- Lambeth residents make a higher percentage of trips by public transport than residents of any other London borough
- Almost 4 out of 5 trips made by Lambeth residents are already by public transport, walking and cycling
- Most households in Lambeth do not have access to a car
- Lambeth has the highest potential for cycling of any central/inner London borough
- Motor traffic levels have fallen dramatically on main roads in Lambeth over the last 15 years
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DfT analysis suggests that with provision of infrastructure comparable to the Netherlands, the number of trips cycled to work in Lambeth could increase by 300% from 8% in 2011 to 24%. Source: Lambeth Propensity to Cycle Tool Analysis, Transport Initiatives, 2017 |
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These characteristics show that we are already a sustainable transport borough and there is great potential to build on this in the future. However, we also face significant challenges, both to improve our existing transport network and looking ahead, to respond to the needs of the future. These challenges include:
- The need to de-carbonise our transport network to meet our climate change objectives
- The need for a radical overhaul of rail services in south London
- The imperative to make access to transport services fair and equal
- Making further progress to prioritise walking, cycling and public transport on our streets
- The need to improve public health, address inequalities and to make sure our transport network is safe and secure.
- Many of our residents live on housing estates, spread across the borough and making up around one third of our population. Making sure that we deliver improvements for this very significant proportion of our community is therefore a natural priority.