
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 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…
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…
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…
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 out of my way” #Space4Cycling This is Rochester Road, Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton – part of a regular cycle route for me and many others. It is a typical suburban road which ought to be 100% OK for…
Monday Mar 31 – The weather is improving, and it’s great to be outdoors away from the congested roads and cycling by the River Wandle. The back streets we use seem unusually quiet today, it’s the last week of term…
We are very glad to hear that Sutton Council has signed up to the London Cycling campaign’s Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling pledge http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/11029178.Sutton_Council_signs_up_to_safer_cycling_pledge/ Councillor Stephen Fenwick and the London Cycling Campaign’s Tom Bogdanowicz Here are the details: The Pledge “We’ll work…