Bank junction could ban lorries, cars and taxis to be traffic-free within 12 months

Die in: hundreds of cyclists protest at Bank over the death of Ying Tao, who had been married for a year when she died
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Ross Lydall @RossLydall20 November 2015

Lorries, cars and taxis are to be banned from one of the capital’s most notorious junctions in a radical bid to improve safety.

The City of London Corporation today outlined plans to transform Bank junction, where Oxbridge graduate Ying Tao, 26, was killed in a HGV collision as she cycled to work in June.

Hundreds of cyclists staged a “die in” at the junction two days later.

Under the proposals, which could be brought in on a temporary basis within a year, only buses and cyclists would be allowed to use the junction between 7am and 7pm on weekdays.

Iain Simmons, the corporation’s “all change at Bank” project director, said: “Bank is surrounded by these magnificent buildings, but it’s the most appalling place.”

Tragedy: Ying Tao, who was killed in a crash with a lorry at Bank City of London Police
City of London Police

There were 105 collisions in the area in the five years to last November, with 118 casualties.

Half the victims were pedestrians, a third were cyclists and the rest motorcyclists.

TfL is not expected to decide on the plan until next spring.

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