TfL invests £94.8m with London boroughs to deliver safer, greener streets in 2026/27

Transport for London (TfL) is investing £94.8m across the 32 London boroughs and the City of London over the next year to make streets safer, healthier and greener. The funding will support borough-led projects across local road networks and comes alongside a new TfL report showcasing three years of joint achievements, including 147km of new protected cycle routes and nearly 400 pedestrian crossings.

This year’s funding will help deliver new cycle routes to strengthen London’s growing Cycleways network, introduce more pedestrian crossings in local neighbourhoods, and expand School Streets, enabling children and young people to walk and cycle to school safely. This investment will also support measures to reduce road danger, lower speeds, expand cycle and micromobility parking and improve bus performance. It will kick-start delivery of the Better Bus Partnership, which aims to improve journey times, boost reliability and enhance the customer experience, with a target of cutting bus travel times by up to 30 per cent.

The capital is seeing progress in both safety and active travel, with fatal collisions in 2024 19 per cent below the 2010-2014 baseline, and cycling levels up 12.7 per cent in 2025 compared to 2024, now exceeding 1.5 million daily trips.

Subject to confirmation of TfL’s overall budget, more than £158m has been allocated for Healthy Streets in 2026/27, including £94.8m for boroughs to deliver the schemes set out in their approved Local Implementation Plans - an increase of over £7m compared with 2025/26. At this stage, £80.7m is being released to boroughs, split £33.2m for inner London and £47.5m for outer London, with more funding released through the year as scheme designs progress.

As outlined in today's newly published report, between 2022 and 2025 London boroughs received a total of £218.93m to support delivery of the Mayor’s Vision Zero objective of eliminating all deaths and serious injuries from London’s transport network by 2041. The funding also supports the wider Healthy Streets’ goal to increase the use of sustainable travel. This investment underpins the Mayor’s ambition for 80 per cent of all trips in London to be made by walking, cycling or public transport by 2041.

Over these three years, this investment has delivered significant progress across a wide range of measures, including:

• 170km of road with speed limit reduced to 20mph

• 9.4km of new bus lanes, or increased operation of existing lanes

• 144 bus stops made accessible

• 147km of new or upgraded cycle routes built

• 3,013 new school cycle/scooter parking spaces

• 19,556 secure off-street cycle parking spaces installed

• 392 new pedestrian crossings created

• 86, 498 adults and children trained to ride a bike to Bikeability level 1

• 469 new School Streets

• 1,964 gold-accredited Travel for Life schools

• 16,934 on-street electrical charging points installed
• 127,693m² of sustainable drainage systems installed

The report highlights a number of schemes that are already making a difference to travel in boroughs across London. In Bromley, a scheme at Wickham Road roundabout introduced new parallel crossings for people walking and a protected cycle lane to help people navigate the busy roundabout. Early feedback suggests that conflict at the roundabout has decreased. On Parsonage Road in Hounslow, upgrades to tackle a pinch point for buses enabled the introduction of a 24/7 bus lane, providing dedicated bus priority for more than 16 routes through the town centre, alongside upgrades to pedestrian crossings and pavements. And in Enfield, a new walking and cycling route was created alongside the historic New River, linking previously separated parts of the borough.

Building on this progress, this year’s funding will help deliver further improvements that create a safer and more reliable network for everyone. By enabling boroughs to expand their programmes, it will support continued innovation and local delivery across the capital. Early indications from boroughs show they are on track to meet the expectations set for the full three year programme. With 95 per cent of London’s roads managed by borough councils, their work remains essential to the success of London’s transport network and to the capital’s economy as a whole.

London's Walking and Cycling Commissioner, Will Norman said: “I am thrilled that another round of funding has been awarded to boroughs as part of our three-year programme to make London’s streets greener and safer. We have already seen the transformative impact of new cycleways, expanded School Streets, and lower speed limits helping to reduce road danger across the city.

“This next round of funding will enable boroughs to build on that progress, while supporting the Mayor’s Vision Zero strategy to eliminate all deaths and serious injuries from London’s transport network by 2041. Investment in transport infrastructure and safer streets is vital to boosting walking and cycling making London greener, safer, and fairer for everyone.”

David Rowe, Director of investment and Delivery Planning at TfL, said: "This funding strengthens our partnership with boroughs as we work to create a transport network that supports London’s growth and improves quality of life. By investing in safer streets, reliable public transport and high quality active travel routes, we’re helping ensure every community can benefit from cleaner air, better connections and more sustainable ways to move around our city."