Active Travel hustings April 2026 Low Traffic Hackney joined forces with  Hackney Cycling Campaign  and  Hackney Living Streets  to hold Active Travel election hustings for the mayoral election in May 2026. Three candidates...

A summary of our recent Hackney Mayoral Hustings here:

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🙌 We’ll get you on the WhatsApp. If you have friends or neighbours who may also be interested please let them know. This is a new group so very small at the moment but we obviously wish to grow it and build support for change in this area.

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Hi Katharine. We have a new group in Cazenove area asking for just this. If you would like to be added to the WhatsApp please leave your details here and we’ll add you. 🙏 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Are LTNs popular with Hackney residents? "Why are the council not listening to residents who hate LTNs?" "Local residents want to be able to drive but the council has implemented LTNs without asking us" These are things we've heard many...

New blogpost on how LTNs are much more popular than the noisy opposition would have you believe

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Alt text: flyer for hustings on 16th April 19.30 to 21:30 at the Pembury Community Centre Dalston Lane E81FA. Put your questions to candidates running to be Hackney Mayor. Confirmed attendees Mayoral Candidates Caroline Woodley and Zoe Garbett. No booking required.

Hackney Mayoral Election Active Travel Hustings There are local elections in May this year which will determine who runs Hackney Council for the next four years, and so who is in charge of local roads. Please come and join us in holding the...

Come along for your chance to grill @carolinewoodley.bsky.social @zoegarbett.bsky.social at the Hackney Active Travel Hustings next week!

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Very much here for this.

Good blog from @lowtraffichackney.bsky.social setting out why councils should use parking controls as a tool to limit car use and so reduce traffic congestion, and road danger making streets more inclusive, safe and convenient for everyone.

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🙏 please join us here to make voices for a lower traffic Hackney heard www.lowtraffichackney.org/join-us.html

Love this. Parked cars cramming streets on both sides makes getting around Hackney very grueling, even for drivers. One day they'll realise the cyclist coming the other way isn't the problem...

We need to go back to basics on the equality of street space. Stop thinking only about the inconvenience of every change and start thinking about the fundamental unfairness of how things are right now.

StreetView of Albert St, NW1, with nose-on parking on both sides.

Census data showing 57.5% of Albert St residents do not have a car.

This one always blows my mind. 60% of residents ON THIS STREET do not have a car.

The road is so narrow, we are harassed by impatient drivers every time.

Selfishness by the 40%.

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“Providing so much public space for the purpose of private car storage is directly enabling higher levels of car ownership and use”

Our new blogpost on how rethinking parking can reduce traffic.

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💯 One of our manifesto points is: ‘Every child in Hackney should have safe active routes to school’

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Latest News Groups opposed to LTNs sometimes like to claim they benefit rich people on side streets whilst poor people on main roads suffer.  It’s a snappy soundbite, but is there any truth to it? We run...

Next week we’ll be releasing a new blogpost on how parking policy can reduce traffic.

If you just can’t wait for that, you can read *all* our recent posts here!

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*Whitmore Rd

It is absolutely critical that the planned Hoxton East LTN is expanded to stop through-traffic on Whitemore Rd / Debeauvoir Rd. It is fundamentally not safe to mix such high motor traffic & cycle flows.

Evidence LTNs: The hard evidence   At Low Traffic Hackney we believe that to keep people safe, reduce harms and build healthy communities we need to follow the best evidence of what works. ​ A lot of...

We also have a more academic evidence section here: www.lowtraffichackney.org/evidence.html

‘Stop the Road Closures’! ‘Open Back Our Roads’! LTNs, access equality and streets policy Hackney Council has recently consulted on new low traffic neighbourhoods in Hoxton and Dalston , so sure as night follows day, some residents have been protesting to ‘open our roads’ (or ‘open...

Happy if it helps. You can read our other blogposts on the ‘latest news’ page by scrolling down or recent ones are linked from the homepage. This may also be of interest: www.lowtraffichackney.org/latest-news/...

Great myth-busting blog post 👇

Includes key point "...where LTNs are implemented is a matter of policy that is largely separate from whether or not they work. If LTNs are only implemented in rich areas, they will be unfair. This is an argument for ensuring fairly implemented LTNs, not no LTNs."

Useful blog from @lowtraffichackney.bsky.social talking through some of the many reasons that councils that want to address social inequality and that care about reducing road danger use low traffic networks of streets.

They haven’t! If you count depreciation the costs are far higher. And also the assumed £613 for mot service and repairs is hopelessly optimistic for a cheap old car. And for a half decent reliable one you need minimum £5k+ to buy & to afford the depreciation.

And also safety on main roads for the same reason: findingspress.org/article/1434...

Do LTNs favour rich people? Groups opposed to LTNs sometimes like to claim they benefit rich people on side streets whilst poor people on main roads suffer.  It’s a snappy soundbite, but is there any truth to it? We run...

‘Doing nothing, or prioritising less effective policies, is not a socially equal or cost-free option! It is just supporting and sustaining existing inequalities’

Our latest blogpost:

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Manifesto for Low Traffic Hackney The 2026 Low Traffic Hackney manifesto, listing our key asks of Hackney Council

Huge thanks to @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social @hackney-cable.bsky.social @alastairis.bsky.social for giving their time today to discuss our manifesto and theirs.

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There is huge unmet demand for safe streets and active travel in Hackney. Transform streets to create greener, safer, healthier, happier environments.

#KidicalMassLond - Join the ride on Sunday, it is going to be mega!

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Thanks to LCC Women’s Network for helping marshal! 📣 🎵 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲

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Cycling in Parks ​ Hackney is blessed with amazing parks which are enjoyed by park visitors but also often used as routes to walk wheel or cycle in or through.  As supporters of safe and inclusive walking wheeling...

People can sometimes have strong opinions about cycling in parks. Here is Low Traffic Hackney’s view on how to share the space & keep our parks inclusive for everyone:

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