City-wide Met police operation begins to clear Trafalgar Square and other protest sites Mon 14 Oct 2019 Police have banned Extinction Rebellion protests from continuing anywhere in London, as they moved in almost without warning to clear protesters who remained at the movement’s camp in Trafalgar Square. The Metropolitan police issued a revised section 14 […]

Hayley Everett11 October, 2019 The Government has admitted that funding per head in England must double if it is to reach its cycling target by 2025, TransportNetwork reports. The Government’s Cycling and Walking Investment strategy set an aim of doubling cycling ‘stages’ from 800 million in 2013 to 1.6 billion in 2025, however ‘interim results’

4 October, 2019 Construction work on a new five kilometre Cycleway between Hackney and Westferry in east London is set to begin this winter, TfL has announced. In May, TfL invited people to have their say on the plans, which propose to reduce danger to people walking and cycling in the area and add two

Jonathon Harker9 October, 2019 Article by Laura Laker If only there were more potential cycling customers out there… In fact, 33% of disabled people are keen on cycling. CI.N investigates the potentials and the newly revamped Guide to Inclusive Cycling with one of the leading charities in the sector… There are two common myths about

7 hours ago Extinction Rebellion London Protests: October 2019 – In pictures Extinction Rebellion held a faux funeral procession through Oxford Street as the arrest figure for its latest action topped the number from mass protests earlier this year. There were 1,200 arrested in huge demonstrations across the capital in April and the figure for

Amid the consensus and agreement, the only conflict was over how fast Camden would go in bringing in changes and whether the council, as in the case of Unison’s suggestion to close roads to cars for one week in every month, would be willing to be more radical than the first list of suggestions. Camden

01 February, 2018 — By Richard Osley Council wants to meet World Health Organisation’s strict safe limits by 2030 Members of the public are invited to join the full council meeting THE Town Hall is set to declare an unprecedented war on car drivers blamed for ­Camden’s poisoned air. Council chiefs were urged to embark

Statistically less safe than regular cars and with higher CO2 emissions, campaigners argue the heavily-marketed cars have no place in urban areas Laura LakerMon 7 Oct 2019 07.00 BST “SUV insanity” shouted the front page of German business newspaper Handelsblatt earlier this month, showcasing a weekend special questioning the aggressive marketing by carmakers of highly