New 20mph traffic zones to be trialled in London

Transport for London has announced plans to trial new 20 mph zones in London in an effort to reduce accidents and casualties on London’s streets. The pilot is to start with Commercial Street in Tower Hamlets in April, but is expected to be widened to areas including the A10, the “Shoreditch Triangle”, with TfL also looking at Upper Street and Holloway Road, Westminster Bridge, Stamford Street and Southwark Street, Brixton Town Centre, Clapham High Street, Earls Court Road, Kings Cross Road and Farringdon Road, and Camden Street. These plans are part of the Mayors Road Safety strategy to lower deaths and serious injuries on London’s roads by 40{9c067c25ed205f086ce6001901eb13dfadc688a7aefab9f64e0c55b8c5a55872}. In a study published in the British Medical Journal, the introduction of a 20 mph zones in London …