South London Cycling Charter December 2012

Introduction

The Vision for South London

The South London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton and Wandsworth work together in order to set a shared agenda and priorities for transport investment in the sub-region.

The ‘Prospectus for South London’ sets a vision as:

“A vibrant sub-region contributing to London’s competitiveness and sustainability, through increased employment, a highly skilled workforce and a high quality of life – supported by an enhanced and sustainable transport infrastructure”

Cycling is clean, healthy and environmentally-friendly. The Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) has a target to increase cycling from its 2001 level of 2% to 5% by 2026 – 1.5 million cycle trips per day. South London holds significant potential to help the Mayor towards reaching his target.

South London’s transport priorities to support the above vision are to:

South London has recently been energised by cycling as it hosted the 2012 Olympics Road Races and Time Trials. The challenge is now to capitalise on this energy by creating the right culture, environment and provision for day-to-day cycling.

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The South London Partnership supports the Mayor’s efforts for increased cycling across London through his ‘Cycling Revolution’ initiative and recently published ‘Cycling Vision’. If cycling is to become the choice for many, rather than a few, then this will require a step change in the way we work together as a sub-region in south London to help create and deliver the required conditions in order to positively transform the way people travel in South London.

South London should be accessible and convenient cycling. Cycling is integral towards achieving the vision and supporting our transport priorities as it offers a healthy choice and alternative way to travel, contributing towards enhancing users’ quality of life. Businesses that promote cycling to work have also noted a reduction in absenteeism as a consequence of cycle to work schemes. Where efforts are made to make cycle journeys safer, uptake is higher and more frequent.

The Charter describes and establishes a collaborative vision for promoting new and increased travel by bicycle across South London.

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Enhance orbital connectivity Integrate travel options Influence demand Sustainably support town centres and high streets

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Cycling in London The number of cyclists on London’s roads has more than doubled in just over ten years with 19% of Londoners now cycling on a regular basis and 40% of London households having access to a bicycle. The Mayor has set a pan-London target to achieve a 400% increase in cycling on current levels by 2026, which equates to 1.5 million cycle trips per day, 1 million more than current levels. Recent surveys by TfL state that 85% of Londoners agree that cycling is becoming more popular, with an associated shift in the attitudes towards cycling. Cycling has also become relatively safer during a 20 year period in London and across the sub-region’s boroughs. Those killed or seriously injured (KSIs) has decreased by 7% in south London, however, the absolute number of cycle casualties has increased in recent years. TfL estimates that there is a cycling casualty for every 49,000 cycling trip in London, much lower than other modes of travel. However, despite this changing attitude, cycling levels are not as high as other European and International cities. Specifically in south London cycling accounts for 2% of daily trips undertaken in south London (in contrast, car journeys consist of around 46% of trips - over 1.6 million daily trips). Across south London’s boroughs the cycling levels vary, with the higher levels in Wandsworth and Richmond. Other areas of outer London have similar levels of cycling to those of south London, however, south London has the greatest potential to increase the current levels compared to others. Therefore, this potential could be realised with funding towards cycle schemes across south London to encourage and generate greater levels of cycling.

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Benefits of Cycling Environmental impacts Cycling is a pollution-free, environmentally sustainable and energy-efficient mode of transport that contributes towards reducing CO2 levels across London. It also supports the Mayor’s target of a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2025, compared to 1990 levels. There are many pollution hotspots across London, and in south London, that contributes annually towards the capitals 3,500 premature deaths. The healthy option Cycling is a low impact activity. A British Medical Association’s (BMA) report states that the benefits of cycling outweigh the risk of injury, with an increased life expectancy of individuals who make the modal shift from cars to bicycles, as cycling:   

Employer incentives The ‘cycle to work’ scheme encourages employers to provide loans to employees, as a taxfree benefit, to purchase bicycles and safety equipment. Companies are encouraging this scheme due to the recognition of the benefits it can bring, such as a healthier and more productive workforce. In the first three months of 2012, 23,400 companies in the UK signed up to the scheme, a 9% increase on the same period last year.

Promotes a longer healthy life, improving cardiovascular fitness, strength, stamina and general muscle function Maintains a healthy body weight, with regular physical activity facilitating healthy behaviour generally Reduces stress, anxiety and depression

Another study also identified a 39% reduction in the risk of all-cause mortality of regular cyclists, even when undertaken as a leisure physical activity.

