Reporting on Sutton’s commitment to action on climate, and the borough’s delivery on climate, twelve months on from the launch of the Climate Safe Streets campaign in May 2022 On 31 May 2023, we sent an open letter to the…
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Holding to account
Following on from ‘Sutton’s councillors: welcome to the class of 2022’ and ‘What was delivered for cycling in Sutton between 2010 and 2022?’, it is time to consider the final piece in the jigsaw. This third article in the trilogy…
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Sutton’s councillors: welcome to the class of 2022
When it comes to active travel, and “sustainable transport”, will the class of 2022 be the class to shine and show interest, or the class of indifference and apathy? A note from the author: No enjoyment is derived from producing…
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Shirley Quemby
Sad news from the local cycling scene. Shirley Quemby, cycle ride leader and cycle campaigner, died peacefully in the early hours of Monday, 13 February 2023, at St Helier Hospital, aged 87. For many years, Shirley energetically led cycle rides…
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The 2021 mayoral candidates on cycling
Elections for the Mayor of London, and the twenty-five Members of the London Assembly, will be taking place on 6 May 2021. With campaigns launched, the opportunity has been taken to take a look at what the mayoral candidates are…
An apology
We would like to apologise for an indiscretion on our public messaging platform ‘groupsio’ on 14 August. The use of a particular phrase was highly regrettable, and we owe an apology to everyone who has been affected by it. The…
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Streetspace for Sutton: Safer, Active, Greener Streets
Article last revised 8 July 2020 Related articles: ‘Streetspace for Sutton: The timeline for implementation‘ ‘Streetspace for Sutton: Setting the Scene‘ ‘Streetspace for London: Newsfeeds from Sutton and neighbouring boroughs‘ ‘Sutton’s Environment Strategy 2019-2025‘ Following on from Sutton Council’s announcement…
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May 2020 in review
On the 10 May the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced an easing of the lockdown, and an encouragement for people to return to work safely or work from home if possible. A challenging for London, with its reliance on the…
London local authorities, and Streetspace (June 2020)
This post is a continuation of ‘London local authorities, Covid-19 and social distancing‘ (April/May 2020), and provides a selection of tweets from the official Twitter accounts of all 33 of London’s local authorities. Here, the tweets that make the grade…
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Get Sutton Cycling 
What was delivered for cycling in Sutton between 2010 and 2022?
This article, the second in a trilogy and following on from ‘Sutton’s councillors: welcome to the class of 2022’, is being published largely as it was drafted in the summer of 2021 (with the working title ‘What has been delivered…