TfL aims to make London’s streets safer and improve bus times with £80m funding

Transport for London (TfL) has announced £80million in funding to councils across the capital in an effort to make streets safer and improve bus times.

The funding from the transport network includes £50million available to boroughs over the next three years to deliver safety improvements in their area by reducing traffic speeds and tackling the city’s most dangerous roads and junctions. 

The fund will be open to projects between £0.5million and £5million. Examples of schemes TfL will consider funding through Borough Safer Streets include projects that look to improve safety by reducing speeding, improvements to protect vulnerable road users as well as road safety improvements in high-risk locations.   

The remaining £30million will go towards the Better Bus Partnerships programme. The scheme will make up to £10million available for three successful boroughs to deliver “transformational” bus infrastructure and improvements. 

This includes new bus priority measures to improve journey times, better management of road works to reduce delays to buses, improvements to stops and stations to make it easier to change between buses and other modes of transport, and improvements to streets to make it easier to walk to bus stops and stations.

Penny Rees, TfL’s head of Healthy Streets Investment, said: “Working with London’s boroughs is central to achieving a cleaner, greener and healthier London by reducing road danger, improving air quality and encouraging active travel. 

“We look forward to working with the boroughs to deliver projects that make our city greener, safer and better for everyone.”

This funding comes on top of the £80.4million of Local Implementation Plan funding which TfL allocated to London’s boroughs in 2024/25 to make the capital’s roads safer and more attractive for people using public transport.

Pictured top: Pedestrians cross the road outside Tooting Bec Tube station (Picture: TfL)