Johnson is very much minded to make his mark, especially now that he has a surprising and unassailable majority in parliament. Gilligan was cycling commissioner when Johnson was Mayor of London, and it was Gilligan, not Johnson, who was most responsible for pushing through London’s protected cycleway program. Gilligan told Cyclist last year: “I don’t believe that the answer to London’s transport problems is a vast slew of new railways or transport links. It’s entirely possible that Gilligan and Johnson may even steal some ideas from the defeated official opposition. The Labour Party had ambitious plans for national infrastructure, including the roll-out of free wireless broadband, but it also pledged to spend £7 billion on active transport, including bicycling and walking.

Source: Forbes December 13, 2019 22:52 UTC