Cycle Routes Programme
The Go Cycle Programme Legacy
The Go Cycle (now Cycle Routes) programme was a major £32M infrastructure transformation project, designed to upgrade Kingston’s major highway routes to accommodate the latest cycling infrastructure, while improving the flow of road users, cyclists, and pedestrians, and enhancing the environments through which they travel. Between 2016-2022 a range of schemes were implemented. Transport for London funding underpinned this work and the scheme paused in 2022 due to financial constraints at TfL. Kingston has been working with TfL to recommence work and the latest updates can be viewed.
The Go Cycle programme applied a holistic civil engineering approach to reshaping Kingston’s transport network to improve connectivity for residents and visitors while delivering a safer, more accessible joined-up network. When installing major features such as a new pedestrian and footbridge and new cycle hubs, to redesigning the whole road space - including upgrading crossings, signals, and pedestrian thoroughfares - attention was given to seamless linking with public transport, environmental impact, and the citizen's wellbeing. The engineering teams deployed the latest technology, road and traffic modelling, techniques and materials to ensure the transformed infrastructure met the demands for air quality improvement while optimising journey times, and accommodating a growing, more health-conscious population.
Kingston’s Go Cycle programme was driven by a London-wide transport strategy and funded by Transport for London and the Mayor of London. The programme formeds part of an innovative new commitment by Kingston, when in 2014 the borough was one of the winning three London Boroughs who shared the £100m investment from the pioneering Mini-Holland fund.
Why Kingston needs to develop its transport infrastructure
Meeting the demands for mobility and allowing for increasingly sustainable forms of transport, including bikes and electric vehicles, requires an infrastructure that’s fit-for-purpose. Reconfiguring roadways and constructing new cycleways and footways, is the first significant step in widening the options from which residents can choose to travel in and around the borough. As Kingston’s population continues to grow the transport network needs to evolve, and improvements have to be made now so it can safely carry an extra 1,500 new people every year, and has the capacity to efficiently accommodate 30% more people by 2050