At the time of the May council elections this year, just five of the 54 elected councillors in the borough had promised their support to help make our streets safe and more inviting for cycling. Now, six months on, support…
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Is Sutton really trying to provide sustainable transport?
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
Posted in Advocacy, Consultation, Liveable Town Centres
Get Sutton Cycling Manifesto
We have decided to write a manifesto to try and clarify what we are trying to achieve with Get Sutton Cycling. Here is our manifesto: What do we do? – We represent the London Cycling Campaign locally, and our aim…
Good road design for cycling…in the UK
Good road design for cycling…in the UK Look at this for road design. On the right, two lanes for through motor traffic– two unencumbered lanes with no random parked cars to hold things up. So good for motorists. Then a…
Tagged with: cyclelanes, road design
Posted in Advocacy, Areas without through motor traffic, Protected Space for Cycling, Road design, Road Safety
Posted in Advocacy, Areas without through motor traffic, Protected Space for Cycling, Road design, Road Safety
Space for Cycling: action points for Sutton
Space for Cycling, an initiative from the London Cycling Campaign [1], [2], called on every candidate in the May 2014 London council elections to support one specific action that would help to begin the process of making their local streets…
The draft London Cycling Design Standards: making better and safer streets for all
The long awaited London Cycling Design Standards (draft for consultation) have been published today: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/cycling/draft-london-cycling-design-standards It’s great news, not only because these guidelines are about raising standards and delivering high-quality infrastructure, but also because there is the recognition that cycling…
Posted in Advocacy
Follow the rules, obey the signs, motorists!
Follow the rules, obey the signs, motorists! In the Oaks Park, in the London Borough of Sutton, there is a new shared path. It is a vast improvement over the previous rough, unmade surface on this stretch of National Cycle…
Posted in Advocacy
Even the USA is seeing the value in creating space for cycling
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
Posted in Advocacy, Cycling and business, Liveable Town Centres
Over to you
Today was a long day spent raising awareness of #space4cycling and #ridesutton by giving out leaflets, stickers and flags on Sutton High Street. We gave out hundreds of flyers and spoke to dozens of shoppers about cycling and what it’s…
Get Sutton Cycling 
Green Wrythe Lane footway cycleway proposal – a lack of vision for cycling
No one said it was going to be easy to start the process of making our streets as safe and inviting for cycling as they are in the Netherlands. It should be, but no one, in their heart of hearts,…
Posted in Advocacy, Comment, Consultation