Twenty six million car journeys are made daily in London, often with one person only in the car. Public transport journeys account for the remaining six and half million journeys daily. Traffic congestion and air pollution are worst in London compared to all major cities in Europe according to a recent report.
Eighty per cent of public space in London is used up by roads and streets. Probably forty percent of this space is used up by off street parking overnight at base as well as at destination during daytime. TFL and the 32 London Boroughs could introduce a regulation that off street parking in every road and every street would be allowed on one side of these roads and streets only. In major roads and red routes there would be no off street parking whatsoever.
Traffic flow would as a result be much faster and would save billions of pounds each year in wasted time and productivity. It would also improve air quality and reduce congestion and reduce pollution.
Nagindas Khajuria
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