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Opportunity to speak out about barriers?

UPDATE: the toolkit by Sustrans is now live here We are in the early stages of organising something with the view it could improve many routes and cycleways longer term for all. Thank you to Toby Spearpoint for the heads

Posted in Advocacy

Sutton Cycle Forum November 2021

Held remotely using Google Meet on 17th November 2021. The previous meeting notes from 29th September 2021 held on Google Meet. Scheme updates for November 2021 (PDF) We supplied a list of points requiring updates, we would not necessarily have

Posted in Cycle Forum

Sutton Cycle Forum September 2021

Held remotely using Google Meet on 29th September 2021. The previous meeting notes from 30th July 2021 held on Google Meet. No scheme updates supplied. Council supplied an initial draft agenda as: List of planned works for LIP 22/23 (basically

Posted in Cycle Forum

Sutton Cycle Forum July 2021

The first Sutton Cycle Forum since those held pre-Covid, this was also the first held remotely using Google Meet on 30th July 2021. The previous meeting notes from 18 December 2019 at the offices of Sutton Council, Denmark Road. We

Posted in Cycle Forum

Healthy Streets Score Card Results

The recently published Healthy Streets score card results. unfortunately show Sutton ranked near the bottom of Inner/Outer London boroughs. Overall Below shows the 2021 figures. LTNs When we look at Low Traffic Neighbourhoods unfortunately we fall further down the score

Posted in Areas without through motor traffic, Liveable Town Centres, Protected Space for Cycling, Streetspace, Survey

Carshalton Station approach road – July 2021 update

Timeline of previous articles: Good start for cyclists but why hide it? February 2014 Improvements expected soon August 2019 Update March 2020 I took these last week starting from West St up to the station and back down to North

Posted in Advocacy

Cycle parking at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust following LCC audit

Following the previous post Cycle parking at St Helier Hospital following LCC audit Hospital data wanted We’ve [LCC] had several reports of thefts of bikes from hospitals and Tom B is doing some research ahead of contacting relevant authorities. Any information

Posted in Advocacy, Comment, Survey

Sutton’s Brompton Docking station

We tweeted recently some footage showing where to find the Brompton Docking station Looking at that again from further back you can see how far this is away from the station, could it have been made more prominant to encourage

Posted in Advocacy

Cycling with your family

On behalf of Shirley Quemby As a cycling grandmother it is a pleasure to me to see so many – young and older – out reminding themselves what a pleasant and practical way cycling is for travelling. It is encouraging

Posted in Comment, Safe Routes to Schools

TfL cycling agenda in Sutton

On hearing about the resurfacing works on St Dunstans Hill (A217) we wrote to TfL on 19/3/21 asking if they were any plans to improve the cycle lane/shared use path along this route? We got a reply the next working

Posted in Comment, Consultation, Proposals to TfL 2015, Protected Space for Cycling