Imagine how healthy and well we'd be if our bike networks enabled everyone from kids to the very elderly to cycle several kilometres every day as the Dutch do. It would save billions in health costs, clean our air and transform quality of life #BikeIsBest https://t.co/PMTPMV9Emy
This 👇 isn’t what kids want to see when they come out of school-they want space to run and play,trees & flowers 🌸 , a place to store their bikes 🚲.Thanks to @lambeth_council and @RezinaChowdhury the #kerbside strategy will make that a reality for many ❤️ #steeetsforkids#SE21
I would like to coin a new phrase to describe something that happens a lot in local government: 'Burger Bar Syndrome'.
when it looks like there is local opposition to something, but its actually just the same Five Guys writing lots of letters and tweeting at councillors
The solution to this problem is simple. Re-prioritising and re-allocating road space to remove the need (not the option) to drive everywhere. Cheap to deliver, fantastic for public health, finances and the climate #BikeIsBest https://t.co/POqsjqrOTA
This article suggests that around 25% of drivers would happily give up their car given attractive alternatives. Creating this choice and future is how we decarbonise transport, improve health and happiness and make better places #BikeIsBest https://t.co/ZbDorjqNFa
A low traffic Hackney is at the heart of our vision for a greener, healthier borough.
🚶🏿♀️ New low traffic neighbourhoods
🌳 Tens of greened streets
🚸 School Streets at secondaries
🚲 675 new bike hangars
⬇️ Read more about the plans at Cabinet next week
https://t.co/fx4fYebPEh
This petition was open to all people of all ages who live or work in all of Lambeth & was heavily promoted through leaflets, email, Facebook, nextdoor, twitter etc. And yet only 1371 signatures - a tiny proportion of the c. 15,000 people in Streatham Wells.
The LTN is popular!
Hackney's low-traffic neighbourhood programme continues, with plans outlined for the following LTNs
in 2023-24:
- Dalston
- Hoxton East
- Chatsworth Rd
- Shacklewell
and in 2024-25:
- Stamford Hill West
- Cazenove Rd
- Craven Walk
- Southwold Rd
https://t.co/ydjlv32LkI
If you live in Haringey or are part of @haringeycouncil here’s proof (should you need it) that ‘local’ protests are being attended by pro-traffic individuals and groups from across London and beyond.
Most of us in Brixton Hill & Lambeth do NOT have access to a car or van - FACT. Yet our streets are dominated by them. The incoming LTN will make streets safer, greener, more inclusive - & fairer!
@lambeth_council new Kerbside Strategy is a real reimagining of the way our streets should look. Lots of people have floated elements of this before. But this is uncompromising and complete - it actually maps to the hierarchy of use that’s been (supposedly) in place for decades
Lambeth Council has published its kerbside strategy. Really interesting document: notes that 94% of kerbside in the borough is used for parking or to regulate parking, and 6% for all else. Strategy aims to "reinstate the kerbside as a public space" https://t.co/hmllziGjrx
In 2022 we trialled traffic-reduction measures on & around Murray Street/Camden Square.
The results are in!
- Motor traffic on local streets AND main roads are down 54% & 17% respectively
- Cycling is up 11% on local streets
- NO2 levels are down at all 7 monitoring sites
For millions more to walk, wheel & cycle to schools, shops & workplaces, we need to give them what they need to make the switch. So @activetraveleng is investing £32.9m to create a network of national experts focused on good design & community engagement
https://t.co/8rUSaHISfN