#FreeCycle feeder ride from Sutton 9am Sunday 29th May 2022

We will be putting on @RideLondon feeder leisure ride from Sutton Trinity Square to Parliament Square 9am Sunday 29th May 2022 There is also a return led ride at 15:00. https://www.ridelondon.co.uk https://www.ridelondon.co.uk/our-rides/freecycle-led-rides

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Local Election Hustings question and answers

Date: 20th April, 2022 Venue: 45 Benhill Avenue, Sutton SM1 4DD Organised by: The Sutton Civic Society (http://suttoncivicsociety.org.uk/) Speakers were given two minutes to answer each question. To follow our question, audio, transcript of answers and comment. Firstly: We asked,

Posted in Election

Open letter to eight London borough leaders on climate and active travel

Dear leaders of London boroughs of Barnet, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Harrow, Havering, Sutton and Westminster, We write as committee members and activists of borough cycling groups that are part of the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) to ask you to urgently

Posted in Advocacy

Write to your next council leader today – demand safer cycling and Climate Safe Streets in Sutton.

Today the LCC launched a new video where someone mentions “those little sticks” popping up all over. Unfortunately in Sutton we don’t have any, we need urgent action to get us back on track for 2030 targets following the decision

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Sutton Cycle Forum March 2022

Held remotely using Google Meet on 2nd March 2022. The previous meeting notes from 17th November 2021 held on Google Meet. Scheme updates for March 2022 (PDF) [header correction highlighted] shared 15 minutes before meeting. Changes from November: Area wide

Posted in Cycle Forum

Opportunity to speak out about barriers?

UPDATE: the toolkit by Sustrans is now live here We are in the early stages of organising something with the view it could improve many routes and cycleways longer term for all. Thank you to Toby Spearpoint for the heads

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Sutton just loves Low Traffic Neighbourhoods…

Sutton just loves its low traffic neighbourhoods and their road closures – and among the winners are… Sutton’s own motorists. Plenty of other groupsd win too – all over the London Borough of Sutton

Posted in Advocacy, Areas without through motor traffic, Liveable Town Centres, Safe Routes to Schools, Streetspace

Sutton Cycle Forum November 2021

Held remotely using Google Meet on 17th November 2021. The previous meeting notes from 29th September 2021 held on Google Meet. Scheme updates for November 2021 (PDF) We supplied a list of points requiring updates, we would not necessarily have

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Sutton Cycle Forum September 2021

Held remotely using Google Meet on 29th September 2021. The previous meeting notes from 30th July 2021 held on Google Meet. No scheme updates supplied. Council supplied an initial draft agenda as: List of planned works for LIP 22/23 (basically

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Building back better?

Looking forward to the completion of the renewed cycle path by the river in Hackbridge, the photos looked promising in the Spring of this year. Now it has been open for a while and – most importantly – people are using it, what does it add to local cycling? Well, if luck is on your side, you may find it a pleasant and useful short ride… or you may not.

Posted in Advocacy