Transport

North London has well developed transport infrastructure, with key radial routes served by Underground lines and national rail services. Overall most areas have ready access to public transport and there is a road network which serves the often competing needs of a variety of users.

There are also a number of committed investments which range from large scale improvements, including the Underground and Thameslink investment programmes and Crossrail, through sub-regionally important schemes on the A406 and at Tottenham Hale Gyratory, to a number of local enhancements which will improve access to the network and encourage greater use of public transport.

However north London continues to grow, which places even greater pressures on transport services, exacerbating existing gaps in provision and creating more congestion. The North London Transport Forum, as the sub regional transport partnership, is working to address these challenges by focusing on a number of key priorities:

• Facilitating and responding to growth.
• Relieving public transport crowding and managing highway congestion.
• Increasing connectivity and accessibility to key places, as well as improving orbital transport.

To address these priorities the North London Transport Forum will continue to work to secure investment in transport schemes and initiatives, which will support economic development and population growth.

The NLSA also coordinates the West Anglia Routes Group; an association of organisations working together to secure investment in the key rail corridor running from Liverpool Street through north london and out into Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.