Local Election Pledges

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Name: Andrew Dolby
Party: Green

Pledge: Barnet Green Party are in full support of safer cycling routes in Barnet and active transport in general. If elected Greens would advocate for the building of cycling infrastructure in Barnet and as such we are happy to take the Streets for Cycling pledge.

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Name: Cllr Muhammed Butt
Party: Labour

Pledge: Brent is proud to support this pledge because we want to make it easier, safer and more enjoyable for people to cycle in our borough. Good cycling infrastructure is not just about transport. It is about cleaner air, healthier communities, safer streets and giving families a real choice about how they get around.

We know the demand is there. More than 1.5 million Lime bike trips were made in Brent in 2025, showing that more and more residents are choosing to travel this way when the opportunity is there. That is why we are working with TfL to move forward new routes like Cycleway 72, while also actively making the case for Brent residents on the future expansion of Santander Cycles and working with micromobility providers to better harness demand in a way that works for local communities.

More broadly, we have also lobbied for a visitor levy so that more of the dividend from Brent’s success can be reinvested back into our public realm, our streets and our neighbourhoods. We want that same spirit to guide how we improve cycling too: practical investment, shaped by residents, that makes everyday life better. That is why we pledge to build the cycle routes TfL has identified in the borough, subject to funding, and will aim to work with them to build a safer cycle network by 2030.

Name: Cllr Mary Mitchell
Party: Green

Pledge: I pledge on behalf of the Green Party  to complete the cycle routes identified by TfL for the borough by 2030 (or at least work hard towards this goal subject to funding)’ We will also explore a kerbside management strategy that looks to re-purposing some of Brent’s kerbside for measures to support walking and wheeling, and to give residents real choice about how they move around the borough.

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Party: Green

Pledge: Camden Green Party strongly supports the London Cycling Campaign’s call for a safe, connected cycle network across the borough.

Many of us are cyclists ourselves, and we know from direct experience how transformative protected cycle routes can be. They make everyday journeys more environmentally friendly, healthier, and more appealing – whether commuting to work, travelling to school, or getting around locally.

We believe that completing Camden’s cycle network is one of the most effective actions the Council can take to improve public health, reduce air pollution, cut congestion, and tackle road danger. Crucially, we want to see cycling infrastructure that is inclusive by design: safe and comfortable for everyone, including children, older adults, and those who do not currently feel confident cycling.

We therefore support the completion of the priority cycle routes identified by Transport for London, including key connections through Holborn and the West End, strengthening East-West links through Camden Town, extending North-South routes from Camden Town to Hampstead, Highgate and beyond, and expanding safe routes in the North West of the borough. Delivering these routes will unlock cycling for many more residents and help create a fully connected network.

Camden Green Party is committed to working towards the completion of a safe cycle network by 2030 and to advocating for the funding and political will needed to make cycling safe and enjoyable for everyone in our borough. Alongside this we want to see more affordable and accessible public transport, and stronger safety measures introduced for pedestrians.

Party: Labour

Pledge: At Camden Labour we are very proud of the rapid progress we have made in recent years in building out a safe, connected network of protected cycle lanes (and, crucially, also creating a network of quieter connected streets where protected infrastructure is not possible).

We support all four sets of asks put forward by LCC/CCC, and indeed some of these already under way. This is down in no small part to the thorough commitment of Camden’s Labour councillors up and down the borough. We understand the importance of enabling EVERYONE (not just the bravest) to be able to cycle.

Our streets will only be truly equal when everyone cycling (and walking) are as representative as the borough as a whole.

Name: Rowenna Davis
Party: Labour

Pledge: As Labour Mayor of Croydon, I would pledge to create a safe, connected cycle network to access Croydon Town Centre. This would depend on TfL providing the funding and local people approving the plans. But subject to those two conditions, I’d be delighted to see this happen, I want to see it happen.

As I’ve said previously, I absolutely love cycling, and this would be a landmark achievement that would change Croydon for the better in so many ways.

Name: Peter Underwood
Party: Green

Pledge: Every Green Party candidate standing for election to Croydon Council commits to support measures to make cycling and walking safe, accessible and fun for residents especially for children, older and disabled people.

We will work with residents and campaigners in our wards to identify gaps in the safe cycling network and help residents to push the council to include new schemes in the Local Implementation Plans that the council sends to Transport for London (TfL) for funding to enable connected and safe cycle routes to be built.

We will also work hard to engage constructively with residents during any council consultation phase ensuring that the purpose of the scheme is central to the consultation. i.e. we will ensure that people are clear why the scheme is being proposed and that any proposed changes do not undermine the impact of the project on reducing traffic danger, enabling people to walk and cycle safely and making walking cycling or catching a bus more desirable and convenient than driving.

London’s streets are filled with increasing traffic from app based private hire to vans for internet delivery companies, so the need to reduce car trips is urgent if we want children, older and disabled people to be able to get around Croydon safely.

One of the most affordable ways to make streets that are safe and people-friendly is to reduce traffic cutting through residential roads between main roads. We will listen to ideas residents may have for different designs for low traffic streets especially ideas that support blue badge holders for example to make essential regular trips, but we will not support suggestions that enable new cut through routes.

We will advocate to officers for a Vision Zero approach to transport policy, supporting measures like 20mph speed limits that hugely reduce danger and make it less likely that people suffer catastrophic injury in a crash with a vehicle.

We will also campaign for residential parking charges to reflect the space taken up on the road and the impact that parking has on people who walk and cycle and we’ll advocate for parking charges to include a factor for weight to discourage use of larger heavier vehicles that take up a lot of space on our roads making it more dangerous to overtake people cycling and harder for cars to pass each other when cars are parked on both sides of the road.

Enabling walking and cycling is a great way to help people to have fun and build physical activity into their daily journeys to school, the shops, to work or a medical appointment. This has a huge public health benefit that borough name should welcome.

More details of all of our proposals at the local elections are available in our manifesto on our website.

Name: Neil Reynolds
Party: Green

Pledge: Ealing Green Party pledge our support for a safe east-west priority cycle route from Southall through to the east of the borough and beyond by 2030 at the very latest, along with spurs to other towns north and south of that route.

Our councillors would also push for progress on implementation of the Ealing Cycle Network Plan.

Name: Katie Knight
Party: Green

Pledge: Enfield Green Party commits to completing safe cycle routes along the priority corridors identified by Transport for London by 2030. The Green Party has always supported active travel which will reduce congestion, make exercise easier, improve air quality, and address the climate emergency. We want to make it easier and safer for everyone to walk, wheel, and cycle. A network of safe cycling routes reduces the barriers to cycling and ensures that cycling is accessible to all residents. The network will also form the foundation for a travel system that will be, for many, a genuine alternative to the motor car. We look forward to working with LCC and the community to make this happen.

Name: Cllr Anthony Okereke
Party: Labour

Pledge: Greenwich Labour are fully committed to building out the cycle network, subject to TfL and other funding. But that’s not all.

