It’s now a year since I became Deputy Mayor for Transport & I’m starting 2023 by looking back at what we achieved in 2022, starting with the introduction of all-electric buses on route 63, built in Scarborough.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886264457203713
In February, we reduced speeds on over 10km of TfL’s streets as part of our Vision Zero commitment.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tfl-drivers-speed-limits-20mph-fines-b981685.html
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886268936491011
In March, we celebrated Harrow-on-the-Hill station becoming step free following tireless campaigning from @TransportForAll and @harrow_council
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886278193524737
Spring saw the welcome return of Night Tube services as London continued to open up after the pandemic
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886291707559936
We re-opened the Bank branch of the northern line with modern, spacious new platforms and tunnels.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886317317726212
And then of course, the one we’d all been waiting for, the Elizabeth line finally opened
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886330685083651
Over the summer we also published data showing that the number of people killed on London’s roads has fallen to lowest level on record thanks to our world-leading policies.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886334405414914
In (a very hot 🥵) July, we opened the London Overground extension to Barking Riverside
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886345079922688
And in the autumn, Bond Street station opened, and the Elizbeth line started running not just through central London, but out into Essex and Berkshire too.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886387316576259
In September I reiterated London’s support for Ukraine to the Mayor of Kyiv at a summit in Prague. In addition to free travel on arrival for those fleeing the conflict, London provided logistical and material support such as emergency service vehicles.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886436767318019
To close off the year, we were able to save the majority of our bus routes from the cuts that the Government tried to force upon London.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886444589780999
I also want to pay tribute to the amazing transport workers who kept London moving through heat waves, snow and floods. A sobering reminder of why we need more and better public transport in London and around the world as we face up to the realities of the climate emergency.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886450935685122
I’ve enjoyed every moment, including the challenges. And it’s been an honour to follow Heidi’s amazing work. Thank you, London, for an amazing year!!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886466781855748
In August, we finally agreed a long-term funding deal with the Government, removing the threat of the managed decline of transport in London, and enabling us to re-start projects, like electrifying Santander Cycles.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SebDance/status/1613886375014858759