London mayor race: transport watchdog urges road traffic reduction policy

The capital's official transport users' representative has produced ten policy ideas for the next mayor

From London Travelwatch, the capital's official transport-users' watchdog, come ten policy themes for helping people get around the place more efficiently and pleasantly. They hope these will catch the eye of mayoral candidates. Three in particular have caught mine.

One concerns London's roads and the irritable state they're in. Congestion has been rising. Cab drivers are cross. Bus journeys are taking longer and Boris Johnson is getting grief over disruption caused by the construction of his cycle superhighways. He'd like to build more roads in tunnels underground but that looks like a non-solution future fantasy. Travelwatch deals with the here and now.