Attending: Charles (Co-Coordinator), Colin, Dominic, Gary (Chair), John K (Secretary), John P, Maeve, Marcus (Co-Coordinator), Neil, Shirley, Toby. Apologies: Ben (Treasurer), Victoria 1 Gary welcomed all to the meeting. 2 Action from our last meeting on 28 November 2018: Business…
Our Response to Draft Air Quality Action Plan Consultation
The plan already mentions Cleaner Transport as it’s first key point, we re-iterate in our response how cycling can be a major factor in this and link our previous film. Cleaner transport: road transport is the main source of air…
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Response to Sutton Link consultation
As a collective response rather than give preferences on individual routes we’ve highlighted general principles that should be followed to ensure high quality cycling infrastructure enabling anyone to cycle safely in the borough. Here’s what we submitted Sutton Link response
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Our response to Sutton’s draft LIP3 consultation
To quote: “The council is undertaking a public consultation on its draft third Local Implementation Plan (LIP). This is a statutory document that outlines how Sutton will contribute to meeting the outcomes and objectives in the new Mayor of London’s…
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Notes from our November 2018 meeting (and AGM report 2018)
Held in the Presidents’ Lounge, Sutton United Football Club Present: Ben, Charles, Colin, Dominic, John K, John P, Marcus, Michael, Neil, Shirley Apologies: Gary, Maeve, Toby In Gary’s absence, Charles chaired the meeting. 1 Thanks expressed to John P for…
Number plates for students who cycle to and from Stanley Park High
Every week during term time the Headteacher at Stanley Park High School publishes an informative Weekly Bulletin. Monday, 17 September 2018, the start of the new academic year, was no different. Except this time, the bulletin possibly received considerably more…
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First sight of ‘Healthy Streets’ proposals for Sutton
1: The Healthy Streets approach from 2019 A report entitled ‘Local Implementation Plan (LIP) – Traffic Schemes for 2019/20’ was presented to each of Sutton’s six local committees during early summer 2018. The report, the contents of which was tailored…
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Evidence in support of 20mph
Get Sutton Cycling wrote to Sutton Council Leader Ruth Dombey on 19 August 2018, providing evidence in support of 20mph. A response or acknowledgement had not been received by 19 November 2018. From this point, given that three months had…
Waltham Forest mini-Holland with Paul Gasson
Following the talk Paul gave Waltham Forest mini-Holland: reducing road danger and growing active travel Charles Martin, Michael To and myself visited on Saturday, you can see the route taken and Michael’s thread with commentary. On behalf of @cyclinginsutton (including @MarcusHowarth…
Waltham Forest mini-Holland: reducing road danger and growing active travel
This post forms the second part to the Notes from our June 2018 meeting, and reports on agenda item 9 ‘Guest presentation: Waltham Forest mini-Holland with Paul Gasson’. Paul’s account of the radical transformation that is taking place in parts…
