TfL adopts Green’s cable car plan to boost cross-Thames access

A cable car was originally suggested by German transport consultant Carmen Hass-Klau

A cable car was originally suggested by German transport consultant Carmen Hass-Klau

Transport for London this week unveiled plans for a privately funded cable car to improve transport links across the Thames in East London.

The cable car would provide a new river crossing for pedestrians and cyclists between the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks.

London transport commissioner Peter Hendy said the cable car was an integral part of the mayor’s plans to provide additional river crossings east of Tower Bridge. He emphasised that plans for new road crossings were still...

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