Analysis shows average car journey times have also increased after Kensington and Chelsea council took out lane
Peter Walker 01/01/2021
A much-used cycle lane in London that was removed because the local council said it was impeding the flow of motor vehicles has since been blocked by parked cars up to 80% of the time, a study by a campaign group has found.
Computer analysis of traffic cameras on Kensington High Street have also shown that average car journey times appear to have increased since officials took out the bike lane just seven weeks after it was installed.
We Really Need Your Help. – Richmond Park Rat-Run Traffic – YouTube
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We’d like to see a park free of cars, please help us by filling in the Survey here: https://sustrans.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/… And if you’d like to join London Cycling Campaign here (link includes discount code – I don’t benefit from this but you get money off!): https://membership.lcc.org.uk/civicrm…
Bike shop develops scheme for e-bike battery charging | BikeBiz
A bike shop has come up with a scheme to help cyclists charge their e-bike batteries en route.
Two-way street: how Barcelona is democratising public space | The Guardian
Stephen Burgen Wed 23 Dec 2020At the turn of the 20th century, the Catalan engineer Ildefons Cerdà had a revolutionary idea for extending Barcelona beyond the cramped confines of its medieval walls. In the grid system of the extension he planned, each city block would be built around a large open space or patio, designed to be a park for residents.When he began his work, the old city was hemmed in physically and psychologically, desperately overcrowded and disease-ridden, with frequent outbreaks of cholera and a lower life expectancy than London or Paris.
We Need To Talk About Roundabouts – The Ranty Highwayman
We have a scourge stalking the Kingdom. It creates a maelstrom of danger in the search for capacity and yet designers simply cannot see what is wrong.I’m talking about the UK’s approach to roundabouts. But before I delve in, it’s worth taking a step back and ask what roundabouts are for.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: what, why and where? – Made by TfL (featuring CCC members)
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) have been in London since the 1970s and more were introduced in spring 2020. You might already live in a LTN or be near one!We’ve answered the what, why and where questions to tell you everything you need to know about London’s LTNs.
We’re working with London’s boroughs to monitor feedback on LTNs and see how they impact people, local areas and the City as a whole.
Contact your local borough to share your feedback or let us know in the comments.Healthy Boroughs Scorecard – LCC
UPDATE: 2020 Scorecard launch here including borough progress year-on-year!The new London Boroughs Healthy Streets Scorecard launched this week from not just LCC, but also London Living Streets, CPRE London, RoadPeace, Sustrans and Campaign for Better Transport London. And it’s caused a few waves.
Car traffic down by almost two thirds inside one south London low traffic neighbourhood | road.cc
Railton LTN in Lambeth also sees goods vehicle traffic slashed in halfLambeth Council says that a low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) centred on Railton Road between Herne Hill and Brixton has seen car traffic fall by almost two thirds and goods vehicle traffic slashed in half on roads within it, as well as a big increase in cycling, according to independent monitoring.
TfL Travel In London report – London Cycling Campaign
TfL publish the Travel In London report annually and it’s full of data. Below we’ve just pulled out what think are some of the highlights.There are two distinct datasets in the report – what was happening up to March (when the pandemic hit) and the impact of TfL’s Streetspace schemes and the response to them. The exceptional increase in leisure cycling during lockdown, up to 200%, confirms what surveys have shown before – that a large number of Londoners are interested in cycling but are deterred by perceived road danger.
The Guardian view on air pollution risks: make Ella’s experience count | The Guardian
EditorialThis week’s ruling that pollution was a factor in the death of a nine-year-old Londoner, Ella Kissi-Debrah, must be a watershed
Thu 17 Dec 2020
Air pollution in British cities must urgently be reduced. The public, and particularly people who have asthma – or other conditions that place them at increased risk from breathing particulate matter or gases including nitrogen dioxide – must be much better informed about the threat to their health.(–––––)The government must now go further. Supporting schemes to make the roads outside schools car-free is one thing; confronting the motor industry and getting serious about the kinds of shifts in behaviour, culture and technology that are needed to substantially reduce congestion and pollution is another. Increasing the cost of driving relative to other forms of transport, and giving more space to people on foot and on bicycles, is not universally popular. But, as the photographs shared by Ella Kissi-Debrah’s family of their smiling, bright-eyed girl remind us, air pollution kills.