Demands for a rush-hour ban on lorries in central London intensified today as Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon said it would make cycling safer.
She proposed barring HGVs and construction vehicles from the city centre from 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm, using congestion charge cameras to enforce the rules.
At Southwark crown court last Friday HGV driver Alan Warwick admitted causing death by careless driving after mother-of-two Claire Hitier-Abadie was killed riding a Boris bike in Victoria on February 19 last year.
Warwick, 61, of Rayleigh, Essex, will be sentenced in April.
Ms Hitier-Abadie, 36, from France, was one of seven cyclists killed in collisions with lorries last year.
Ms Pidgeon said a HGV ban would also cut air pollution.
She also called for the creation of edge-of-town “delivery hubs”, as used during the Olympics, to avoid the need for large vehicles to enter the city centre.
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