A Step Forward for Walking in London

The Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) have launched a new Walking and Wheeling Action Plan, setting out changes to how London’s streets are designed and used. With commitments including 1,000 new pedestrian crossings, expanded School Streets and neighbourhood-level improvements, the Plan aims to make walking a more convenient everyday choice, while supporting public health and local high streets. 

For CRP and our partners, this creates clear opportunities. Many of the challenges it highlights, such as unsafe crossings, poor pavements and traffic-heavy streets, are ones we are already tackling through projects like Healthy Streets Everyday II and Just Streets. The Plan should make it easier to deliver this kind of work at scale through borough programmes and local partnerships. 

In practical terms, this could mean more support for high street improvements, safer routes to public transport, and neighbourhood changes that make walking easier and more appealing. CRP will continue working with partners to turn these opportunities into local projects and delivery.