Everyone remembers getting their first bike, but many parents are finding it harder to give that gift of freedom, independence and fun to their kids. So we are introducing a £150 voucher for every child under 16 in the borough to help them buy a bike or scooter and safety equipment. Utilising sustainability funds, this will give the joy of cycling to every child in the borough and help us make the case for better, safer active travel infrastructure not just across our borough but our City as well.

We will support this with bike-ability and cycle proficiency training in schools, and we will take forward measures to encourage kids to walk or wheel to school, such as school streets. We also want to work with LCC and Greenwich Cyclists to support Bike-Busses in the borough.

Sitting under this will be a dedicated Cycling Strategy for the borough, that will complement updates to our Active Travel Plan, Road Safety Action Plan and moving towards borough wide 20mph speed limits.
We’re not just committed to building out our cycling network, but are pushing ahead with key improvements.

Not only are we committed to extending Cycleway 4 (including filling the missing link through Greenwich Town Centre) first to Woolwich and then on to Thamesmead, but we have detailed designs ready that we want to progress to connect Greenwich and Eltham, Greenwich Park to Elverson Road, Plumstead and Abbey Wood​, and we are progressing designs from Shooters Hill to Greenwich Park and from North to East Greenwich.

We’ve also formed a working group to drive forward progress on the regeneration of the Greenwich and Woolwich Foot Tunnels, with TfL and our partner boroughs, to deliver the reliable step free crossings our borough deserves, and are working on the detailed designs that will enable this to progress and secure funding for the works.

We’re committed to making sure Greenwich is the place to be, and that means making sure it’s safe and convenient to get around, particularly by bike or foot, whatever age you are.

Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: Liberal Democrats champion cycling. Encouraging people to cycle rather than use cars for short journeys offers health benefits, reduces pollution and helps to relieve congestion.

The Liberal Democrats were the first UK political party to adopt the recommendations of the ‘Get Britain Cycling’ report as official party policy.
Better cycling and active travel routes, working in tandem with first class public transport is vital for boosting the economy, protecting the environment and improving public health.

For all these reasons, we agree that a key priority for the local transport system must be a clear commitment to building a safe, joined-up cycle network in our area.

Too often, cycling provision is patchy, unsafe, or simply not there when people need it. That puts people off cycling altogether: especially children, older people, and those who would like to cycle for short everyday journeys but do not feel protected on busy roads. If elected, our candidates would support a serious programme to create a cycle network that is safe, accessible and practical, rather than relying on disconnected painted lanes or one-off schemes.

For us, that means planning cycling infrastructure as a proper transport network: linking residential areas with schools, town centres, high streets, workplaces, stations and local services; designing routes that are safe for less confident cyclists as well as experienced ones; and making sure new developments contribute to better active travel connections rather than making things worse.

A safe cycle network would bring real benefits to the whole community. It would help reduce congestion, improve air quality, support public health, and give people a cheaper and greener way to get around. It would also help local high streets and neighbourhood centres by making it easier for people to reach them without needing to drive.

Liberal Democrats have long argued that local transport should work for people, not just cars, and we believe councils should be much more ambitious about active travel. That means not only investing in safer routes, but also improving crossings, junctions, secure cycle parking, and integration with walking and public transport.

So yes: if elected, we would support the goal of building a safe cycle network in our area, and we would want the council to treat that as a real priority rather than an afterthought.

Name: Zoe Garbett
Party: Green

Pledge: The Hackney Green Party’s traffic policy is rooted in safety and ensuring our streets reflect the hierarchy of transport.

We pledge to prioritise protected and fully accessible cycle lanes and networks of low traffic streets by reclaiming streets from cars and publish an implementation plan for a cycle network that allows all Hackney residents to live within 400m of a high-quality cycle route.

We will also increase cycle training provision for global majority and Disabled residents, through partnerships with schools, charities and local businesses, and seek funding to significantly increase cycle hangar provision throughout the borough.

Name: Caroline Woodley
Party: Labour

Pledge: We know that our network of low traffic and liveable neighbourhoods is integral to making our streets safer, improving air quality, making our streets greener and more resilient in the face of climate change, and also helping to support more people to use active travel, improving public health. Over 70% of our streets are in low traffic and liveable neighbourhoods.

We recently delivered a liveable neighbourhood around Chatsworth Road and are monitoring it carefully. We are in the midst of delivering liveable neighbourhoods in and around Dalston and are also looking at Hoxton Street. We’re working with TfL, Islington and Haringey to extend C50 as well as making Manor House safer for people walking and using buses. As part of this work, we are tackling Hackney’s most dangerous junctions.

We are looking at joining up low traffic routes through a gateways approach, for example with the recent consultation on the Cassland Road scheme https://consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/gateways/.

We would look to build on this in our emerging Transport Strategy if re-elected, joining up low traffic neighbourhoods with networks of cycle and walking routes, updating the position since the last TfL Cycling Analysis and working with partners and neighbouring boroughs to contribute to a cohesive network across our capital city.

Name: Tareke Gregg
Party: Conservative

Statement of Support

Hackney Conservatives made a commitment at a hustings in Hackney to build the key cycle routes identified by TfL by 2030, subject to funding, if elected. This amounts to a Streets for Cycling pledge, but no further quote was provided.

Name: Stephen Cowan
Party: Labour

Pledge: A fully connected, safe cycle network is essential if we are to make cycling a genuinely accessible, everyday choice for all residents, regardless of age, gender or background.

It is also fundamental to improving public health, reducing road danger, tackling air pollution and achieving our net zero ambitions. H&F has committed to meeting the ambitious World Health Organization targets for air quality by 2030. To achieve this, we need to enable more people to ride, walk or use public transport.

Sharing a busy route with heavy vehicles is daunting, dangerous and a significant barrier for many. That is why we will continue working with TFL and our residents to improve cycling infrastructure right across the borough.

The recent announcements supporting two new cycle schemes in Shepherds Bush and Olympia demonstrates our commitment to delivering connected segregated cycle infrastructure. We will work right across the borough from North to South, East to West to improve existing infrastructure, deliver fully functional segregated lanes on key corridors, address major junctions and deliver a safe connected network for everyone to enjoy.

At the same time we also need to ensure families have a place to store their bikes, hire-bike users know where to find & to park bikes/scooters, infrastructure works not just for the standard bicycle but also for the wide range of wheeling options from tricycles to cargo-bikes and all residents have the opportunity to learn and gain confidence in cycling.

That is why we are in the process of installing 500 cycle hangers across the borough, we have built cycle hubs in Hammersmith and in Fulham including for cargo-bikes delivering for local businesses. Cycle storage is integral in our planning applications for new-builds and refurbishments. We run cycle training sessions, promote cargo-bike events and have provided subsidised purchase schemes. We recently agreed licences with all four e-hire companies to ensure our residents have a choice of service whilst also having clear rules for the parking of hire-bikes for everyone’s benefit.

