Sadiq Khan proposes Cycle Superhighway 9, West London

London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced consultation of West London’s first segregated lane, Cycle Superhighway 9 (CS9), connecting Kennington Olympia to Brentford. The 6km CS9 follows Khan’s plan to make to encourage cycling and capital’s streets healthier and safer. The segregated tracks will cover Hammersmith Road, King Street, Chiswick High Road, Brentford High Street and Kew Bridge Road, and allow cyclists to bypass Hammersmith Gyratory and Kew Bridge Junction. There will also be five new traffic light
September 26, 2017 Read time: 1 min
London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced consultation of West London’s first segregated lane, Cycle Superhighway 9 (CS9), connecting Kennington Olympia to Brentford.


The 6km CS9 follows Khan’s plan to make to encourage cycling and capital’s streets healthier and safer.

The segregated tracks will cover Hammersmith Road, King Street, Chiswick High Road, Brentford High Street and Kew Bridge Road, and allow cyclists to bypass Hammersmith Gyratory and Kew Bridge Junction. There will also be five new traffic light crossings and over 20 upgraded pedestrian crossings.

Following the results of the consultation, 1466 Transport for London and partner boroughs aim to begin construction late next year.

UTC

Related Content

  • February 20, 2019
    MaaS Market London: year one update from Whim West Midlands
    Almost a year after it came into operation, Transport for West Midlands’ head of smart travel, Chris Lane, will update delegates at the MaaS Market Conference (London 20 and 21 March) on how the Whim West Midlands pilot scheme is working in practice. Introduced in conjunction with MaaS Global, Whim West Midlands is the UK’s first Mobility as a Service platform to go live to the general public and combines public transport (bus and tram) with on-demand taxis and bike sharing. The initial Pay-As-You-Go se
    Read More
  • December 10, 2015
    Phoenix rises to the Smart City challenge
    Andrew Bardin Williams looks at the City of Phoenix where voters backed a $30bn plan to revamp its transportation network to cultivate a more connected community. According to a Land Use Institute study, half of all Americans and even more millennials (63%) would like to live in a place where they do not need to use a car very often. The City of Phoenix is putting in place plans to revamp its urban development and transportation policies to meet these changing quality of life perceptions.
    Read More
  • March 20, 2023
    Five cities in US, Europe and South America to model cycle safety
    PTV will use Model2Go to generate cycling network data in one of the pilot programmes
    Read More
  • September 19, 2017
    European tunnel safety steps up a gear
    David Crawford reviews the latest safety systems installed in European tunnels. Blueprints for the safer road tunnels of the future are emerging fast as European operators invest in technologies to enhance travellers’ prospects of surviving an accident. Central to modern emergency planning is the principle that, following an incident, drivers should be enabled to rescue themselves and their passengers with the aid of prompt and correct identification and communication of the hazard. Roles for cooperativ
    Read More

Highlighted Content