Good value for money Cycling is a cost effective way of providing options and responding to the demand to travel that public transport cannot meet. TfL also state that supporting cycling potential is said to allow boroughs the best return on investment, as the low cost and significant benefits mean that the cost-benefit ratio can be as high as 20:1, far greater than other transport investments. Also for individual cyclists there is a cost saving too as, although upfront costs may be relatively high, a bicycle’s running costs is significantly cheaper than other modes of travel.

Better use of existing infrastructure Cycling can increase the efficient use of South London’s crucial but limited road space, providing the opportunity to think of new ways to respond to travel demands that public transport cannot affectively meet. For communities and the public realm, it could be envisioned that incentivising more journeys to be carried out by cycling could make people explore other ways to travel in their local communities. Consequently, by making communities and town centres feel safer through road safety initiatives this can give people greater freedom and ability to move around their local areas.

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Improving the viability of strategic centres and town centres Strategic Outer London Development Centres, town centres and high streets are spatial priorities in south London as they contribute towards improving economic growth, subsequently creating jobs. South London has many potential cycle trips that can be undertaken over short distances to these centres. Sustainable travel can also contribute towards re-energising and reinvigorating town centres and high streets in new ways. Studies suggest that cyclists spend more money in these centres as a consequence, potentially because of the savings being made from not having to pay for car parking and/or public transport. 3

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Cycling Potential of South London TfL estimates that across south London there is the potential for over 700,000 cyclable trips to be made, the current level is around 76,000 trips. This potential exists despite the geography of localities being more dispersed. Therefore, measures and initiatives have to be more suited and appropriate to the context. The South London Sub-Regional Transport Plan acknowledges the challenge to transform the role of cycling in South London, whilst acknowledging the progress that has been made by boroughs to achieve and to encourage more cycling. However in order to reach anywhere near the identified potential other new innovative approaches and opportunities will need to be explored. Potential opportunities to cycle Nearly 75% of potentially cyclable trips in south London are currently made by car. 50% of potential cycle trips in south London could be undertaken for shopping and leisure purposes. The map above highlights in red and orange the areas where short car trips are undertaken that could be done by cycling. These areas also do to an extent reflect urban and employment centres, as well as highlighting pockets and corridors where the potential lies in south London.

Source: TfL South London Sub-Regional Transport Plan

Promotion should be around those identified with the most potential to take up cycling, as well as high density employment areas. This will be in conjunction with continued cycling provision investment and soft marketing in order to help break down barriers to cycling by working with communities, schools and workplaces TfL has attempted to identify the potential through socio-demographic profiling in order to show the areas where there is the greatest propensity in the population to cycle. TfL estimates that 25% of households in south London have the potential to take up cycling, which is a level higher than other areas of outer London. The red areas on the map below identify and highlight those areas that have the greatest potential to take up cycling.

Source: TfL South London Sub-Regional Transport Plan

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Barclays Cycle Hire The public bicycle sharing scheme was launched in July 2010 and currently has 570 stations and 8,000 bicycles across mainly in central London. Since its launch the scheme has been expanding. It is expected in the spring of 2014 for an expansion to Wandsworth to be completed with around 60 new docking stations in the borough and 2,500 new bicycles to the system. By this period, the cycle hire scheme will have 11,000 bicycles with the expansion expecting to deliver up to 300,000 Barclays Cycle Hire journeys each month as a consequence. 50% of those who have used the scheme say they would have been unlikely to cycle had the scheme not been launched.

Recent Investment in Cycling Barclays Cycle Superhighways South London was one of the first areas of London to benefit from the Cycle Superhighway (CS) scheme, by providing users with safe, direct, continuous, well-marked corridor routes from outer London to central London. By 2012, there were 4 Superhighways across London with 8 more routes planned. In south London, Cycle Superhighways run from Wandsworth to Westminster (CS8) and Colliers Wood to the City (CS7). A route from Penge to the City (CS6) is also planned to be introduced by 2015. Cycle Superhighways have a distinctive blue surface and the routes have the aim of increasing radial cycling to central London. Compared with normal cycling routes, they are at least 1.5m wide and have Advanced Stop Line at traffic lights. There is also increased cycle parking provision throughout the length of the routes.

