Active Travel – the Art of the Possible I am writing to you as a resident of Sutton, and as Chair of Get Sutton Cycling (the borough group of the London Cycling Campaign), to share with you a recently produced…
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In Sutton: Statistics
We’ve added a new page dedicated to local traffic related statistics. How quickly are traffic levels in Sutton growing and why is urgent action required to tackle this? What’s the number of people who cycle in the borough and the…
Posted in Comment
Cycle parking at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust following LCC audit
Following the previous post Cycle parking at St Helier Hospital following LCC audit Hospital data wanted We’ve [LCC] had several reports of thefts of bikes from hospitals and Tom B is doing some research ahead of contacting relevant authorities. Any information…
Cycling with your family
On behalf of Shirley Quemby As a cycling grandmother it is a pleasure to me to see so many – young and older – out reminding themselves what a pleasant and practical way cycling is for travelling. It is encouraging…
Posted in Comment, Safe Routes to Schools
TfL cycling agenda in Sutton
On hearing about the resurfacing works on St Dunstans Hill (A217) we wrote to TfL on 19/3/21 asking if they were any plans to improve the cycle lane/shared use path along this route? We got a reply the next working…
Newstead Walk and the new Bishopsford Road crossing: update
In the post St Helier section of Sutton’s first proposed Cycleway: feedback to consultation responses from February 2020 (see section 5.2) there is background on the Newstead Walk link with our feedback at the time. I had cycled past on both Bishopsford…
Posted in Comment, Consultation
Cycle parking at St Helier Hospital following LCC audit
Hospital data wanted We’ve [LCC] had several reports of thefts of bikes from hospitals and Tom B is doing some research ahead of contacting relevant authorities. Any information about, and photographs of, hospital cycle parking would helpful, notably examples of…
Responding to comments regarding data and the larger issues at hand
A statement prepared following a large response to our campaign Showing support for Sutton’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods It is not clear where the the 2,000 cars an hour on Browning Avenue and Ruskin Drive claim comes from (which is presumably the…
Posted in Areas without through motor traffic, Comment
An apology
We would like to apologise for an indiscretion on our public messaging platform ‘groupsio’ on 14 August. The use of a particular phrase was highly regrettable, and we owe an apology to everyone who has been affected by it. The…
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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…