Green transport for a showcase city

Jenny Jones

Green Party Member of the London Assembly

London MayorKen Livingstone 2000-2008

Achievements

• Congestion charge in central London

• 6% fall traffic across whole London

• 40% increase bus passengers

• Fastest decline road casualties of any region in the UK

• Big growth in cycling

London is growing

Planning is key

The challenge

THE CONGESTION CHARGE IS LAUNCHED

Cycling: 5% mode share by 2025

A COMPACT, WALKABLE CITY

The new MayorBoris Johnson

Technological and behavioural change

The worst 4x4s emit four times more CO2 per kilometrethan the best diesel cars

5. Switch to cleaner vehicles and drive far less.

Jenny JonesLondon Assembly Green Party Member

London: The Big Smoke

LONDON CAN’T GROW AND WON’T WORK

Unless we reduce the demand for travel and

switch people to cycling and walking