London Mayor to set sights on reducing car journeys by 3m a day - and consider road user charging, say reports

The London Mayor Sadiq Khan is to set out proposals in a draft new transport strategy to reduce car journeys by 3m every day by measures that could include road user charging, reports suggest.

Khan is to say that with an estimated 5m additional journeys to be made in the capital by 2041 as the population rises beyond 10m, "our future health and prosperity is more and more dependent on us reducing our reliance on cars," it is reported. He will vow that his adminstration "has to make not using your car the affordable, safest and most convenient option for Londoners". TfL has previously identified an increase in public hire vehicles and in development affecting the highway, as well as more traffic, as contributing to rising congestion. 

Vehicle-free zones, "healthy streets" that encourage walking and cycling, restrictions on parking within new developments, and updating the congestion charge are all potential measures expected to be under consideration in the plan to go out to consultation.