis that was caused by over consumption and waste of items that are only partly used. The bicycle was invented in the 19th century and has always been the answer to urban congestion yet until climate change became a threat, politicians national and local have always created more space for the car and ignored the bicycle. The destruction of small petrol cars in the 2008 scrappage scheme and promotion of diesel vehicles has led to increased death from lung disease due to particulates so it was a disaster. This all needs greater thought and a better and more sustainable strategy than has yet been devised. As I age, I may become more dependent on a motor vehicle. I believe in making things last as long as possible. My bicycle was made in 1965 and my car in 1989. That is efficient use of resources and ought to be encouraged rather than discouraged.

Road public transport emissions can be reduced almost to zero by replacing all diesel buses with electric buses.

I used to cycle commute (1970s). I don't cycle in London anymore because of the current attitude of motorists to bicycles. Cycle commuting etc could be increased by introducing a rebuttable presumption of fault on the part of road vehicle in the event of a bicycle-road vehicle RTA, i.e. in the event of an RTA it would be for the motorist to prove innocence, not the cyclist to prove guilt. This would not be an overnight success, but motor insurers will not rush to give cover to anyone involved in any sort of cycle RTA. It will encourage the use of dash cam and side and rear cam for lorries and buses.

Cycling could be further encouraged by installing warden assisted under cover cycle storage at stations, schools, shopping centres and other places where cyclists might be willing to travel to. A fortiori if shops were required to deliver orders. At the moment a great deal of time is wasted when the cyclist arrives at his destination and begins arduously chaining his machine up for fear of theft of the bicycle or parts.

Cycling and roller skating or blading (which is a far better form of exercise) would be encouraged if elevated ways were erected above main routes (they need not doggedly follow existing bus or train routes, once off the ground they could go pretty well anywhere). There would need to be separate lanes for cycles and skates (e.g. one above the other). As well as commuting Londoners, these would also be very attractive to tourists.

I don't know about the 2019 scrappage scheme. As things stand I have two diesel cars which I rely on, but despite running well they are almost valueless. I can't afford to scrap them (even if I could there are no suitable ULEZ cars I could afford to trade them in for.

There should not be a coach station in central London. Victoria coach station should close, it is generating a huge amount of pollution

Ulez zone extension. Investigate how more public bus routes could reduce local low mileage traffic. More all electric buses and taxis.
Stop reducing station car parking availability and take management back in house to reduce car parking pricing.
EV charging points need to be provided in sufficient quantity and rates, more use of e.g. Local authority car parks.
Lower TfL fares too encourage usage, rather than tax other transportation.
Reduce maximum vehicle size on side roads. Reduce impact of pollution on side roads by preventing rat runs.
Enforce speed limits and parking restrictions as currently side road enforcement is a joke.
Changes I have made involve more local walking and doing less frequent large shops which require use of car. Sham all supermarket access for us needs car or multiple bus/tube transitions.
I did not need to use scrappage scheme as already had a ULEZ compliant vehicle.

The ULEZ is getting ridiculous. We changed our car last year as we live next to the zone. We can not afford to do it again next year. With gas, electric, food, petrol, council tax all going up massively in price Mr Khan should be giving people a break. He may be reducing carbon emissions in London but he is pushing it all to the outskirts. The roads are congested because of the ridiculous blocked roads and the wide cycle lanes, please visit Chiswick High Road to see the ridiculousness of the scheme. Make buses and tubes cheaper to use and people will automatically move to public transport.

Local input on bus routes would be great. Manchester has been working on the idea of the 15 minute city. The notion that residents should be able to get to school, shops maybe even work in 15 minutes.
In my area of East ham everyone drives to the supermarket because it's 10 minutes by car but 40 minutes by bus, because the bus goes off into no where in Beckton before eventually going to the supermarket. The route is pointless and isn't helpful at all.

I would love to cycle more but with a baby it just isn't safe. In Holland people cycle everywhere with their child on their bikes or in tow carts, but the cycle lanes are separated from cars and they are wide and easy to access. Here is would be down right dangerous.

The extension will only effect the poor who can’t afford to have compliant vehicles this must be the worst mayor we have ever had he is supposed to be for the working man being labour he is only for the green brigade having this extension won’t help if you can have a heavily polluting vehicle and as long as you pay you can come in to London it’s just a cash cow if he was really trying to cut pollution he would ban not charge

My father lives at the Elephant & Castle in London he is 81 years old, he lives alone and has various health problems. My diesel car which I have for work as I drive 60 miles a day from West Wickham to East Peckham Kent to get to work is over 8 years old and I can’t afford to change it. I now have to use the bus to get to my father. Whilst he was in hospital recently, it made visiting him very difficult. He needed me to visit him at St. Thomas. As he is deaf and I had to explain to him what was happening to him. This tax is making it more difficult for people and since the tax has been in place the pollution is getting worse not better. Explain that please. I believe that people who need to travel into central London will pay any tax that is imposed, and closing roads to make LTN’s just pushes the vehicles off of back streets on to main roads adding to the congestion.

By reducing the road capacity you are increasing congestion which increases pollution.Also more time is wasted in traffic jams.Your present policies actually make the situation worse.
Also the cycle lanes are mostly empty and they reduce access to local shopping areas.

More Santander cycle in outer london near streatham
Maintain cycle lane better
Better cycle lane street lighting
More covered secure cycle storage near work had my bike stolen too many time