We fully support the principle of a safe, connected cycle network across Hammersmith & Fulham by 2030.

Name: Philip Rader
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: The Hammersmith & Fulham Liberal Democrats support the pledge to implement TFL’s cycling action plan for our borough by 2030. A protected and connected cycle network benefits public health and allows residents to cycle to their destination safely and comfortably.

Our particular focus lies on protected cycleways running east-west and north-south, such as improving the infrastructure on Cycleway 9 and between Shepherd’s Bush and Hammersmith. Our manifesto also includes the expansion of parking spaces for hire bikes to make cycling convenient for everyone without cluttering pavements.

Party: Green

Pledge: It goes without saying that the Green Party supports the full development of a safe cycling network. The party supports all forms of active travel, as well as the development of a comprehensive and free public transport system. Electing Green Party councillors will ensure available resources are put into a better cycling infrastructure (painted lanes are NOT cycling infrastructure).

We are particularly concerned about the neglect of the north of the borough in terms of good cycling infrastructure and support. You may hear fine words from other parties, but the majority of our candidates in H&F are cyclists, and do not own a car. Is that true of other parties?

Amongst our candidates we have an ex-LCC trustee, ex-Sustrans, and current council transport planner, a cycling trainer, and many others actively involved in cycling campaigns. One final point – the bigger picture – only the Green Party is serious about tackling climate change.

We alone seek a transformed society where the economy is organised to meet human needs in a sustainable system. We do not believe everyone on this planet can have a one-ton steel box to travel around in.

Name: Ruairidh Paton
Party: Green

Pledge: I’m writing on behalf of Haringey Green Party to affirm our commitments to making cycling safe in Haringey. We share your ambition for Haringey to be a place where cycling is safe, convenient and accessible to everyone.

Too many of our streets are dominated by motor traffic, despite the fact that the majority of households in Haringey do not own a car, and are often the people most reliant on greener, more affordable forms of transport. For us, active travel, and the cycling in particular, is a issue of inequality and a means to tackle the cost of living crisis to many of us face in the borough.

Expanding high-quality walking and cycling infrastructure is essential if we are to support healthier lives, reduce pollution, and provide affordable transport options for residents.
Haringey Green Party is fully committed to delivering a safe, connected cycle network across the borough through delivering on Haringey’s walking and cycling plan in full. This includes progress on key corridors including Green Lanes, Seven Sisters Rd, Tottenham High Road, and routes connecting Wood Green, Tottenham Hale, Crouch End, Muswell Hill and the Lea Valley. These corridors are critical to creating a coherent borough-wide network.

We are also committed to delivering other aspects of the plan, including improving junction safety, delivering low-traffic neighbourhoods, and improving links with schools, parks, stations and town centres.

Unfortunately, Haringey has not kept pace with our neighbouring boroughs in delivering protected cycle infrastructure. We are determined to change this. Working in partnership with TfL and the Haringey Transport Forum (as well as community groups and campaigns like yourselves), we will prioritise delivery of the WACP in full.

Safer streets for everyone is central to our wider priorities – tackling the cost of living crisis and climate crisis. A well connected cycle network ensures sustainable and affordable travel is an option for everyone.

We look forward to working with you to deliver on these plans in full.

Name: Councillor Ibrahim Ali
Party: Labour

Pledge: Since 2022, Haringey has brought 63.6km of road in the borough under the protection of low-traffic neighbourhoods – making these residential roads much safer to cycle on. On main roads, Haringey has installed wand-segregated cycle lanes on Bounds Green Road and Station Road in Wood Green, on Phillip Lane in Tottenham and on several others in the borough. This is just the start.

We want a cycling infrastructure network in Haringey that allows our residents to travel by bike on main roads, in either a safe segregated cycle lane or a bus lane, for the entirety of their journey. We will of course need sustained TfL funding into the future to deliver this.

We have committed in Haringey Labour’s 2026 manifesto to invest in safe segregated cycle lanes on dangerous main roads in the borough. We will work hard to ensure that works are underway on the cycle routes identified by Transport for London by 2030, subject to funding. We’ll set out more detailed plans for these roads in our Streets for People Investment Plan for 2026-2031, set to be published later this year.

Name: Luke Cawley-Harrison
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: We are committed to working to complete the core cycling network TfL has identified as vital for Haringey by 2030, subject to TfL providing sufficient funding

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Party: Green

Pledge: Havering Green Party is committed to working with TfL to improve active travel infrastructure in the borough, and where continued funding remains in place and council officers workloads permit, pledges to complete cycle routes along priority corridors by 2030.

Havering is, largely, a car dependent borough, and this creates problems with air pollution, traffic, safety and isolation. Modes of transport are not interconnected which makes journeys longer and less reliable. Some public transport options are unsuitable for frequent trips with pushchairs, wheelchairs or mobility aids. We must do all we can to encourage freedom of movement and to encourage active lifestyles.

Party: Havering Residents Association

Statement of support: Havering has financial pressures due to historic government underfunding. Despite this, Havering Residents Association have continued to support all modes of transport through active travel, and improved infrastructure. 

Improvements include: road surfacing, road safety measures, school streets in collaboration with residents and local ward Councillors, cycle training within schools. Grant applications and external funding have been a strong focus of the HRA, ensuring the delivery of services that extend beyond the Councils available budget. We have most recently accepted grant funding from Thames Freeport for cycle and walking active travel in Marsh Way.

The HRA Cabinet Member for Highways recently represented Havering on the London Councils Committee, voting against the loss of the Freedom pass, leading the way in supporting our older residents right to travel and a reduction in car usage.

We pledge to continue the work we have already started, including the application for all available TfL grants, for road improvements, active travel, and the lobbying for improved bus networks and infrastructure.

Statement of Support

Havering Residents Association, Gillian Ford:

Name: Sarah Green, Christine West (coordinators) and deputy co-ordinator Sonia Gadhavi
Party: Green

Pledge: We pledge to complete the cycle routes identified by TfL for the borough by 2030’ (or at least work hard towards this goal subject to funding).

If elected, we will
• Form an informal All-Party Group to promote awareness of cycling, walking, and active travel within the Council. The aim is to bring together councillors across ward and party boundarie.
• Require the Council to make best use of TfL and DfT expertise and funding, and to increase its own in-house capacity to identify, design and implement network schemes.
• Work with local resident and cycling groups and all other stakeholders.
• Increase the ambition and smarten the strategy underpinning the next Hillingdon L.I.P.

Completing even the six cycle routes along the priority corridors identified by TfL by 2030 might not be achievable given the low ambition of the current Local Implementation Plan, the level of funding allocated for 2026-7 and the lack of published route alignments.

We will start in hope and go as far as we can to enable people to cycle from anywhere to everywhere on a network that is Coherent, Direct, Safe, Comfortable and Attractive. We pledge on behalf of our party to build such a network in Hillingdon.

