Come along to our meeting at 7pm on 21 May for a talk with cycling writer Carlton Reid. Carlton has written for National Geographic Traveller, The Guardian and Forbes.com. His recent books include Roads Were Not Built for Cars - How Cyclists Were the First to Push for Good Roads & Became the Pioneers of … Continue reading Journalist & author Carlton Reid at our May meeting
Category: General
Brixton Hill LTN is meeting its objective
The first monitoring report for the Brixton Hill LTN has been published and it shows the scheme is successfully meeting its objectives. Overall, there is a 3.6% fall in motor traffic flows with, as you'd expect, large reductions within the LTN and only a 6% increase on boundary roads (immaterial in terms of the volume … Continue reading Brixton Hill LTN is meeting its objective
More safer cycling in Lambeth
Lambeth are continuing to deliver their Transport Strategy with effective and impactful schemes. It's great to see. Autumn 2023 saw the completion of the Loughborough Road cycleway as well as Trial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Brixton Hill and Streatham Wells and five more School Streets. The Brixton Hill LTN seems to have bedded in quickly … Continue reading More safer cycling in Lambeth
Our September events – a ride and a meeting
Short evening ride – changes west of Brixton, 5 September On Tuesday 5 September, we will have our next short ride to look at changes in an area. Join us for a short ride to look at recent cycling improvements between Brixton and Clapham. We will meet outside the record shop, by the Post Office … Continue reading Our September events – a ride and a meeting
Stockwell Gardens and Slade Gardens LTNs
We’re pleased to see the start of the engagement process for two more Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (which Lambeth originally announced in October 2022): Stockwell Gardens LTN Slade Gardens LTN However, it looks like it will be over 18 months before any trial is started. The schemes implemented during 2020 demonstrated that there is no need … Continue reading Stockwell Gardens and Slade Gardens LTNs
News from our March meeting
Last month, we met in Stockwell to discuss local progress on safer cycling and to elect a new committee to coordinate Lambeth Cyclists. Local progress? We used our Climate Safe Streets campaign asks to focus the conversation. We had concerns at the lack of recent progress from both Lambeth Council and TfL. We had been … Continue reading News from our March meeting
Find out more and get involved in safer cycling in our area
Join us this Wednesday, 22 March, at 7pm for our AGM and local updates. We aim to enable people to join online too. All members and supporters welcome. Join us at Morley College Stockwell Centre, 1 Studley Road, SW4 6RA. This is just behind Stockwell tube and has on site cycle parking. After the meeting … Continue reading Find out more and get involved in safer cycling in our area
Loughborough Road and Rosendale Road Healthy Routes
As well as progressing Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, Lambeth are also rolling out Healthy Routes providing protected space for cycling on busier roads. The next phase of work on Rosendale Road has been announced (and in the meantime long overdue resurfacing is taking place of the first section from Brockwell Park to Turney Road). Here the … Continue reading Loughborough Road and Rosendale Road Healthy Routes
Streatham Wells and Brixton Hill LTN designs announced
The Brixton Hill and Streatham Wells Low Traffic neighbourhoods have both moved to the next stage of implementation. Both of these LTNs were originally announced back in 2020 with the COVID transport plan, but like the schemes that year they form part of the boroughs overall Transport Strategy (which we summarise and link to in … Continue reading Streatham Wells and Brixton Hill LTN designs announced
Big Active Travel news from Lambeth
Lots of news from Lambeth. With all five of the initial wave of LTNs now confirmed as permanent, Lambeth are moving on to upgrading the temporary filters. The engagement reports (with final filter designs) have been published for Oval and Railton and are looking good. But the big news is Lambeth committing to £17m of … Continue reading Big Active Travel news from Lambeth