Cycle facilities
We won and we won big
February 19, 2019 | SallyEva
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
Rye Lane closed: cyclists walking round the works
January 7, 2019 | SallyEva
The good news is that cycling up Rye Lane is still allowed but there is about 20 m of pushing your bike up congested Rye Lane pavements. The second bit of good news is that the buses have gone.
Apart … Read More
Record numbers on Quietway 1
July 17, 2018 | Bruce Lynn
The success story of the Southwark section of Quietway 1 continues. Recent counts at morning and evening peaks show a further increase in cyclists over those already reported from previous years (https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/5479-2/).
The graph shows a steady increase now … Read More
St Thomas St consultation – we say “strongly disagree” because eastbound cycling not allowed.
April 11, 2018 | Bruce Lynn
Southwark Cyclists have responded negatively to the plans for St Thomas St. The proposal does reduce motor traffic levels and speeds (if enforced). But crucially it does not allow cycling in both directions and does not allow cyclists to get … Read More
Elephant and Castle Audit
April 13, 2017 | Bruce Lynn
Verdict – Better Overall
Cyclists overall think the new peninsula layout is an improvement. The A3 route, the one with the highest cycle flows, is clearly safer now and more cyclists are using it. The route to St George’s Circus … Read More
Latest ideas for the Brunel Bridge (or Mayflower Bridge?)
December 12, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
On a brief from Sustrans, architects ReForm and engineers elliottwood have developed an exciting new design for the Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf pedestrian/cycle bridge (the Brunel Bridge, or as recently suggested, the Mayflower Bridge). Details at: http://www.reform-architects.london/projects/rotherhithe-bridge-2/
Quietway 1: More than doubling in cycling
August 6, 2016 | Bruce LynnQuietway 1: 130% increase in cyclist numbers Recently (Aug 3rd and 9th) counted again at the Dunton Road crossing in Bermondsey. Counted during the morning and afternoon peak on a midweek day, repeating counts made previously in January 2016 and … Read More
Space for cycling
March 18, 2016 | Andy Cawdell
Want better cycling facilities and want the new Mayor to carry on developing them?
See what is going on locally to you…………..
Please sign the LCC petition while you are there – and if you can help with the actions … Read More
Southwark Cyclists Bike Trains
March 7, 2016 | Andy CawdellFed up with the trains? Take your bike instead — cheap and reliable
Starting from 30th March, we will be running Bike Trains from Nunhead and Peckham Rye stations up to Blackfriars — taking in two parks, a traffic-calmed backstreet, … Read More
Tweaks and fixes
February 27, 2016 | Andy Cawdell
Want a trixy mirror, a new contraflow a barrier removed?
The Southwark Cycling Joint Steering Group (CJSG) process has resulted in an ever increasing list of things to do to improve cycling safety and improve cycling infrastructure in Southwark … Read More