Help shape the future of transport in Hackney

Closes 9 Jun 2025

Opened 17 Mar 2025

Contact

Streetscene

streetscene.consultations@hackney.gov.uk

Overview

Transport affects everyone - whether you travel by foot, public transport or car. It connects us with work, friends and essential services, influencing where we live, work and go to school. It impacts our health, the environment, and the mobility of vulnerable people, such as children and the elderly.

Transport in Hackney

Hackney is leading the way in sustainable transport in the UK, with record levels of walking and cycling, low traffic zones at nearly every primary school, and liveable neighbourhoods across half the borough. Over the past decade, our ambitious plans to promote sustainable travel have reduced vehicle traffic, cut emissions, and improved walking and cycling infrastructure.

However, transport challenges remain, including air pollution, road safety, accessibility and affordability. While innovations like electric vehicle charging and car rental clubs have led to improvements for some road users, disparities in access still exist.

Hackney Transport Strategy 2026-2036

We’re developing a new Hackney Transport Strategy to provide a roadmap, informed by your views, to guide the future of transport in Hackney. It will outline priorities, issues and actions to help the borough prepare and adapt to challenges and opportunities over the next ten years.

We have grouped key transport issues into three categories in the survey. Click the link below to find out more.

Key transport issues

Transport basics - connecting places: Making it easier for everyone to get to work, school, and leisure, by foot, wheeling, or public transport. This means:

  • Making destinations easier to reach
  • Reducing traffic
  • Adding more shade and greenery
  • Making streets safer with better crossings and seating

Safer, greener and healthier transport: We want Hackney to be safer, greener, and healthier. This means:

  • Less traffic and cleaner air
  • More green spaces and safer streets
  • More chances to walk, cycle, or take public transport, without worrying about road safety
  • Making sure everyone, especially women and children, feel safe when travelling

Fair transport: Everyone should be able to get around Hackney, no matter their age, income, or ability. This means:

  • Making transport fully accessible for disabled and older residents
  • Creating safer streets where children can play outdoors
  • Ensuring climate-friendly transport policies don’t unfairly impact lower-income residents

To learn more about how people travel in Hackney, including transport achievements and challenges from the last strategy, read the draft evidence base below. If you would prefer to open this up in a separate window, please use the link here.

Draft evidence base

 

Have your say

We want to hear about the transport issues that matter most to you. Your feedback will help us create a new draft transport strategy. A public consultation on the full draft strategy will take place in autumn 2025.

What’s most important to you? Safer streets? More bus routes? Better cycling infrastructure? Have your say in the survey below by Monday 9 June 2025.

Find out more

To stay updated on any upcoming in-person events, please revisit this page for the latest information.

Give us your views

Online Survey

Interests

  • Understanding views
  • Gathering ideas
  • Traffic and transportation
  • Sustainability