Westminster City Council has published its Sustainable Transport Strategy 2026-2036, reaffirming the council’s commitment to making the city’s streets safe, accessible and clean.
The plan sets out a long-term vision and ambitious targets for how people and goods will move around Westminster over the next decade and beyond. At its core is the commitment to support the Mayor of London’s Vision Zero aspiration by eliminating all deaths and serious injuries on Westminster’s roads by 2041, backed up with an interim target of a 70% reduction in casualties by 2030.
Alongside reducing the number of people killed and injured, the strategy commits to reducing disruption caused by roadworks in Westminster’s busiest areas. The council will introduce targeted charges for works
taking place on traffic-dense streets at the busiest times, aimed at encouraging utility companies to complete works more quickly, coordinate activity, and operate during less disruptive periods. This will, alongside measures that improve space-efficient modes of transport such as walking, cycling and public transport, help to reduce congestion.
Another key pledge in the plan focuses on meeting World Health Organisation air quality guideline levels by 2040. This will be achieved by reducing harmful emissions from transport and promoting cleaner and more sustainable travel choices, such as expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and undertaking measures to support walking, cycling, and public transport.
Councillor Max Sullivan, Cabinet Member for Streets, said:
“Until now the Council hasn’t had its own transport strategy – but our residents, visitors and business expect the council to take serious action to improve how our city moves.
“This strategy will help us to keep delivering – whether it’s reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured in collisions by reducing speeding, making our streets more accessible and safer to walk and cycle on with better infrastructure, or reducing congestion with a new daily charge paid by utility companies to carry our roadworks on the busiest roads.”
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