As the council shifts to implementing this policy, Hillingdon will become a better place for everyone living, working, running a business, and caring for others – as well as discovering how nature supports every human necessity.

Name: Guy Lambert
Party: Green

Pledge: Cycleway 9 already links the town centres of Chiswick and Brentford and Hounslow Green Party pledge to campaign to extend the route to connect the town centre of Hounslow and employment hubs in the west of the borough.

Cycleway 9 has proven to be a great success with large increase in usage, reduction in casualties for all road users and all borough residents deserve to have the choice of healthy and non-polluting transport enabled by cycling infrastructure like this.

We will also urge TfL and the council to deal with the dangerous junctions where cycle facilities frequently disappear or are very inadequate. We need a truly joined up cycling infrastructure and we will work towards that!

Name: Shantanu Rajawat
Party: Labour

Pledge: I write on behalf of the Labour Party in the London Borough of Hounslow to formally support your campaign to build and join up safe cycle routes as per TFL’s modelling. We will be focussing after the election on the connection between Brentford and Hounslow Town Centre, however the network will not stop there.

Name: Roger Crouch
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: As Chair of Hounslow Liberal Democrats, I want to reassure you that we share your ambition to make cycling a safe, practical, and attractive option for more people. This is not only a policy priority for us, but also something I feel strongly about personally, as a regular cyclist myself, and as a father of a young daughter who is beginning to experience her first road cycling.

In our local election manifesto, we made a clear commitment to building joined-up cycle lanes across Hounslow and this includes completion of Cycleway 9. We recognise that fragmented or poorly connected routes are one of the key barriers to increasing cycling uptake. Our focus is therefore on developing a coherent network that allows residents to travel safely and confidently across the borough, not just in isolated pockets. We would also want to work with neighbouring councils, such as Richmond, which has been Liberal Democrat run, to ensure networks do not end at artificial borough boundaries. I have previously been a Richmond councillor and supported various cycling initiatives in that borough.

This aligns closely with the Liberal Democrats’ national position. We support sustained investment in high-quality cycling and walking infrastructure, with greater funding directed to local authorities so that schemes can be designed and delivered with local knowledge and accountability. Safety is also central to our approach, including the expansion of 20mph zones in residential areas and measures to tackle bike theft more effectively.

Well-designed infrastructure is the most effective way to increase participation and improve safety outcomes amongst all cyclists.

We are keen to work constructively with organisations such as the London Cycling Campaign to ensure that future plans reflect the needs and experiences of cyclists in Hounslow. I would welcome the opportunity to continue this dialogue and explore how we can collaborate to deliver meaningful improvements. If Hounslow Liberal Democrats have any influence on Hounslow Council after the May 2026 elections, we would use that influence to press for the completion of cycle routes identified by TfL in the borough by 2030 subject to the availability of funding.

Name: Benali Hamdache
Party: Green

Pledge: Islington Green Party is fully committed to improving the environment for ALL people, regardless of ability, who wish to cycle safely, whether for business or pleasure and will work with Transport for London, London Cycling Campaign, Cycle Islington and neighbouring boroughs to establish a truly accessible network of safe cycle routes, including those along strategic corridors identified by TfL, by 2030.

This network will be the basis for a travel system which prioritises active travel and public transport for all over private motors.

Name: Cllr Una O’Halloran & Cllr Rowena Champion
Party: Labour

Pledge: We will continue to bring forward schemes that improve safety, comfort and connectivity for cyclists, with the aim of completing TfL’s identified network of cycle corridors by 2030, subject to sufficient funding.

Development of high-quality cycling facilities that connect well into existing routes takes time to develop so it’s important that we work with TfL to secure funding early to deliver these with enough time to agree the best possible design.

Name: Kate Pothalingam, Chair, Islington Liberal Democrats
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: Liberal Democrats champion cycling. Encouraging people to cycle rather than use cars for short journeys offers health benefits, reduces pollution and helps to relieve congestion.

The Liberal Democrats were the first UK political party to adopt the recommendations of the ‘Get Britain Cycling’ report as official party policy.
Better cycling and active travel routes, working in tandem with first class public transport is vital for boosting the economy, protecting the environment and improving public health.

I am a daily cyclist, my husband commutes by bike and is a member of the LCC, and our adult children are regular users of dockless hire bikes. We understand the challenges of navigating local roads on a bicycle.

For all these reasons, I agree that a key priority for the local transport system must be a clear commitment to building a safe, joined-up cycle network in our area.

Too often, cycling provision is patchy, unsafe, or simply not there when people need it. That puts people off cycling altogether: especially children, older people, and those who would like to cycle for short everyday journeys but do not feel protected on busy roads. If elected, I would support a serious programme to create a cycle network that is safe, accessible and practical, rather than relying on disconnected painted lanes or one-off schemes.

For me, that means planning cycling infrastructure as a proper transport network: linking residential areas with schools, high streets, workplaces, stations and key local services; designing routes that are safe for less confident cyclists as well as experienced ones; and making sure new developments contribute to better active travel connections rather than making things worse.

A safe cycle network would bring real benefits to the whole community. It would help reduce congestion, improve air quality, support public health, and give people a cheaper and greener way to get around. It would also help local high streets by making it easier for people to reach them without needing to drive.

Liberal Democrats have long argued that local transport should work for people, not just cars, and I believe councils should be much more ambitious about active travel. That means not only investing in safer routes, but also improving crossings, junctions, secure cycle parking, and integration with walking and public transport.

So yes: if elected, I would support the goal of building a safe cycle network in our area, and I would want the council to treat that as a real priority rather than an afterthought.

Name: Sofia Gurrola
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: The Kensington and Chelsea Liberal Democrats are happy to pledge to complete the cycle routes identified by Transport for London for the borough by 2030 (or at least work hard towards this goal subject to funding and council leadership support).

We believe a safe cycle network would bring real benefits to the whole community. It would help reduce congestion, improve air quality, support public health, and give people a cheaper and greener way to get around. It would also help local high streets and neighbourhood centres by making it easier for people to reach them without needing to drive.

Party: Labour

Pledge: We are committed at Kensington and Chelsea Labour Party to strongly support high-quality, protected cycling infrastructure across Kensington and Chelsea, particularly on major roads like Kensington High Street and Notting Hill Gate.
Kensington and Chelsea had no cycle infrastructure and had one of the highest rates of cycling casualties in inner London as a result of complete failure by the Tory council.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council (RBKC) has a history of opposing or removing segregated cycling infrastructure. In 2023, the RBKC’s preference shifted towards advisory painted lanes rather than the physically segregated lanes that had been removed in 2020.
The benefits of protected cycling infrastructure:
• Encourages families, children, and older adults to cycle, rather than just confident commuters.
• Promotes active travel which has a positive impact on public health and mental wellbeing.
• Increases road safety, reducing injuries and fatalities.
• Reduces congestion and improves air quality, providing a healthier, more efficient transport option alternative to car.
• Supports local high streets and businesses by improving access to our shops, boosting the local economy.
Our commitment:
• To invest in cycling infrastructure and create physically protected, continuous cycle tracks and safe junctions, doubling cycling numbers and allowing key workers, families and shoppers to travel safely.
• To work with Transport For London to advance key cycle routes they have identified for Kensington and Chelsea by 2030, subject to funding and local consultation, creating a safe connected cycle network across the borough.
• To implement a healthy school streets programme using cameras to enforce timebased driving restrictions outside schools during drop-off/pick-up times, reducing traffic, improving air quality and encouraging walking/cycling.

