The Mini-Hollands scheme was introduced in March 2014 by Boris Johnson, then Mayor of London.
The scheme supported the boroughs to build Dutch-style cycling infrastructure such as traffic calming, segregated bike lanes, safety measures at junctions and blocking residential streets to car traffic.
[5] In June 2018 the Guardian reported[6] on a study by Westminster University[7] which interviewed 1,712 people in the three boroughs.
The study found that after one year: Research published in the March 2021 edition of the Journal of Transport & Health[8] measured the programme's impact on local residents.
Among these are: In February 2018, CityMetric criticised the slow roll-out of the programme and reported flaws in public consultation and opposition from some residents.