89 Riders on the Climate Ride

Marvellous Climate Safe Streets ride. 89 riders, including about 12 marshals, weather OK, and good reception from people we passed. Ride started at Cutty Sark with about 45 riders. Led by Philippa they processed to Folkestone Gardens where about 20 … Read More

New data reveals huge success of Dulwich traffic measures

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, a genuinely cross party project –  initiated by Conservative national government and implemented by a Labour local authority – are once again shown to be hugely successful, and clearly achieving their objectives.

Here’s a quick summary of … Read More

Cargo Bike Parade on Tooley Street

Passing pedestrians on Tooley St luchtime last Wednesday (June 23rd) were treated to the amazing site of maybe 40 brightly coloured cargo bikes in convoy. Caught the front half in this short clip. Parade organised by Jack Skillen at Team … Read More

Dead bikes cluttering up bike stands

Due to popular demand and realising that this post was completely out of date, I am re-writing it. I’m told that getting dead bikes removed is “capillary activism” and since capillary motion defines as the ability of a liquid to … Read More

3 New Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

At last week’s Environment Scrutiny Commission 3 new low traffic neighbourhoods were announced with £250,000 of support from Guys and St Thomas Charity. Each LTN is centred around schools with goals of enabling students to walk and cycle more.

The … Read More

Southwark Council’s New Cabinet

Southwark has elected a new Leader of the Council, Keiron Williams, and he is joined by a new cabinet. The transport portfolio has been split amongst two cabinet members, Johnson Situ, Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency, Planning & Transport, and … Read More

FREE CYCLE TRAINING FOR ALL IS BACK

FREE Cycle Skills: Get tailored training at a level suited to your needs, or book a lesson for the family (with up to three participants)! Choose from Basic (off-road environment), Urban (quiet local roads) or Advanced (complex junctions and busy … Read More

Southwark Streetspace Plan

Streets for Distancing: Our campaign asking the council to prioritise active travel in response to Covid-19

Southwark Council has just published their Streetspace Plan. This plan includes measures announced last month as well as new schemes. We wrote a blog … Read More

Streets for Distancing

Streets for Distancing: Our campaign asking the council to prioritise active travel in response to Covid-19

We are campaigning to make it easier to walk and cycle in Southwark during the pandemic (read more about the campaign here). … Read More

First Round of Southwark’s Streetspace Improvements

Streets for Distancing: Our campaign asking the council to prioritise active travel in response to Covid-19

Southwark Council has just announced their first measures under the TfL Streetspace plan, which will make it easier to travel sustainably around London as … Read More