Walworth Low Emission Neighbourhood

Southwark proposes improving the area around Walworth Road in a way that will help unlock active travel. We need you to share with them places you currently have issues with and suggestions for improvements.

Please do so on the … Read More

Top Awards for Southwark Cyclists at the LCC AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the London Cycling Campaign ends with the Campaigner Awards for the preceding year. At the 2019 meeting on October 16th Southwark Cyclists were awarded:

Andy Cawdell, (far left in pic) is our retiring Co-ordinator. He … Read More

66 in a 20mph zone

Community Speedwatch sounds a bit tame (it’s the word community) but this picture was taken when a cyclist was holding this speed gun. You can join in. Stand beside a policeman and catch your nominations for the most dangerous driver … Read More

We won and we won big

We’ve won more than £60,000 most of it for contraflows and cycling parking. Next step: do it again. Deadline for the next funding round is October 2019 so now is the time to start drawing up that wish list.

Specially … Read More

Street closures at Southwark schools to expand

At least fourteen Southwark schools will be protected by road closures at opening and home times by 2022. That’s the pledge of lead councillor Richard Livingstone, the man in charge of promoting active travel, cycling and clean air.

The council … Read More

One-way filter on Quietway 7 gets the go-ahead for trial

A trial filter on Champion Hill has been given the go-ahead and should be in place by February 11th. It’s only one-way but that’s better than nothing. Most people (57%) who responded to the consultation supported the trial, rising to … Read More

Wanted: cycling contra-flow on St Thomas St

Well this is embarrassing. TfL “engaged” with its public about making St Thomas St one-way. The public hated the idea. Key concerns by this public included “the lack of two-way cycling provision along the length of this street”. Help, someone, what … Read More

One Minute Action: protect the award-winning Dante Road closure off CS 7

This road closure has won an award as the Healthy Streets Community Project of 2018. Tell Southwark Council we agree that it’s great and we want to keep it. 

The nomination (by LB Southwark) says: Dante Road and Brook Drive are narrow … Read More

Routeing Southwark Spine down Barry Road

This is Barry Road. It is the long straight ugly, polluted, dangerous speed-track from the Plough to the Rye. Only a council could be astonished to learn that drivers go fast on it. Average speeds exceed 24mph. Some people are going … Read More

Tideway Patrol 31 8 2018

Please see attached report of the most recent Tideway patrol

Tideway road works patrol 30 aug v3-1

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