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Living Streets Walking Summit March 2018

The main themes of the day were: ·         The benefits of walking: health, social cohesion, economic, environmental ·         How to make London into a great walking place as currently there is a gross misallocation of space with overcrowded streets. Cross Rail bringing more people in, London made of medieval streets and large 19 th century created streets.  ·         How to make walking more compelling – artwork, landscape, views, air quality, sense of community street events, using redundant spaces. ·         Need for walking network, joined up routes to reduce short tube journeys, pressure off public transport. Review of pedestrian crossings, improved timings for pedestrians on crossings, diagonal crossings. Walking improvements never become obsolete, unlike docking bikes v dockless bikes for example. ·    ...