TfL is not aware of any current plans by the boroughs to remove existing level surface arrangements because of safety issues. Shared space roads scheme safety fears lead to streetlights being made brighter. Boroughs monitor safety across their whole road network to determine whether alterations are needed. While the Inclusive Transport Strategy only refers to a pause on the delivery of new shared space schemes, it is recognised that there is an ongoing need to review existing street layouts to ensure they are fit for purpose. There are some borough roads which incorporate a level surface in areas with relatively large amounts of pedestrian and vehicular movements, such as Exhibition Road. In addition, there are no existing design arrangements on the Transport for London Road Network that include a continuous 'wall to wall' level surface between the footway and the carriageway. TfL and the boroughs will be considering DfT's advice carefully, and the current understanding is that there are no TfL schemes in design that are subject to the pause. This clarification implies that shared space design approaches are still considered acceptable by the Government in suitable locations. The pause does not apply to streets within new residential areas, or where redesigning existing residential streets with very low levels of traffic, or retrospectively. I am aware of the Department for Transport's (DfT) recent Inclusive Transport Strategy, which included advice asking local authorities to pause the introduction of new shared space schemes that feature a level surface.įollowing communication with the DfT, a clarification has been received by Transport for London (TfL) that the pause should only apply to continuous level surface schemes that are currently proposed in areas with relatively high levels of pedestrian and vehicular movements, such as in town centres.
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