Yes, this was the first long-term transport bill since the last one expired in September 2009.
This is not happenstance but the result of a coherent, long-term transport policy that has made it a highly liveable city.
Janet Kavinoky, transport director for the Chamber of Commerce, is one of many advocates who want a long-term transport bill.
Improving the city's BRT, starting work on a light rail transit system and finishing the long-delayed mass rapid transport (MRT) system are seen as the three key long-term transport fixes.
Moving from suburban sprawl to a compact city requires excellent public transport, and Livingstone has got to grips with long-term transport planning for London and the legacy of under-investment that he inherited.
It's obvious that the city needs long-term transport solutions, but infrastructure projects are debated on a party political basis – there's not enough consensus-building or long-term vision.
But if you've been doing it for a long time, as I have, and you know the key players, you feel that you're in the middle of it and can phone up cabinet ministers in the middle of a reshuffle and say, 'Do you know what's going on?' That keeps you going through the periods when they'll say, 'Mmm, Martha, long-term transport planning... '?
But the blueprint seems to acknowledge that the plan will only succeed if central government changes its attitude: "Realising this ambition will not only take sustained investment in cycling and walking infrastructure but also long-term transport planning and a change in attitudes amongst central government, local bodies, businesses, communities and individuals.
This is where preparedness and the robustness of the long-term transport planning schemes for different transport modes are tested.
This added forecasting volatility makes long-term transport models that explicitly consider travel demand uncertainty even more critical.