Biking Boroughs programme The locally-led programme was launched in 2010 in order to encourage more people to cycle in outer London by overcoming barriers through targeted promotion and initiatives. 4 south London boroughs are Biking Boroughs namely Bromley, Croydon, Kingston-uponThames and Merton. This entails funding to help develop a cycling strategy for their boroughs and a £4 million fund to improve the profile of cycling in the borough through enhancing routes and access, improving facilities, providing better public transport parking facilities and cycle hubs, as well soft issues such as educational initiatives and safety awareness promotions. The programme has proved to be a positive catalyst in order to prepare and understand the effects and potential of a future modal shift to cycling in boroughs. An important observation has also been the recognition of ‘outcomes’, such as increased cycling levels, rather than ‘outputs’, such as the number of new cycle lanes.

Users of the routes have suggested that their journey times have decreased by 5% since introduction along with increased reliability and predictability of journeys. On CS7, there has been a 46% increase in cycling levels along the route, with some sections seeing an incredible 209% increase in cycling levels. Additionally, around 50% of those who have used the Superhighways state they would have been unlikely to cycle had the scheme not been launched. Understandably, 95% of those surveyed were making a commuting trip with 40% of these cyclists also using the routes for other journey purposes.

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schools to provide bike rides after mothers drop off their children, family bike rides and bike clubs.

Borough Progress Richmond-upon-Thames Richmond has set a target of 7% of all trips to be by cycling by 2025. Since ‘Smarter Travel Richmond’ came to an end Richmond has been carrying out much investment in improving the cycling infrastructure of the Borough. The Borough is also currently developing a Cycling Strategy.

Kingston-upon-Thames The Royal Borough of Kingston hosted the 2012 Olympic Cycling Road Races and is keen to build on this legacy to encourage a culture of cycling within the Borough. Kingston has set a target to increase cycling to 2.4% in 2013/14 and 4.6% by 2026/26. Recent monitoring of cyclist numbers on key cycle routes in the Borough indicates that cycling is increasing significantly year on year.

Significant investment has been undertaken in partnership with South West Trains to improve cycle parking at the Borough’s railway stations. Work continues with schools on road safety and in particular improving cycling proficiency of school children. Improving cycle links in the Borough also helps the Council meet it LIP2 Objectives in the areas of Accessibility/Social inclusion and also economic regeneration.

Recent cycle route infrastructure schemes have been focussed on completing missing links in the existing network. A major scheme is planned Tolworth Broadway to provide a cycle and pedestrian Greenway. Kingston has also provided significant additional on street cycle parking and has been working with train operators, schools, businesses and residential developments to provide secure cycle parking facilities.

The Council is currently looking at ways to enable the Thames footpath to be safely used by cyclists as well as highway schemes for Twickenham town centre and cycling is an important aspiration of this scheme. It is intended that the town centre will benefit from new cycle lanes through the centre of the town and improved cycle links to areas away from its centre and towards the riverside. Also new advanced stop lines will be installed together with new cycle racks in and around the town centre.

Soft measures include providing bikeability cyclist training to 1,500 Primary School Children per year and advanced cycle training to a large number of Secondary School pupils and adults. The Borough also is the only London Borough that has an accredited Cyclist Instructor Training Organisation providing regular cyclist instructor training courses including to several other authorities in the South London Partnership.

Additionally a number of schools have benefitted from TfL grants towards cycle parking at schools in order to help reduce car travel to schools by encouraging cycling and subsequently encouraging children to be active.

Kingston have been working with partners to provide a range of events and activities to help build cycling into everyday life through school clubs, Skyride’s, and Olympics inspired workplace and school cycling events. Kingston is also working with partners, including the Police, to promote a cycle security and cycle safety including a ‘Stand out from the Crowd’ campaign to promote better visibility when cycling.

Wandsworth Wandsworth has set a target of 7% of all trips to be by cycling by 2031, compared with 2.7% in 2008/09. The Borough has enabled more cycling by improving infrastructure, raising awareness and giving people the skills and support they need to start and continue cycling.

Merton Merton has set targets to increase cycling in the borough to 2% by 2013/14 and 4% by 2025/26. The target is ambitious, but realistic, given that the borough is fully commitment to prioritising cycling initiatives. It is intended to increase cycling via a combination of infrastructure improvements, awareness raising and a comprehensive and inclusive cycle training programme.