Name: Linda Sawyer
Party: Green

Pledge: Cycling isn’t just a means of transport, it helps reduce carbon emissions and air pollution, and what’s more it makes us happier and healthier too.

That’s why Kingston Green Party is happy to support the London Cycling Campaign. As a local party and as elected representatives we will continue to push for the council to complete by 2030, the cycle routes identified by TFL for the borough in order to deliver a complete, connected and safe network across the borough that is safe for cyclists and pedestrians.

Name: Kezia Coleman (Chair, Kingston & Surbiton Labour Party)
Party: Labour

Pledge: Kingston Labour supports the ambition to make cycling safe, accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Cycling improves public health and helps tackle the climate emergency. However, for many residents, particularly children, families and older people, safety remains the biggest barrier.

Completing a safe, connected network that takes into account access and inclusion will allow people to travel confidently between town centres, schools, workplaces and neighbourhoods. We are pleased the Government has allocated £2.6 billion to help decarbonise transport, including £616 million for Active Travel England through to 2030.

This funding supports safer streets, improved infrastructure and programmes such as Bikeability training that help more people cycle with confidence. Kingston Labour will work with residents, local groups and Transport for London to support high-quality, well-designed cycling routes that connect communities across the borough. Safer, well-constructed cycling infrastructure benefits everyone.

Kingston Labour also supports the ambition to complete the cycle routes identified by Transport for London in the borough by 2030, working with partners to deliver a safe and connected network that makes cycling a realistic option for more people.

Statement of Support

Conservative, Rowena Bass: As a regular cyclist myself, and with daughters who cycle competitively, My youngest daughter used to commute daily from our house on Dickerage Road by cycle to St George’s Hospital in tooting using the Beeline route. I would be very happy to support safe cycling and the network described.

Secure cycle parking bays are important, as I know that bike theft can be an issue in many places. Recently, Ian and I (Coombe Hill councillors) pushed for a cycle pod in Carlisle Close, on the corner with Manorgate Road – see photo. We would be happy to look into providing more where residents want them. We also help promote the cycle marking events that the Met Police regularly carry out. If you haven’t done so, I recommend signing up to metengage.co.uk to be notified of future ones.

Name: Scott Ainslie
Party: Green

Pledge: I’m pledging on behalf of the Lambeth Green Party to build a safe cycle network in Lambeth to help reduce barriers for minority cycling demographics and enable children to cycle safely to school, families together to the park, and help people make more everyday journeys by bike.

Lambeth Green Party will work with Transport for London (TFL) to complete the cycle routes identified in Lambeth by 2030 and go further to address collision black spots for cyclists.

Name: Cllr Rezina Chowdhury
Party: Labour

Pledge: I strongly agree that a fully connected, safe cycle network is essential if we are to make cycling a genuinely accessible, everyday choice for all residents, regardless of age, gender or background. It is also fundamental to improving public health, reducing road danger, tackling air pollution and achieving our net zero ambitions.

This is not a new ambition for us. Lambeth’s Transport Strategy makes clear that we are a walking, cycling and public transport borough, and that we must take bold steps to reduce reliance on private cars and enable active travel as an option for anyone. Our Climate Action Plan further commits us to reducing motor traffic by at least 27% by 2030, recognising that this shift is essential to creating safer, healthier and happier neighbourhoods that are fit for the future.

We are already delivering this in practice through our Healthy Streets approach, which is about designing streets so that walking, wheeling and cycling are the most attractive and convenient options. This approach is rooted in equity, ensuring that safer streets benefit all communities, particularly those most affected by road danger and poor air quality.

Our programme is built around four pillars: Healthy Main Roads, Healthy Neighbourhoods, Healthy Routes and the Big Shift. We are making bold progress with all of these. We recently published a progress report on the Big Shift, our behaviour change programme to support people to take up active travel.
In terms of infrastructure delivery, we are actively building out a network of Healthy Routes and Healthy Main Roads across the borough. This includes a number of schemes that directly contribute to the kind of connected network you are calling for, including:

– Brockwell Park to Gipsy Hill Phase 3 and Phase 4 Healthy Routes
– Coldharbour Lane Healthy Main Road.
– Tulse Hill and Effra Road Healthy Main Road
– Brixton to Clapham Healthy Route
– Wilcox Road / Pascal Street C Link Healthy Route
– Kennington Road Healthy Route
– Fentiman Road / Miles Street C Link Healthy Route

These projects are part of a wider programme to create a coherent network that connects neighbourhoods, town centres and key destinations across Lambeth.

You are right to highlight the importance of the north–south corridor from Kennington through Brixton to Streatham, as well as connections towards Camberwell and east–west links. These align closely with both TfL’s Strategic Cycling Analysis. We are continuing to work closely with Transport for London to deliver improvements on the A23, including a transformational project at Streatham Hill. We are also working with TfL on the future of Brixton Town Centre, which will complement the East-West link we are proposing along Acre Lane and Coldharbour Lane.

At the same time, we know that highways infrastructure needs complementary transformational measures to be most effective and popular. Through our Kerbside Strategy we are rebalancing how street space is used, prioritising active travel and ensuring that infrastructure such as cycle parking and safe routes are available to all residents. Since 2022, we have delivered 312 new on-street cycle hangars, we have locations identified for 159 more. This is critical to making cycling a practical option for everyday journeys.

In light of all of this, I am very happy to reaffirm my support for the principle of a safe, connected cycle network across Lambeth by 2030. We are already working towards this through our existing strategies and delivery programme, and I welcome the role that partners such as the London Cycling Campaign play in holding us to account and strengthening that ambition.

Name: Cllr Donna Harris
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: We recognise and support the concerns raised about the need for improved cycling infrastructure across Lambeth. In particular, we acknowledge the importance of making our roads safer and more accessible for all users, including women, children, older residents and those who are currently less confident about cycling.

We support the ambition to create a safe, connected cycle network that makes cycling safe and fun for everyone in our borough by 2030. This includes completing cycle routes along the priority corridors identified by Transport for London in the borough by 2030. Improving cycling infrastructure has clear benefits for public health, air quality, road safety and overall wellbeing, and can help create a more inclusive and accessible transport network for everyone.

We are also keen to support improved and more secure cycle storage across the borough, including provision for both longer-term stays and convenient short-term parking.

