Boris Johnson unveils £20m road safety fund for London

Road safety plan: Boris Johnson on his bike
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Pippa Crerar15 March 2016

Boris Johnson today announced a £20 million road safety technology fund to help tackle serious casualties on London’s streets.

The money will cover new road safety measures including pedestrian crossings, innovative junction designs and hi-tech traffic lights.

It will also be used to develop technology for buses, cabs and lorries such as sensors that alert drivers to cyclists or pedestrians. Mr Johnson said: “One of the things I’m most proud of is that we’ve got deaths and serious injuries down to all time lows.” The fund is intended to help the Mayor meet his target of reducing the most serious road casualties by 50 per cent.

In its 2016-17 business plan, Transport for London pledged to deliver huge infrastructure projects including Tube upgrades and a major roads programme even though its operational budget of about £700 million a year will be wiped out by 2020. Transport chiefs said they would boost commercial activities, including developing on TfL owned land, as well as making more efficiency savings.

TfL also proposed doubling the money, from £75 million to £150 million, to make stations more accessible for wheelchairs and buggies.

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