Physical initiatives have included fully connecting local cycle networks to increase cycle permeability; expansion of the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme to the north of the borough by Spring 2014; and both additional on-street and in residential properties cycle parking spaces.

In terms of infrastructure, the borough is focused on maximising cycle improvements as part of town centre projects, both in terms of new / upgraded cycle routes and increased cycle parking. This has recently been demonstrated as part of the Destination Wimbledon town centre project and is currently been taken forward as part of projects in Mitcham and

Soft initiatives have included free cycle training for people who live, work or study in the borough; partnering with British Cycling to deliver local Skyride led bike rides; and initiatives with schools including the British Cycling "Breeze" bike rides for women with primary South London Cycling Charter

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Colliers Wood. Colliers Wood will be Merton’s first cycle hub, providing a valuable link between the town centre, Cycle Superhighway and the Wandle Trail. The borough is also focused on fully connecting local cycle networks to increase cycle permeability and working with adjoining boroughs across the sub-region to improve strategic connections.

Centre / Opportunity Area) is nearing completion. A high quality cycle parking hub is being developed at East Croydon station, in conjunction with Southern Rail and Network Rail, in part supported with Biking Borough funding. Cycle way improvements are being carried out across the Borough by developing and extending Greenways, as well as engaging with Tramlink in order to explore the improvement of existing parallel paths along the network.

Merton has a comprehensive cycle training programme and in 2011 trained more than 1,750 children and 500 adults. In addition, the council has been undertaking cycle maintenance courses, a community ‘recycle a bike’ scheme and tailored rides to encourage cycling across the community.

Croydon people are being helped to start cycling or return to cycling through a programme of linked activities. Cycle training is provided for both children and adults. In turn, the Council offers a series of guided rides of differing lengths (in partnership with Sky, British Cycling, Barclays and Addiscombe Cycle club) to help people build their cycling confidence.

Sutton Sutton has set targets to increase the modal share of cycling in the borough to 1.8% by 2013/14 and 4% by 2025/26. Following the successful three-year Smarter Travel Sutton project, which saw a significant increase in cycling rates in the borough, Sutton has continued to promote and facilitate cycling.

Engagement has been taking place with stakeholders, engaging with schools through the Healthy Schools programme and the development of School Travel Plans. Schools are continuing to develop cycle club projects and more cycle parking is being provided at schools. Croydon is working via Carbon Smart with local businesses to produce work place travel plans encouraging more active travel. Additionally, British Cycling is working with Croydon University Hospital to increase cycling amongst staff. Work is underway to establish community ‘recycling of bikes’ aiming to provide apprenticeships and increase the availability of bikes. A Youth offending project is also working to recycle bikes that have been lost or stolen but not reclaimed.

A number of new cycle routes and parking schemes have recently been implemented. There has been an increase in cycle parking in public places and at key destinations and workplaces as well as improvements on cycle routes and strategic cycle networks. The Borough has also been working in partnership with Southern Rail to improve cycle parking provision at the borough’s rail stations and this partnership recently won a ‘highly commended’ award at the ATOC Cycle Rail Awards.

Bromley Cycling trips in Bromley currently make up around 1.2% of all trips originating in the Borough. Through a number of initiatives that aim to increase the use of the bike, the 2014 target of 1.5% of cycling mode share for all trips is on track to be reached with a longer term target of 3.3% by 2026.

The Boroughs Smarter Travel Team (STT) carries out cycle training, school and workplace travel planning, and sustainable transport promotion. This year the STT has been running a pilot community cycle maintenance scheme using recovered or donated bikes. Working with local stakeholder groups they have been training borough residents in cycle maintenance skills and letting them keep the bikes they have worked on. STT plan to roll out the scheme in the new financial year. This year also saw a programme to train teachers and school staff to become cycle trainers at their schools enabling more children to access cycling.

Bromley was granted ‘Biking Borough’ status in early 2010. Since then infrastructure measures have been introduced to improve Bromley Town Centre’s permeability, a programme of cycle parking at residential locations is also underway along with greater visibility and awareness of cycling through events, promotions and local media. The Borough also worked with British Cycling to deliver the Skyride local initiative, one of the highest total participant rates across London.