We have also requested that the Council explore the development of an app or similar tool to support those who are less confident, enabling women, children and other users to plan and travel along safer, less vehicle-heavy routes across the borough.

However, we are not in a position to comment on funding or financial matters relating to Transport for London.

Name: Amanda de Ryk
Party: Labour

Pledge: I am pledging on behalf of the Labour Party in Lewisham to complete the core cycling network Transport for London has identified for Lewisham by 2030.

This aligns completely with our recently published and publicly supported Active Travel Strategy which sets out how we plan to improve infrastructure for cycling and walking across the borough, linking up strategic places, whilst factoring in TFL’s strategic plans, and levels of underuse and deprivation.

It takes a data led approach and has already fed into our financial bids to TFL for funding through the Local Implementation Plan. Any expansion of our cycling and walking network will be dependent on available funding from TFL and we welcome the increased investment in the coming year in Active Travel by a Labour led GLA.

Name: Liam Shrivastava
Party: Green

Pledge: I am pledging on behalf of the Green Party in Lewisham to complete the core cycling network Transport for London has identified for Lewisham by 2030.

This is in line with our manifesto commitment to supporting greener, safer travel, which includes expanding School Streets, walking networks, and cargo bike infrastructure; tackling air pollution in partnership with residents; upgrading streets with safer crossings, drop kerbs for prams, wheelchairs and powered wheelchairs; and expanding cycle parking.

Name: Cllr Stephen Mercer
Party: Merton Park Independent Residents

Pledge: I will support building the key cycle routes in Merton identified and funded by TfL to complete a basic, borough-wide cycle network, allowing people of all ages and abilities to cycle safely between town centres such as Wimbledon, Morden, Colliers Wood, Mitcham, and Raynes Park.

Name: Cllr Anthony Fairclough
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: It is crucial that travel in Merton should be efficient, safe and accessible for all. In a Council committee in 2022, my Liberal Democrat colleagues and I called for the Council to resource and prioritise a Walking and Cycling Master Plan to ensure this, which was accepted unanimously. Please find our recommendation under Agenda Item 7 here https://democracy.merton.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=157&MId=4211&Ver=4

The Council has eventually adopted a Walking, Cycling and Wheeling Strategy https://merton.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1835

During the two rounds of consultation on this, our responses focused on 10 key interventions, which would create the comprehensive, interconnected travel strategy needed for residents to comfortably get from A to B by public transport, electric vehicle, walking, cycling, and rolling. For cycling, they included:

1. Create Strategic Cycling Routes 
2. Improve Bike Security
3. End HGV Rat-Runs
4. ’20’s Plenty’ for Residential Roads
5. An Electric Vehicle Turbocharge
6. A New Plan for Potholes
7. Safe Pedestrian Crossings
8. Step-Free Stations
9. Inclusive Paving
10. Dedicated Delivery and E-Bike Parking

Particularly, the Council’s strategy commits to establishing Strategic and Local cycling routes, upgrading off-road paths, and expanding the wider network. However, there is no clear prioritisation, funding allocation, or indication of short-term delivery. Routes on busy roads are to feature higher levels of protection, but the strategy does not define “busy” or explain how it will be assessed. Clear criteria and short-term targets are needed.

We will continue to hold them to account to ensure all of these improvements are delivered.

Additionally, in our 2026 Local Elections Manifesto, we have committed to enforcing HGV weight limits on residential roads and carrying out speed safety surveys to make streets safer for cyclists, pedestrians and drivers.

Given our track record of campaigning for safe, active travel in Merton, we will be keen to work with TfL to complete cycle routes along the priority corridors they have identified, aiming to finish them by 2030.

Party: Green

Pledge: Merton Green Party is pleased to pledge that, if elected, we will prioritise building a safer and more comprehensive cycle network in Merton, completing the cycle routes identified by Transport for London for the borough by 2030 (or at least work hard towards this goal subject to funding.

Name: Laura Willoughby
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: I pledge for more Streets For Cycling and better and safer cycle routes across Newham.

Name: Areeq Chowdhury
Party: Green

Pledge: Build a safe, connected cycle network in Newham. With the aim of ensuring residents can cycle safely to their school, local high street, and local park, we will seek to finish four key cycle routes across Newham. These routes will be Stratford to Ilford, via Forest Gate; Leyton to Silvertown, via Plaistow; Canning Town to Barking, via East Ham; and Manor Park to North Woolwich, via East Ham. In addition, we will explore the expansion of the bikeability scheme.

Party: Green

Pledge: Redbridge Green Party  believes cycling should be safe and accessible to everyone.  We are committed to completing the cycle routes identified by TfL for the borough by 2030 (or at least working hard towards this goal subject to funding).

Walking, wheeling and cycling don’t just help reduce carbon emissions and air pollution – they can make us all happier and healthier too. The Redbridge Green Party commits to working hard to ensure active travel is safer for and meets the needs of all its residents. This includes improving links to the existing network of cycle paths and superhighways, making accident hotspots safer, and supporting projects that reduce traffic.

Name: Chas Warlow
Party: Green

Pledge: Richmond & Twickenham Green Party gives its unqualified support to the campaign to create a safe, connected cycle network in Richmond upon Thames. We have been campaigning for improved cycling infrastructure throughout the last four years and have pushed the Liberal Democrat administration to stick to its promises in this area.

Name: Cllr Gareth Roberts (Leader) and Cllr Alexander Ehmann (Transport and Air Quality Committee Chair)
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: Liberal Democrats have always been fiercely committed to the delivery of ambitious improvements in cycling infrastructure; from building/improving cycle routes, providing cycle parking, to ensuring the wider public realm is made safer and more accessible.

After all, we are the Liberal Democrat administration that has delivered borough-wide 20mph, the borough’s first protected cycle lanes, over 100 cycle hangars and a 650-space cycle hub at Richmond Station. Not to mention our ambition to make Richmond the Cargo Bike Capital of London!

On behalf of Richmond-Upon-Thames, Liberal Democrats, I would be delighted to accept the exciting challenge of working toward the delivery of the proposed cycle network in our borough (subject to appropriate consultation and engagement with our residents and businesses).

We look forward to working with London Cycling Campaign in efforts to secure the necessary funding from Mayor, Sadiq Khan and Transport for London – to make these shared ambitions a reality.

Name: Victor Chamberlain
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: Liberal Democrats are passionate about making it easier to get around Southwark by walking, cycling, or by public transport – it is cheaper, healthier, and more convenient.

We strongly believe in investing in infrastructure that makes those choices easier, and building those options in full consultation with local communities so any necessary changes to road layouts have the full support of local people.

We welcome LCC’s campaign and commit to working with TfL to complete the strategic routes they have identified for the borough by 2030, subject to funding, should we take control of Southwark Council in May.

Name: Sarah King
Party: Labour

Pledge: Our Streets for People strategy will make walking and cycling around the borough safer, healthier and easier and this forms part of our manifesto under ‘Cheaper, healthier ways to get around’. We are happy to say Southwark Labour will work hard to complete the cycling network identified for the borough by 2030 subject to TfL funding.

