Our Ref:         FOI-1700-2021

Thank you for your request received on 26 November 2020 asking for information about changes made to our network since 23 May 2020.
 
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require.
 
We understand that your request refers to projects that received funding from the Emergency Active Travel Fund 1 (EATF1). We received funding from the Department for Transport (DfT). We have used this money to part-fund, design and/or deliver projects that are a mix of TfL and Borough led schemes.
 
To date TfL and London’s boroughs have been delivering the London Streetspace Plan based on the DfT guidance issued on 9 May 2020 and amended on 23 May 2020 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reallocating-road-space-in-response-to-covid-19-statutory-guidance-for-local-authorities#history). This guidance emphasised the need for rapid action to encourage travel by walking and cycling, and to avoid the possibility of a significant growth in motor traffic for public safety reasons in response to the Covid pandemic.
 
The DfT guidance applies to changes to borough roads and the TfL road network (TLRN) delivered through temporary or experimental traffic orders. A temporary traffic order is introduced through a statutory process that does not require a public consultation. From May 2020 TfL has introduced its Streetspace schemes using temporary traffic orders, and the statutory traffic order process has been followed for all of these schemes.
 
We have used some of the EATF 1 funding to part-fund the introduction of two schemes on the TLRN since 23 May 2020: Bishopsgate and London Bridge. These include some of the measures you have detailed in your request. Please see the table below for further information:
 
  Bishopsgate London Bridge
Number of schemes restricting access for motor vehicles 1 1
Pop-up cycle lanes 0 2 (one in each direction)
Bus gates 5 4
Modal filters 0 1 (left turn ban)
20mph speed limit 0 0
Parking Bay suspension 2 (both “2 minute pick up and set down” bays) 1
Temporary footway widening using barriers 18 (2 scheduled to be removed, 1 more to be reviewed as well) 0
 
More information on these schemes, including a detailed map showing what measures we have introduced can be found on our website:
 
https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/9bea66e2/
https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/067fdedb/
 
Please note that you will need to contact the relevant borough for information on the changes they have made to the roads for which they are the highway authority
 
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please feel free to contact me.
 
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Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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