Croydon Croydon is currently developing a Cycle Strategy to further strengthen its activities to promote cycling. The ‘Connected Croydon’ program aims to revitalise and regenerate the public realm with the Metropolitan Centre and to create new and better links for cyclists as well as pedestrians. ‘Connect2’ (the multi-million pound project with Sustrans to provide a high quality east west cycle route connecting to and through the Croydon Metropolitan South London Cycling Charter

Bromley continues to invest significant amounts of funding and devote considerable resource each year to cycling, continuing the longstanding and successful cycle training programmes with schools, adults and workplaces along with highway engineering measures to improve safety and continuous routes/links across the borough. 7

In 2014, the Grand Depart of the Tour de France will be taking place in the UK, with the climax taking place in London. The event could give rise to similar scenes to those seen during the Olympics with large crowds of supporters lining the streets to witness the prestigious cycle race and, as a consequence, being inspired to cycle.

Opportunities and Priorities for Promoting Cycling Although there has been seen to be a concentration of efforts to promote cycling and sustainable transport options in central London, most notably through the introduction of the Cycle Hire scheme, south London actually has some of the greatest potential in London with numerous opportunities to deliver real change and that can be further explored.

Potential barriers to cycling It is only right to acknowledge some barriers to a greater take up of cycling in south London as these need to be overcome. In London safety and the vulnerability to other road users is the greatest deterrent according to 69% of people surveyed; other reasons included concern about riding ability and fitness. More than half of cyclists rate the availability of cycle racks and the security of their bike when left as poor or very poor. However, reassuringly, 25% of Londoners say that “if they could they would”. Therefore, there needs to be continued emphasis on supporting TfL’s Cycle Safety Action Plan’s objectives to reduce cycling causalities in south London.

Existing and future initiatives will demonstrate a proactive approach in south London in order to increase cycling levels. With the right planning, targeted investment and support, south London has the potential to break down current barriers in order to make cycling a more convenient and chosen mode of transport to increase the number of cyclists making South London a more sustainable place to live and work. The 2012 Olympics legacy Post the 2012 Olympic Games, south London is in a unique, unrivalled position as it has experienced the 2012 Olympics Road Race and Time Trials passing along the streets. Bradley Wiggins at the time commented on the enthusiasm remarking:

Enhancing polycentric and orbital connectivity South London has an evenly spread network of interconnected metropolitan economic centres. Additional to metropolitan centres are a number of attractive urban centres. Cycling has the opportunity to allow people to better connect orbitally between these centres through enhanced cycle routes and networks, supporting Policy 7 of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy.

“Coming around the roundabout in Kingston - the noise was incredible. I'm never, ever going to experience anything like that again in my sporting career. That's it. That experience topped everything off right there. It was phenomenal"

An annual ‘Ride London’ cycle weekend event is planned to take place from 2013 through parts of south London. The event is planned to consist of competitive races but also a mass cycling event, dubbed ‘The Cycling London Marathon’, allowing people the opportunity to get involved and feel part of a larger cycling movement. South London Cycling Charter

LCN Route 75 is an established orbital, sub-regional cycle route which crosses south London. Further investment could enhance the route to better connect important town centres such as Kingston, Croydon and Bromley. 8

South London is also unique in having existing orbital infrastructure in the form of the Tramlink network. It connects with many centres such as Croydon, Mitcham and Wimbledon. Therefore the opportunity exists for a cycleway to run adjacent to the Tramlink network, safely taking cycling away from busy roads and creating a pleasant, segregated cycle route.

traffic flow, diminish the impacts on surrounding neighbourhoods and improve conditions for vulnerable road users, such as cyclists. One approach could be through exploring the trialling of ‘sharrows’ (shared lane marking’) principles, as seen in many cities across the US, Canada and Australia, potentially some of south London’s town centres.

Integrating travel options A key priority has been to promote cycle parking provision at stations with TfL producing an Interchange Best Practice Guideline. One approach is to provide cycle hubs at key transport stations, such as East Croydon, based on best practice seen at Leeds station, in order to become so-called ‘beacons of cycling excellence’ in south London and act as catalyst for encouraging people to cycle due to improved facilities on offer. It is also hoped that future rail companies operating franchises, such as the Thameslink franchise, will provide and develop cycling facilities in the coming years.

