New London Mayor Outlines Traffic and Transit Ideas

"Johnson spends the first eight minutes of his interview talking about buses and bikes."

From the video interview:

"Johnson says the first thing he would do as mayor is commission a study for a new bus design. The current articulated buses ("bendies") are dangerous and inaccessible to disabled riders, he says."

"'By the way, speaking as a cyclist, I want to be absolutely vehement in my defense of cyclists and in campaigning for people to cycle in this town. I think that bendies are lethal ... They push you out into the traffic ...'"

"Johnson says he will abolish the congestion charge 'As such time as I have a better replacement.' Though he says he wants to be 'the greenest mayor this country [has] had,' Johnson says pricing in London has failed to reduce traffic and pollution. Despite these statements, Johnson has more recently pledged to reduce the congestion zone to its original size, but has no known plans to repeal the charge."