Transport strategy
Transport is not just about getting people from A to B; it is so much more.
Efficient, safe and affordable transport underpins all parts of community life – it gets us to where we need to be, it helps us build and maintain connections and it opens opportunities.
The choices we make about how we travel can also be powerful, affecting our health and wellbeing, our community spaces and the environment around us.
That is why we are working on a new Transport Strategy. Our goal is to enable and encourage more people to get active and leave the car at home when they can – particularly for shorter journeys.
We want to make it more efficient, safe and enjoyable to travel around the borough and help make walking, wheeling, cycling and taking public transport more attractive transport options.
Consultation and engagement
Feedback from residents all over the borough was gathered in February and March 2025 through a series of conversational workshops and an online survey.
Thank you to all those who played an integral part in shaping the future of transport in the borough. Over 1350 local people provided feedback during the recent public engagement period aimed at developing the new Transport Strategy.
We want to help make walking, wheeling, cycling and taking public transport more attractive transport options. The new transport strategy will focus on making travel safer, more efficient, and enjoyable for everyone in the borough, and your feedback will make sure it reflects the needs of the diverse community in the borough.
Over the engagement period:
- 1,350 people shared feedback including 900 survey responses and 115 attendees at events
- many residents wanted to see the pedestrian experience improved asking for wider footways, better maintenance of pavements, enforcement of pavement parking and more safe crossing points
- across the borough people wanted to see more street lighting to help improve safety and support more use of public transport and active travel after dark
- requests for cycling improvements were common in Acton, Ealing, Hanwell, and Perivale - you wanted to see more safe cycle lanes, safer crossing points at junctions, and better maintenance of cycle lanes
These contributions are already shaping the strategy’s development, and your insights will directly inform how we can improve our transport system, making options like walking, cycling, and public transport more attractive and accessible.
As we move forward, the next steps will involve us using insights from the engagement process, along with broader transport data, to develop a final strategy that will lay the foundation for the borough's transport system over the next 16 years which we hope to release for comment in 2026.