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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TfL signal timings review: your views
TL;DR; are you aware of any RTLs that seem unable to recognise cycles are waiting at a junction, please comment/contact us and include what3words locations so we can feed back to ensure TfL has accurate detail. They have asked for…
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Open letter to eight London borough leaders on climate and active travel
Dear leaders of London boroughs of Barnet, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Harrow, Havering, Sutton and Westminster, We write as committee members and activists of borough cycling groups that are part of the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) to ask you to urgently…
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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…
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Sutton just loves Low Traffic Neighbourhoods…
Sutton just loves its low traffic neighbourhoods and their road closures – and among the winners are… Sutton’s own motorists. Plenty of other groupsd win too – all over the London Borough of Sutton
Building back better?
Looking forward to the completion of the renewed cycle path by the river in Hackbridge, the photos looked promising in the Spring of this year. Now it has been open for a while and – most importantly – people are using it, what does it add to local cycling? Well, if luck is on your side, you may find it a pleasant and useful short ride… or you may not.
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Three cheers for Boris !!!
Last year, the Government published Gear Change: a bold vision for cycling and walking Gear change . Twelve months later it has been followed up by Gear Change: One Year On . In his Foreword, the Prime Minister says: “Since…
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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…