Cycling road hierarchies could be developed whereby there is a consistent, identical subregion network of cycle routes depending on the typology of the road with suitable provision being undertaken. At a local scale, improving access to town centres neighbourhood roads should be adopted with the creation of borough cycle route networks and creating ‘cycling streets’. At a smaller scale there are many opportunities to increase cycling levels by improving simple cycle parking provision at transport interchanges across south London, such as Tramlink stops, National Rail stations, London Underground stations and bus stations. These are busy nodes and improving the available provisions for cycling could make people seriously consider other ways to access these stations and stops.

Sustainably supporting town centres and high streets London’s town centres are spatial priorities as identified in the London Plan. Cycling can be encouraged by removing barriers and better integrating all the road users by improving local movement through emerging good examples of shared spaces such as sharrow principles, by removing barriers and integrating all road users.

Improvements to the existing roads network South London has the highest car usage in London, with the London Plan projecting congestion is to worsen in the future, ultimately putting constraints on the road network. The Mayor has been looking into long term improvements of the road network to improve South London Cycling Charter

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Influencing demand Cycling can provide a sustainable alternative to the car and public transport, as well as making journeys more convenient and enjoyable. South London can lead the way in engaging and influencing cycling, whilst relieving the pressure on the road, rail and Tramlink network. By utilising on the Cycle Superhighway principles and analysis, LCN Route 75 could become a further improved key orbital route connecting key centres such as Croydon and Bromley with clear visual cycle infrastructure, consequently improving borough and sub-regional orbital links. This also supports the potential for developing more Greenways through south London’s many green parks and open spaces in order to provide more vehicle-free, non-threatening, attractive and potentially more convenient environments for cycling. It is hoped that the continued investment for the radial Barclays Cycle Superhighways for extensions and new routes to sustainably connect south London boroughs together, as well as with inner and central London. An extension of the CS7 Route to Morden could connect up with the potential Tramlink orbital cycle route in the west of the sub-region, and an extension of the planned CS6 Route to Penge in 2015 could connect with the Tramlink cycle route at Beckenham Road. An extension of the CS8 from Wandsworth to Richmond and/or Wimbledon could also be explored. At a local level, supporting further expansion of the Barclays Cycle Hire could be beneficial for inner south London, for example in Wandsworth. In outer south London, TfL are exploring alternative cycle hire schemes more suited for outer south London’s town centres such as Kingston, Richmond and Croydon. This form of initiative could potentially generate the enthusiasm to cycle as seen by the Barclays Cycle Hire in central London around short trips or leisure trips to areas such as Richmond Park or Wimbledon Common.

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Cycling Investment Priorities and Aspirations As identified in the South London Cycling Charter, there is great cycling potential and benefit by promoting cycling in south London. With the right approach and investment, increased cycle levels can support wider regeneration and economic growth ambitions as well as supporting efforts for a sustainable south London in the future.

Priority Town Centre investment schemes in South London

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Additional Centres

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LB Bromley LB Croydon

Bromley Croydon

RB Kingston

Kingston

LB Merton

Wimbledon

Orpington New Addington Purley Surbiton Tolworth New Malden Central Merton Mitcham Morden Twickenham Hackbridge Wallington Balham Clapham Junction Putney Tooting

LB Richmond LB Sutton LB Wandsworth

Richmond Sutton Wandsworth

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Road Network Town Centre and Neighbourhoods

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Expansion in to parts of Wandsworth Expansion to other parts of Wandsworth Expansion to other south London boroughs Extension of CS7 to Morden Creation of CS6 to Penge Extension of CS8 to Richmond and/or Wimbledon Extension of CS6 to Beckenham Road Exploration of new Routes in to south London Improvements to signage, junctions and bridges Town centre cycle hire schemes in Richmond and Kingston Cycle hire schemes in other sub-regional centres, such as Wimbledon, Croydon, Sutton and Bromley Cycle route along the entire Tramlink network Provide innovative cycle hubs at major stations Provide adequate cycle parking provisions at Underground, National Rail stations and Tramlink stops Exploration work on trialling ‘sharrow’ principles Increased number of convenient and safe cycle parking provision Improved cycle routes and access to town centres Improved off-road cycle routes through parks and green spaces Continued and enhanced work to promote sustainable travel plans

£2m £10m £5m £1m £1.7m

£20m £500,000 per scheme £20,000 per station £10,000 per scheme £250,000 approx £2m per scheme

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