Healthy Streets for London, healthy residents in Sutton Today, 16 February 2017, the Mayor’s office, Transport for London, and the new Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman, launched Healthy Streets for London: prioritising walking, cycling and public transport. Read the…
Open letter to all Sutton councillors, 5 May 2016: Cllr. Pathumal Ali (Liberal Democrat, Beddington North) Cllr. Nick Mattey (Independent (expelled from Liberal Democrat Party, 15 April 2015; joined Green Party, 25 April 2016), Beddington North) Cllr. Nighat Piracha (Liberal…
The fourth annual Hackney Cycling Conference, organised by Hackney Council with help from the Hackney Cycling Campaign, took place on 5 June 2015. This year the event was supported by Steer Davies Gleave, L&Q, Transport Initiatives and Cyclehoop, and took…
At the Sutton Council Meeting held on 19 January 2015, Councillor Neil Garratt (Beddington South, Conservative) tabled four questions, two of which had cycling themes. The first of Neil’s cycling-related questions, to be discussed here, concerned the Outer London Fund…
A recent Guardian article asked Which party’s manifesto is strongest on cycling? and of the major parties the results are disappointing: Conservative – 2/10 Labour – 4/10 Liberal Democrat – 8/10 Green – 10/10 UKIP – 0/10 The CTC’s votebike.org.uk campaign is emailing all local electorial…
Sutton Council’s report, Local Implementation Plan Funding 2015/2016, has been published as part of an agenda item to the Environment and Neighbourhood Committee meeting on 15 January 2015. For anyone who wishes to know what new cycling infrastructure to expect…
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,…
On the 31 July 2014, Get Sutton Cycling wrote to Sutton Council to ask for a new design to the cycle path linking Peterborough Road with Bishopsford Road in the Wandle Valley ward. The email is reproduced below. To: Lynn…
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Glancing back to 2012, looking forward to 2018
Five years on from ‘Cycling towards 2014’ provides an opportunity for reflection In April 2012, I wrote to all fifty-four elected councillors in Sutton. The open letter, ‘Cycling towards 2014’, was published on the Sutton Living Streets website and is…