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Recently approved relaxation of parking measures in Tower Hamlets is a “dangerous backwards step” in the action needed “to create healthy, safe streets for all” and build a greener city, said Zoë Garbett, the Green candidate for the next London Mayoral election.
Garbett is the first Green candidate to announce her bid to be the party’s runner for the 2024 London mayoral election. She told Eastlondonlines she is “committed” to take actions needed for healthier and safer streets.
Her campaign is starting as Tower Hamlets Council has introduced parking fees that encourage car use. The measures include allocated free-parking zones for each resident, 3 hours free parking in the entire borough for permit holders, and one-hour free parking for spaces within 100 metres of 9 markets. The council is also removing some car-free school streets.
In her plan to tackle such measures, Garbett said: “This includes actions like repurposing the Silvertown Road Tunnel away from private cars to buses & cycling, smart & fair road pricing, protecting buses & reducing fares and measures to make walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling safer and more pleasant.”
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