Boris Johnson launched his transport polices in a hall next to St Pancras station today. Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Minister for Transport, also spoke and the event was chaired by Bexley Council leader Ian Clement.
The pledge for extra police for Tube and railway stations makes the frontpage headline in the Evening Standard, which has been running a Safer Stations campaign.
Click here to download the report. Key points:
Put The Commuter First
- By focusing on making traffic flow more smoothly through measures like re-phasing traffic lights, allowing motorcycles in bus lanes and cracking down on utility companies who dig up the roads.
- By re-instating the tidal flow at the Blackwall tunnel and opposing toll charge increases at the Dartford crossing.
- By improving public transport in outer London through orbital bus routes and campaigning for better rail services.
Make Public Transport Safer And More Secure
- By spending less on press officers and more on police officers to patrol the network – increasing their presence on buses and station platforms in outer London.
- By introducing ‘Payback London’, a scheme that will require under-18s who abuse their right to free bus travel to earn it back through community service.
- By cracking down on illegal minicabs.
Tackle Problems With A Fresh Perspective
- By supporting different forms of transport like river services, and renewing traditional forms by commissioning a 21st-century Routemaster with conductors.
- By making London a truly cycle-friendly city through increasing secure cycle parking and introducing a bike-hire scheme.
- Make Transport More Convenient
- By improving the daily commuter experience through better information, and extending the Oyster top-up network.
- By halting the proposed Tube ticket office closures and ensuring there is always a manned ticket office at every station.
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