Accessibility & Inclusion in Transport Planning

It’s vital that all Londoners are able to make the journeys they need to.

Whether it is taking a child to school, caring for an elderly relative, going to work, socialising with friends or completing a weekly shop, using public transport is a vital part of daily life for many Londoners.

In 2023, an estimated 8.6 million public transport journeys took place in London every day on our world-leading transport network. Yet, there are still some journeys which are too long, more difficult and less welcoming for some groups, as London’s transport network doesn’t fully consider the needs of the widest range of Londoners.

In its report, the London Assembly Transport Committee looked closely at how Transport for London (TfL) is building its understanding of how and why Londoner’s travel – its data-led approach.

Recommendations in the report ‘Accessibility & Inclusion in Transport Planning’ include:

• TfL should refresh its London Travel Demand Survey (LTDS) in order to collect more detailed data on the travel patterns and needs of different user groups.
• TfL should analyse and present the data it collects from the LTDS consistently each year in its Travel in London report. This includes publishing data disaggregated by different sociodemographic groups.
• The Mayor should require TfL to publish an equality assessment on its budget starting with the 2027/28 budget process. The Mayor should use his budget guidance to require TfL to pilot gender-responsive budgeting.
• TfL should establish new advisory panels to ensure it has diverse representation of different demographic groups across its advisory panels. 
   

Hina Bokhari OBE AM, Thomas Turrell AM and Keith Prince AM consider that this Report should have included a recommendation to the Mayor calling for him to create the role of Disability Equality Champion.

A minority report is appended to the end of this report.