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Boris’s restates existing TfL policy as campaign pledge

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TfL removes railings unless there is a safety issue
London’s streets could receive “more railing” in accident blackspots under plans announced by Boris Johnson, the Evening Standard reports.

The suggestion is part of a series of traffic proposals the Mayor has announced as part of his re-election bid.

Mr Johnson’s campaign declines to provide policy details and campaign announcements to this site.

As reported, the proposals appear to merely restate an existing “policy presumption” by Transport for London, which is chaired by Johnson, to remove street barriers unless there is a safety issue.

The removals have taken place under both Johnson and his predecessor Ken Livingstone

In January Johnson told the London Assembly: “In line with Better Streets policy, TfL has adopted a policy presumption against the use of Pedestrian Guard Rail (PGR), except where there is a proven safety requirement. In many cases it is no longer necessary.”

Johnson added: “Further, it can be inconvenient for pedestrians and intimidating for cyclists. When proposing to remove existing guardrail, TfL consults with the relevant borough and advises locally with on site notices.”

Candidates for Mayor include Brian Paddick (Liberal Democrat), Jenny Jones (Green), Ken Livingstone (Labour), Lawrence Webb (UKIP) and Boris Johnson (Conservative).

Comments

  1. So is the pledge to put more in or take it out ?

    The latter I hope. More crap reporting by the evening standard – seemingly reprinted here without any reality check

  2. Graham – it’s pretty clear, more where there is a history of accidents and less where there isn’t though as the article says details weren’t given.

    Hopefully TfL checks it’s accident records to see why the railings were put up on the first place otherwise they could end up spending money removing them only to spend more money putting them back up again.

  3. I saw a very interesting piece in the Wimbledon
    Guardian today where Boris was claiming he’d deliver longer trains to
    Richmond and Kingston which is of similar lines.
    http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9608286.Mayor_pledges_to_improve_Wimbledon_rail_service/r/?cmpid=cmt

    It’s interesting as it’s already been announced. Last December. It
    is, of course, absolutely nothing to do with the Mayor of London and
    will happen irrespective of who is mayor.
    http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/extracapacity.aspx

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