Hounslow

Healthy streets schemes

We are working to support boroughs in the delivery of their schemes within the current funding environment. In places this means new cycle routes and low traffic neighbourhoods and in others prioritising buses and making journey times faster and more reliable.

The Green Man Authority

We've updated traffic lights at pedestrian crossings so pedestrians will see a continuous green man signal unless a vehicle is approaching. In that case, the red man will appear.

This initiative, unique to the UK, is part of our wider Streetspace for London programme.

The Green Man Authority technique has been installed in Hounslow at Heston Road by Hogarth Gardens.

Latest news

Here are some updates to your travel around London and your borough:

• We have published our Everyone's Future Counts document, which highlights our programmes designed to support those who are held back due to the barriers in education and the workplace
• We have published our annual Gender, Ethnicity and Disability Pay Gap reports
• Our safer travel guidance has been updated
• The TfL Go app will help you travel comfortably
• Our pay as you go fares are automatically capped, so you don't need to buy a travel card in advance. Create an online account or use the Oyster app to quickly and easily calculate your expenses
• Travel guidance for businesses and their staff
• Our Vision Zero progress report outlines achievements from the first three years of the Mayor's Vision Zero plan and commits to new tougher measures to ensure that it meets the goal of eliminating death and serious injury from London's roads
• We are asking Londoners to share views on proposed changes to bus routes into central London
• We are consulting on proposals to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) London-wide on 29 August 2023
• The Programmes and Investment Committee paper updates on the delay of the Four Lines Modernisation programme

Funding for your borough

We provide funding to boroughs and local communities for transport improvements in your local area.

Local Implementation Plan (LIP)

The LIP is produced by the London Borough of Hounslow and agreed with us. It sets out the details on transport infrastructure changes in a three-year period to support the Mayor's Transport Strategy.

Find out more about LIP funding.

LIP targets for Hounslow

Each borough has set targets in their LIP against the Mayor's Transport Strategy outcomes - we track and report on progress against these targets in the LIP3 MTS outcomes borough data pack.

For example, the car ownership in the borough was 102,357 in 2019. The LIP target to reduce car ownership by 2021 is 99,200.

We also work with boroughs to encourage more cycling. We recorded 17,647 daily cycle trips on average starting in Hounslow between 2015 and 2018.

More resident and visitor population figures are on the GLA website.

Vision Zero in your borough

We are working with boroughs to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries from all road collisions to zero by 2041. They are responsible for enforcing safe speeds on their roads, as well as leading community programmes to encourage using roads safely.  Find out more about Vision Zero and the Lowering Speed Limits Programme. 

Helping your community

The Vision Zero dashboard enables organisations and members of the public to more easily access and interpret collision data. In sharing collision data in this way, organisations can better identify the road danger challenges specific to their respective sectors and communities, and work together with us, London's boroughs and other agencies to tackle them.   

The dashboard currently comprises collision data from 2017-2019 and in will soon include future years' data and further analysis capability, for example casualty rates by kilometre travelled. 

TfL's Motorcycle safety courses  

We offer a range of free online and face to face motorcycle safety training courses across all boroughs to help ensure motorcyclists stay safe on London's busy roads. This also supports the Vision Zero objective to eliminate all deaths and serious injuries on London's roads by 2041.  

Electric scooter (e-scooters) trial

In partnership with London Councils, we're running an e-scooters trial. On Monday 7 June 2021 e-scooters became available to rent in a small number of London boroughs. Working together on a single trial means the trial can run consistently across participating boroughs, with safety at its core.  

We are still inviting boroughs to join the trial. If you would like to get involved, please get in touch. 

What we're working on in Hounslow

• We consult local communities on a range of projects every year. Search our consultation and engagement hub - Have Your Say
• Find out about major works and events near you
• See some ongoing TfL improvements and projects in or near Hounslow
• Find out about property development projects in your borough

Work now going on in your borough includes:

• Cycleway 9 - will make cycling and walking easier, safer and more appealing on roads in west Kensington, Hammersmith, Chiswick and Brentford town centre. We've worked closely with the London Borough of Hounslow on proposals to extend Cycleway 9 farther west through Brentford and towards Hounslow
• Hogarth roundabout - we're developing a scheme to make this busy west London junction operate more smoothly and to bring Healthy Streets and safety benefits for all road users

Bus network changes

From time to time - after consulting the public - we alter bus routes to reflect changing patterns in demand. We also make temporary changes, often because of road works. See the latest bus changes.

Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)

Air pollution is not just a central London problem, with many areas still exceeding the legal limits for pollution across the city. That is why on 25 October 2021, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in central London  expanded to create a single, larger zone up to the North Circular Road (A406) and South Circular Road (A20

The ULEZ will continue to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends (except Christmas day), with a £12.50 daily charge for vehicles that do not meet the required emissions standards.

Four out of five cars already meet the ULEZ emissions standards, but we need owners of the remaining polluting cars, motorcycles, lighter vans and minibuses to take action by checking their vehicle. 

Check your vehicle meets the ULEZ emissions standards.  

Our assets in Hounslow

Assets we maintain in your borough include:

• Eight Tube stations
• One London Overground station
• Around 680 bus stops - see all 46 day bus routes in Hounslow
• One taxi rank
• Around 215 traffic signals
• Over 33 kilometres of red routes

See a map of our assets in London.

We maintain our assets until they need to be renewed or disposed of as set out in our asset management plan. We do this by:

• Servicing them regularly to keep them operational
• Repairing or replacing faulty assets

Report a problem on a London street with our Streetcare tool.

We do not maintain in Hounslow:

• Non-red route roads - these roads are maintained by Hounslow
• Litter removal on red routes - this is also the borough's responsibility
• Network Rail track at London Overground stations - contact Network Rail
• Taxis and mini cabs - these are owned by taxi drivers and minicab offices
• Five bus garages in Hounslow that are owned and managed by bus companies
• Coaches
• Taxi ranks on borough roads. Cars and other vehicles parked on taxi ranks can be reported to Hounslow

Report private hire vehicles (PHVs) parked on ranks or unattended taxis on ranks directly to us.

Dealing with severe weather

For documents relating to winter service in the boroughs, go to the Streets publications page.