Name: James McAsh
Party: Green

Pledge: It has been a delight to work with Southwark Cyclists over the years. Southwark Green Party is committed to continuing this work and building a cycling network which can be enjoyed by all.

Southwark Green Party response to emails: Our approach is set out in our manifesto, which closely aligns to your campaign. Our approach is set out in our manifesto, which closely aligns to your campaign.

We believe that traffic should be reduced across the borough, through the creation of liveable neighbourhoods. Motor traffic making longer journeys should primarily be on the main roads, and these roads should have protections in place for pedestrians and cyclists: including segregated cycle lanes.

Your email references the council’s Streets for People Delivery Plan, led by Cllr James McAsh, now a Green Party councillor and candidate. The council worked closely with Southwark Cyclists and other community groups on this strategy. This reflects the approach we would take. Southwark Cyclists is named in our manifesto as a key partner.

We are happy to support your call to complete a safe, connected cycle network in Southwark by 2030. We value the role Southwark Cyclists has played in shaping this work and will continue to work closely with you to deliver it.

Name: Dave Tchil
Party: Labour

Pledge: On behalf of the Labour Group in Sutton, I am pleased to commit to the London Cycling Campaign’s Streets for Cycling pledge. Every resident should have access to safe, well-maintained routes. Our work in Hackbridge to support safer, easier cycling is just the beginning of our commitment to creating a safer and better journey for all road users across the borough.

Party: Green

Pledge: Green councillors elected into the London Borough of Sutton are up for the challenge to improve the area’s active travel options, so we have a first class cycling network with better cycle infrastructure. This way cycling will be more accessible to people to get around safely and effectively, reducing congestion, pollution and road danger in the borough, as well as improving health, happiness and making Sutton a nicer place to live.

Green councillors elected into the London Borough of Sutton would work with the council to harness all funding, such as LIP, grants etc., keeping on top of ensuring improvements are made, through consultation.

Green Councillors will work with London Borough of Sutton council officers to make sure that the funding from ‘Transport for London’ is effectively used to implement the 5 priority corridors identified in the ‘Strategic Cycling Analysis’ map. We would actively enable the aim of building the network by 2030 to connect town centres safely, to make cycling more accessible to areas, such as Cheam, Rose Hill, Sutton, Belmont, Wallington, Hackbridge Carshalton and Beddington.

Green Councillors will work with the council on expanding the successful School Streets from 13 to even more, so children can get to school in a more safe and less polluted environment, which helps protect their health, while also reducing the school run traffic congestion and encouraging active travel options, such as walking and cycling.

Quote from LBS website: “we know that children are among those most affected by high air pollution levels air pollution has been linked to asthma, heart disease and can impact lung development in London, as much as 25% of rush hour traffic is made up of vehicles travelling to school. 98% of schools in London are in areas exceeding World Health Organisation pollution limits”

Green councillors will work with Sutton council on making free funded cycle road safety training for adults and children more widely publicised and utilised. These free courses are available to schools, to families and individual adults in the borough. We will also ensure that the pay for cycle instructors, providing the service, rises in line with the Bank of England Inflation rates, from their wage in 2007, when Bikeability was introduced, to what their pay should be today.

We would also endeavour to offer and try and ensure that those using e-bikes for work, transport or leisure are widely made aware of the cycle road safety training, due to the increased speeds those on these vehicles are able travel, working with police to ensure that the e-bike they are riding is safe and legal. The business people, who are using e-bike cycle couriers, for their deliveries, are to be made aware and recommended the cycle road safety training for their staff.

More widely publicising cycle schemes available in the borough such as Our Bike, in which residents can hire a cargo bicycle for £5 per hour or for free during a cycle e-bike training free session: https://www.sutton.gov.uk/w/ourbike

Green councillors are pleased that there is the option of getting a bike through a try before you buy scheme with Peddle My Wheels, Wheels 4 Me London and also the option of a second hand bicycle from the Community Reuse shop at the Household Reuse and Recycling Centre at Kimpton Park Way.

Swift action when reporting on abandoned or inconveniently parked e-bikes: Report a dockless e-bike

We would consult whether the London Borough of Sutton could allocate specific spaces in parking bays, for app e-bikes, as available in the London Borough of Merton.

Reporting a problem with a cycle path or requesting a new bicycle stand: https://www.sutton.gov.uk/w/report-a-problem-with-a-cycle-path

Services already available in the London Borough of Sutton: https://www.sutton.gov.uk/cycling

London Borough of Sutton School Streets: https://www.sutton.gov.uk/w/sutton-school-streets

Transport for London: https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2025/april/tfl-announces-new-87-million-investment-for-london-boroughs-to-boost-capital-s-cycleways https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/boroughs-and-communities/borough-funding https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/boroughs-and-communities/sutton

Active Travel England: https://www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/ https://www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/news

Green Party Transport manifesto: Fairer, Greener Transport – Green Party

Name: Guy Benson & Seb Villars
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: Liberal Democrats have been disappointed that under Aspire’s leadership of the council a borough that should be one of the best in the country for cycling, on account of its density, has been seriously lagging and has fallen behind our neighbours. We are both keen for Tower Hamlets to offer a better experience for cyclists and this includes building out TfL’s identified strategic cycle network as a priority.

The borough has very poor North/South links, so we are keen to see the two identified high priority gaps – between Shadwell and Bethnal Green, via Whitechapel and between the Isle of Dogs and Victoria Park, via Canary Wharf and Mile End built out. We would also like to make it easier to cycle to our neighbours to the south, in Southwark, by making it safer to cycle over Tower Bridge.

Furthermore, as candidates in St Katharine’s and Wapping, we have identified three targeted improvements we would like to see to improve cycling in our area. These are firstly around finding a solution to allow cyclists to cycle over the bridge in St Katharine’s Dock without being asked to dismount, making it easier to access Cycle Superhighway 3, by improving the busy junction in the West at Royal Mint Court, and in the East by improving the junction with Glamis Road so that cyclists leaving St Katharine’s and Wapping can access the Cycle Superhighway more easily.

Finally, we would like to see our existing Cycle superhighways reviewed – there are a number of targeted improvements that could be made to Cycle superhighway 3, which links the City of London with Canary Wharf. These include addressing the deficient junction at Butcher’s Row and reviewing the section that runs through Poplar High Street, a mostly unsegregated section in a busy road where there is frequent rat running.

Name: Cllr Grace Williams
Party: Labour

Pledge: Waltham Forest is one of the leading active travel boroughs in London and the UK. Our pioneering work whether in infrastructure delivery, complementary measures or behaviour change, continues to mark Waltham Forest as the ‘go too, place’ for others from across London, the UK and Europe to see what can be achieved with funding and bold political leadership.

