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Due to popular demand and realising that this post was completely out of date, I am re-writing it.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

£6mil for Projects in Southwark

Southwark Council has £6m available to fund community projects, including public realm improvements that will enable safer and easier cycling across the borough. This is for permanent schemes and separate to ideas for temporary measures to manage the impact of … Read More

Cycleway 4 Lower Road and Rotherhithe Cycleway update

The Council’s reports about the Cycleway 4 Lower Road (C4LR) and Rotherhithe Cycleway (RCW) consultations are out and its great news with Lower Road changes getting ~70% support and Rotherhithe Cycleway getting ~78% support. RCW will now move to detailed … Read More

Streets for Distancing

We have updated this page. See the new version here.

We are currently facing an unprecedented crisis. During this time the use of our streets has a direct impact on the lives of people affected by Covid-19. Key workers are … Read More