Sad news from the local cycling scene. Shirley Quemby, cycle ride leader and cycle campaigner, died peacefully in the early hours of Monday, 13 February 2023, at St Helier Hospital, aged 87. For many years, Shirley energetically led cycle rides…
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Cycle Buddies launch in Sutton #cyclebuddies
Please note: Participants must be 18 or over. Insurance is your responsibility. Get Sutton Cycling cannot accept liability for you or your possessions. It is your responsibility to follow advice and the Highway Code at all times. Your declaration when…
New TfL cycleway to St Helier Hospital
This new cycleway runs from Robertsbridge Road, on the LCN29 route, along Wrythe Lane towards the hospital. It is clearly a welcome addition, even if both directions are on one side of the carriageway. See also in this blog. It…
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Posted in Advocacy, News, Protected Space for Cycling
Posted in Advocacy, News, Protected Space for Cycling
Streetspace for Sutton: Safer, Active, Greener Streets
Article last revised 8 July 2020 Related articles: ‘Streetspace for Sutton: The timeline for implementation‘ ‘Streetspace for Sutton: Setting the Scene‘ ‘Streetspace for London: Newsfeeds from Sutton and neighbouring boroughs‘ ‘Sutton’s Environment Strategy 2019-2025‘ Following on from Sutton Council’s announcement…
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May 2020 in review
On the 10 May the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced an easing of the lockdown, and an encouragement for people to return to work safely or work from home if possible. A challenging for London, with its reliance on the…
Streetspace for London: Newsfeeds from Sutton and neighbouring boroughs
Last updated 8 July 2020 Following the unveiling of the London Streetspace plan on 6 May 2020, here we present a roundup of ‘Streetspace for London’ related news items published on the council news feeds for Sutton and a selection…
Streetspace for Sutton: Setting the scene
Last revision 2 July 2020 Introduction This is the first part of a two-part post relating to the ‘London Streetspace’ programme. The aim of ‘Setting the scene’ is to provide some context and background on a plan which will rapidly…
April 2020 in review
April 2020 will be remembered as the time when the number of deaths attributed to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the UK reached an alarming peak in the early part of the month, and then slowly began to decline. It…
Help us list Streets for Social Distancing in Sutton
UPDATE: Please now add suggestions to Widen My Path and we will be copying all the previous suggestions from our map below soon. Widen My Path On 28 April, Councillor Manuel Abellan, the Chair of the Environment & Neighbourhood Committee, told…
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Get Sutton Cycling is now on Groups.io
Get Sutton Cycling now has an email group all about issues concerning people who want to cycle and people who already cycle in the London Borough of Sutton. Our main interest is sharing ideas and knowledge so as to encourage…