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What is your councillor doing for cycling?

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Karl — 1 Comment

We saw at the recent election for Mayor of London, nearly all the candidates got on board “Sign for Cycling” campaign. So what are our councillors doing to support this commitment to cycling? If you look around Sutton, you’ll be…

Tagged with: community, cycling, London Cycling Campaign, Sutton
Posted in Advocacy, Liveable Town Centres, Safe Routes to Schools

Is Sutton really trying to provide sustainable transport?

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Karl — Leave a comment

Sutton Council is consulting local residents and stakeholders on its Draft Sustainable Transport Strategy and would like to hear your views. You need to provide feedback by January 4th. A number of us have read the document and pooling together…

Tagged with: #Space4Cycling, buses, community, council, public transport, sustainable, Sutton, tram
Posted in Advocacy, Consultation, Liveable Town Centres

Even the USA is seeing the value in creating space for cycling

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Karl — Leave a comment

The home of GM, Ford, muscle cars and Indy500 is stepping ahead of the UK when it comes to making space for cycling. In this video you can see that local government and business are starting to see the value…

Tagged with: cars, segregation, usa, video
Posted in Advocacy, Cycling and business, Liveable Town Centres

Sorry, am I in the way?

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Karl — Leave a comment

The problem with many cycle lanes like this in Sutton South is that pedestrians forget about them. It’s not their fault, this is bad design. Why would you take a great deal of notice of a white line on a…

Tagged with: cyclelanes, design, sutton-south, ventnor
Posted in Areas without through motor traffic, Protected Space for Cycling