Sutton Council has been announced that the draft Cycling Delivery Strategy for the borough will be open to consultation between 17 July and 7 September 2015. In support of this, and in order to consult as widely as possible, a…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Notes from our June 2015 meeting
Our June meeting, our first formal meeting since March, was a little different. In fact, it was probably ‘a first’ when it comes to LCC borough group meetings because, unusually, it did not take place in the home borough but…
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A meeting with new MP for Sutton and Cheam, Paul Scully
Yesterday (13 June 2015), newly elected Sutton and Cheam MP, Paul Scully, held surgeries at several locations across the constituency for the first time since his election on 5 May. I took the opportunity to go along to Paul’s afternoon…
Consultation expected imminently on Sutton’s draft Cycling Strategy
Three transport planning consultancies, Phil Jones Associates, Steer Davies Gleave and Transport Initiatives, were shortlisted by Sutton Council in late February or early March to bid for the production of a draft Cycling Strategy for the borough. The work was…
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Heart of Hackbridge and space for cycling
At the Sutton Council Meeting held on 19 January 2015, Councillor Neil Garratt (Beddington South, Conservative) tabled four questions, two of which had cycling themes. The first of Neil’s cycling-related questions, to be discussed here, concerned the Outer London Fund…
Tagged with: #Space4Cycling, Cllr Jill Whitehead, Cllr Neil Garratt, Hackbridge, Wandle Valley
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And then there were ten!
We were delighted to receive the news on 14 April 2015 that Councillor Hanna Zuchowska (Liberal Democrat, Wandle Valley) had added her support to Space for Cycling in Sutton. Along with Councillor Manuel Abellan (Liberal Democrat, Beddington South), who declared…
Campaign election candidates via #VoteBike
A recent Guardian article asked Which party’s manifesto is strongest on cycling? and of the major parties the results are disappointing: Conservative – 2/10 Labour – 4/10 Liberal Democrat – 8/10 Green – 10/10 UKIP – 0/10 The CTC’s votebike.org.uk campaign is emailing all local electorial…
Transforming Fiveways Croydon
A response to the TfL/Croydon Council consultation on Fiveways, Croydon | March 2015 Here is our response to the “Transforming Fiveways” consultation, as submitted to Transport for London on 14 March 2015. The response is also available to download from the link…
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A compromise is reached on Green Wrythe Lane
Green Wrythe Lane, update 17 March 2015: Improvements to be made to footway, but footway not to be part of a cycle network Further to our 22 January 2015 update on the Green Wrythe Lane footway cycleway we now understand, from the…
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Andrew Gilligan at the Hackney Cycling Conference 2015
The fourth annual Hackney Cycling Conference, organised by Hackney Council with help from the Hackney Cycling Campaign, took place on 5 June 2015. This year the event was supported by Steer Davies Gleave, L&Q, Transport Initiatives and Cyclehoop, and took…
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