Cycling road works patrol

All, Southwark and Lambeth Cyclists are are riding the road works in our boroughs with TFL, our aim is safer cycling and you can help.

So early Thursday morning … Read More

Quietway 1: first junction modified

History was made last week in Southwark.  OK – its not quite on the scale of the signing of Magna Carta.  But it is important for cycling in London.

The … Read More

Draft Cycling Strategy – Comments from Southwark Cyclists

Southwark Borough Council published its draft Cycling Strategy in November 2014 (see post here). Southwark Cyclists submitted 16 pages of comments! Below are some highlights. For the full document, click … Read More

Look – No Bollards! Work on Quietway 1 gets underway

Work on the eastern sections of Quietway 1 has started.  Photo shows the link between Oxley Close and Chaucer Drive.  This is where the “Forest of Bollards” used to be.  … Read More

Deptford Creek Bridge Opens

The new swing bridge on Deptford Creek opened on Monday Jan 19th 2015.  This takes the Thames path and National Cycle route 4 across between the Deptford side of the … Read More

Safe Cycle Route and Junction Design

Open session of Southwark Cyclists to start the next regular Wednesday meeting.  Starts 6.30pm at Better Bankside on Wednesday January 14th 2015.

Rik Andrew, Co-Chair of the LCC Infrastructure Review … Read More

Brunel Bridge

The autumn infrastructure plan announced today (Dec 4th, 2014) is pretty depressing reading (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/381884/2902895_NationalInfrastructurePlan2014_acc.pdf).  15 billion for roads, 114 million for the 8 “cycling cities”.  So cycling just 0.76% of … Read More

Deptford Creek Swing Bridge – Nearly ready

Recent pictures from Greenwich Cyclists and intelligence from Healthy Rider David Senior show the long-awaited bridge on National Route 4 swinging.  Cannot find a date for official opening, however.  (Photos … Read More

Ceremony to celebrate the life of Richard Muzira

Zimbabwean-born grandfather Richard Muzira was a volunteer film maker with CoolTan Arts. He was a cyclist.  He died under the wheels of a tipper truck at the junction of Albany … Read More

Quietway 2 – First consultation responses

Quietway 2, specifically the large part running through Southwark, is the first to reach the public consultation stage.  Southwark Cyclists had a good look at the plans at the last … Read More