Getting London walking
In July 2018, Transport for London (TfL) set out its ambition for London to be the world’s most walkable city through its Walking Action Plan.1
The Plan aimed to increase the number of walking trips taken each day from 6.4 million to 7.5 million by 2024, but numbers have plateaued since 2019 and have hovered around 800,000 trips short of the target.2
A number of reasons for the lack of progress have been suggested, including poor pavement quality, and street clutter which creates obstacles for walking and wheeling, especially for wheelchair users, parents with pushchairs, and older people.[3]
Tomorrow, the London Assembly Transport Committee will ask guests, including the Walking and Cycling Commissioner, what can be done to get more Londoners walking in the capital.
The guests are:
Panel 1: 10am – 11.25am
- Tom Noble, Project Manager and Urban Designer, Create Streets
- Rob Anderson, Research Director, Centre for London
- Rob Goodall, Associate Director - Global Active Travel Lead and Decarbonisation Expert, Arup
- Dr Tom Cohen, Senior Lecturer - Active Travel Academy and Transport Planning and Management, University of Westminster
Panel 2: 11.30am – 1pm
- Will Norman, Walking and Cycling Commissioner, TfL
- Helen Cansick, Head of Healthy Streets Investment Planning, TfL
- Councillor Rezina Chowdhury, Vice Chair – Transport and Environment Committee, London Councils
The meeting will take place on Thursday 25 September at 10am in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- TfL Walking Action Plan
- Data taken from Figure 1, TfL, Travel in London 2024 Annual Overview, December 2024
- Create Streets, Written evidence submitted to the Committee
- Read the agenda in full
- Elly Baker AM, Chair of the Transport Committee, is available for interview
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor
- Find out more about the work of the Transport Committee
For more details, please contact Josh Hunt on 07763 252310 or at [email protected]. For out of hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly duty press officer.