Views sought on making London's congestion charge zone 20mph

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a consultation on plans to introduce 20mph speed limits on all TfL roads in the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) by May next year. 

Combined with the 20mph limits already set on the vast majority of borough roads, this would mean that most of the roads in central London would become 20mph.

Cutting speeds from 30mph to 20mph is expected to significantly reduce the likelihood of death and serious injury. If someone walking is hit by a vehicle at 20mph, they are five times less likely to be killed than if they were hit at 30mph.

As well as new 20mph signs and road markings along routes, TfL plans to raise the height of pedestrian crossings in seven high-risk locations, including near the busy Embankment and Tower Hill Tube stations and in areas with a high number of pedestrians, such as outside the Tate Britain. The measures, designed to discourage speeding, have been chosen for locations where high numbers of collisions resulting in death or serious injury have previously occurred. Speed cameras on all of TfL's roads within the CCZ will be amended to 20mph, and mobile speed cameras will also be used to make sure drivers comply with the new limit.

Following the initial implementation, monitoring will be undertaken to determine whether further measures to reduce speeds further are required.

The consultation is open until 10 July and can be completed here: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/streets/20/