This post first appeared as ‘Decisions on cycling have a lasting legacy, so the bar has to be set high at the outset’ in the September 2015 edition of the ‘Sutton Borough News and Update’. The ‘Sutton Borough News and…
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A Ride around Sutton Town Centre with Councillor Manuel Abellan
Yesterday, on a very wet morning, John Courtman and myself and took Councillor for Beddington South and newly appointed Cycling Champion, Manuel Abellan, for a tour of Sutton High St and the surrounding roads. This was a follow up to our…
Sutton’s Draft Cycling Delivery Strategy Consultation – We need your help!
A few weeks ago Sutton published a draft of a new Cycling Delivery Strategy. It sets out how the Council aims “to make cycling the mode of choice for short local journeys, by improving the quality and legibility of cycle…
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Preparing for a tour of Rosehill with Cllr Manuel Abellan
At the Cycle Summit on 23 July 2015, St Helier resident and keen cyclist John Courtman, asked newly appointed Cycling Champion Cllr Manuel Abellan if he would care to join him on a ride around Rosehill. Manuel said yes, and…
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Green Wrythe Lane off-road cycle facility – next stage announced
The excitement that followed the Space for Cycling petition handover to the Leader of the Council towards the end of July, complete with the declaration that the political will is there and that all that was now required was action, has…
“Sutton is a pro-cycling borough”
Sutton Council held a cycle summit at the end of July to launch its draft cycling policy. At the meeting we were told several times that Sutton is – and apparently has been for decades – a pro-cycling borough. This…
Wandle Trail Worry
This is the Wandle Trail for cyclists near Corbet Close/ Hackbridge Road in Hackbridge. The blocks of flats behind the new green fence on the right are being redeveloped and the contractors have recently put up this fence that extends…
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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…
No more taxpayer-funded facilities until they obey traffic laws
In this picture, you can see part of the pavement has been set aside for car parking on the A237 in Woodcote Road, Wallington. But there are at least two vehicles parked so badly that they spill out on to…
What will the new London Cycling Design Standards mean for Sutton?
As 2014 draws to a close it would probably be fair to say that those of us who are advocating transformative improvements for cycling in Sutton, improvements that could ultimately see cycling become a normal everyday activity for many of…
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Get Sutton Cycling 