£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

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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

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