London Assembly Transport Committee Members crossed the capital’s busiest and most notorious streets in an effort to experience first-hand the danger pedestrians face daily. Members wore simulation spectacles to experience the some of the difficulties vulnerable Londoners are exposed to when crossing busy roads.

1. Why did the Assembly
Member cross the road...?

2. London Assembly members from the Transport Committee crossed
Oxford Circus, one of the capital’s busiest and most notorious streets,
in an effort to experience first-hand the dangers pedestrians face daily.
The members wore ‘simulation spectacles’ from the Royal National
Institute of Blind People (RNIB), to gain an insight into negotiating the
crossings with little or no sight.
…to get to the other side – alive!

3. At Oxford Circus intersection wearing ‘simulation spectacles’ is (from left to
right) Chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee, Valerie
Shawcross AM, RNIB representative, Richard Holmes, London Assembly
Transport Committee Member, Murad Qureshi AM and Living Streets
Representative, Tom Platt.

4. Chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee, Valerie Shawcross AM is
about to be interviewed by BBC London and wears simulation spectacles to
understand the difficulties vulnerable Londoner’s experience when crossing
London’s busy roads.

5. ITV London Tonight interviews Richard Holmes from the Royal National
Institute of Blind People.

6. Chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee, Valerie Shawcross AM
and London Assembly Transport Committee Member, Murad Qureshi AM wear
simulation spectacles and prepare to cross the busy Oxford Circus intersection
with limited vision.

7. Crossing the Oxford/Regent Street intersection wearing ‘simulation spectacles’
(from left to right) Living Streets Representative, Tom Platt, London Assembly
Transport Committee Member, Murad Qureshi AM and Chair of the London
Assembly Transport Committee, Valerie Shawcross AM.

8. www.london.gov.uk