During the last four years we have rolled out to two low traffic neighbourhoods in Leyton and Walthamstow, made significant progress on Forest Road, as well as delivering a significant public realm scheme in the Sutherland Rd area of Walthamstow. We’ve also consulted on the Whipps X Rd scheme which works have now commenced on, as well as undertaken a significant consultation on the ‘Chingford Rd Corridor’.

We’ve secured £5m from TfL to begin to deliver a scheme for Leytonstone High Rd, for which we undertook a Perception Survey in Autumn ’25. And of course, we have installed even more ‘School Streets’ and will shortly have 1200 Cycle Hangars- possibly now the highest number of any local authority in the UK.

This is a huge amount of work in just four years and continues to place Waltham Forest at the forefront of this agenda, in fact the only thing that has held us back is funding, that would have secured the extra resources to design, build and deliver even more.

Now £3 million further funding from TfL has been confirmed, we will be able to achieve even more to create safer, greener and more accessible streets across the borough .  This is what continued leadership looks like and we continue to be proud that Waltham Forest Labour is the only political party to demonstrate that long term ambition and match it with delivery.

Party: Green

Pledge: Waltham Forest Green Party supports the delivery of a safe, connected cycle network across the borough by 2030, designed to high standards and delivered in genuine partnership with local residents.
We strongly support active and sustainable travel and the role a safe, joined-up cycle network plays in improving public health, reducing air pollution and creating more liveable neighbourhoods.

With continued funding from sources such as Transport for London, delivering a borough-wide network is achievable. We support developing high-quality routes along key corridors, including north–south links from Chingford through Walthamstow to Leyton, alongside better connections across the borough and on key boundary roads, including those managed in partnership with TfL.

We believe success depends on thoughtful, well-designed schemes that work for all users and form a genuinely coherent network. This includes improving provision on boundary roads as well as quieter streets, ensuring routes are direct, safe and accessible, and that schemes are clearly communicated, properly enforced and maintained.

Alongside infrastructure, we support wider measures to encourage a shift towards walking, cycling and public transport, helping to reduce car dependence and create healthier, more liveable communities.
By combining investment with a collaborative and responsive approach, we can deliver a network that works for everyone and has strong public support.

Name: Alex Marshall-Lewis
Party: Liberal Democrats

Pledge: From the north of Chingford to the south of Leyton, and into neighbouring boroughs we believe that our cycle routes are only as strong as the weakest link; gaps that filter onto the road at pinch points and busy junctions discourage all but the most confident cyclists. Cycling should be made safe for everyone from the youngest beginner to the oldest rider.

The Liberal Democrats were the first UK political party to adopt the recommendations of the ‘Get Britain Cycling’ report as official party policy. We are delighted to confirm our commitment, if elected, to completing the cycle routes along the priority corridors identified by Transport for London in Waltham Forest by 2030.

Name: Fraser Pitt
Party: Green

Pledge: Wandsworth Green Party is pleased to pledge that, if elected, we will build a safe cycle network in Wandsworth. This is a crucial element in Wandsworth regeneration and in line with wider London strategy.

Along with the new Kerbside Strategy, we have a vision of a fairer allocation of space for Wandsworth’s streets. As we see in Paris, this can have a transformative effect on the very way we live, helping to regenerate entire areas. A safe cycle network is part of an overarching vision of a fairer happier Wandsworth.

Safe cycling will help people struggling with the cost of living because cycling will help ease cost-of-living pressures by offering an affordable and accessible form of transport.

Safe cycling will tackle congestion, road danger and poor air quality, support good physical and mental health.

A network of safe cycling routes will ensure that cycling is accessible to as many residents as possible, and Transport for London has funds available to build them.

We look forward to working with London Cycling Campaign and local communities to make this happen.

Name: Andrew Macmillan
Party: Wandsworth Independent group

Pledge: On behalf of the Wandle Independent Group, I am pleased to pledge, that if elected, I will support the development of a safer cycling network in our neighbourhood of Wandle Ward and work with fellow councillors to complete the cycle routes identified by Transport for London for the borough by 2030.

There has been much progress in enabling safer cycling in London, but much of the new infrastructure supports journeys into central London.
It is great to see more and more people choosing cycling as a mode of transport to support their daily activities, however our street infrastructure does not yet effectively support cycling for those who need more support – children cycling with their parents to weekend activities, teenagers cycling to school, young adults on an evening out or seniors on a leisurely local ride to see their friends.

Cycling should be a fun and healthy way to travel in and around our neighbourhood – I pledge to support new infrastructure and initiatives, co-designed with my neighbours in Wandle Ward and across Wandsworth which will support healthy and active travel options for all residents.

I am excited by the opportunity of working with my neighbours and the Wandsworth Cycling Campaign to make our streets safer and more vibrant for us all.

Name: Cllr Adam Hug
Party: Labour

In 2022 we became the first ever Labour administration to run Westminster Council. We’re building 15KM of new or upgraded cycleways – Sussex Gardens, Northumberland Avenue, Abingdon Street/Millbank, Portland Place, Westbourne Terrace, and Cycleways 43, 51 and 63. The Council has turned dozens more one-way streets into two-way for cycling to improve access and create safer low traffic routes. We’ve installed almost 400 parking places for ebikes to manage the up to 1M monthly dockless journeys Westminster, and keep bikes in bays not in the way. We were the first local authority in the country to issue fines to Lime and Forest and in response they have marshalled more resources to keep bikes from blocking pavements.

With Transport for London we’ve installed two new Santander Cycle Hire stations, at Westbourne Green and Maida Hill Market, with another three coming by 2027. We’ve also distributed 75% monthly discount codes to residents on benefits and accessing food banks and pantries, resulting in almost 20,000 rides.

We’ve backed bikes for cargo too, with the council launching depots to deliver last mile packages by bike and on foot in Pimlico and the West End, supporting businesses to try and buy cargo bikes with Peddle My Wheels, and joining the OurBike cargo bike rental scheme. We’ve provided free-to-use cycle training for adults and children, and cycle repair.

We’ve more than doubled the number of secure cycle parking spaces in Westminster to over 2,000 spaces, while cutting the cost to residents from £72 to £40. If elected we’ll double the number of spaces, again.

If re-elected we will build a safe, connected cycle network across Westminster. That includes a £12.7M programme of cycle routes in the next year. But we are realistic, it will take until 2030 to build a dense and coherent network of safe routes that reaches the vast majority (95%) of our residents.

We’ll do this through a mix of low traffic and protected routes that will help to prevent people being killed and seriously injured, make cycling more accessible to people of all ages and abilities, and tackle congestion.

With the Mayor’s plan to pedestrianise part of Oxford Street and prohibit cycling, it’s important that east-west cycling alternatives to Oxford Street are provided – these are in progress, including, to the north, a low traffic route via Manchester Square, and another low traffic route via New Cavendish Street.

If elected we will deliver this and more as part of Labour-run Westminster’s Transport Strategy which sets ambitious targets on making Westminster’s streets safer, more accessible, healthier for people and planet, and less congested.