The new Water Lane crossing is shaping up to be a game-changer for Newham. Love the clever diagonal design connecting Maryland to Forest Gate—prioritising people, cycles, and sustainable drainage with those new rain gardens. 🌿🚲
Almost at the finish line! #Newham #HealthyStreets #ActiveTravel
Colourful poster featuring cartoon animals riding,scooting & skating
We’re joining the Safer Streets crew this weekend ahead of local elections. We want all the Mayoral candidates to commit to improving the places we live! Join us if you can.
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An extract from Newham Greens manifesto discussing Low traffic neighbourhoods & a connected cycle network
We are delighted to see the Newham Green Party have published their manifesto today & included in it a promise to tackle our streets, making them both cleaner & safer for all. Thank you @newhamgreens.bsky.social @areeq.bsky.social
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📆 With just over three weeks to go until London votes, every pledge to support Streets for Cycling matters!
👨💻 Email your candidates today: lcc.org.uk/streets
People outside the borough are impressed with what’s been delivered over the last few years. Let’s hope that whoever is our mayor this time next year continues in the same vein! Walking & cycling improvements make the borough a better place!
Want a safe, connected, local cycle network? Ask for it 📢
📧 Email your local election candidates today: lcc.org.uk/streets
For those who can reach beyond the payroll, a really positive article from a converted resident in… The Times!!
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New blogpost on how LTNs are much more popular than the noisy opposition would have you believe
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I email parking enforcement most days with pictures of cars parked illegally outside Colegrave School. They know this is happening. V frustrating as I think it must be politics blocking proper enforcement of these rules.
Good point. Wider appeal maybe 🤔 He does make it clear he’s a driver not a cyclist. Hopefully we can change that!!!
A section of text from the linked blog about the obstruction of pavements by vehicles
Our letter to Mayoral candidates asks for a review of designated pavement parking in the borough & enforcement of illegal pavement parking.
In this latest blog @martinwarne.net clearly sets out the issues.
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Finally a mayoral candidate not talking about going backwards on cars! We’d like more details on what this review would involve, but it’s a promising start!
Good to see Met Police out enforcing safer speeds in Newham this morning.
Speed is a factor in over 50% of fatal collisions in London.
We’ve set up a new a Road Danger Reduction police team to make London’s roads safer for all.
#VisionZeroLDN
Street scene featuring three individuals in zebra costumes. One is holding a pushchair with a toy zebra inside. A blurred crowd lines the street in the background. Photo credit: Sheffield SW Local Group.
Earlier this month, the Welsh Government gave local authorities new powers to introduce zebra crossings nationwide🦓
Over 1000 supporters have urged Westminster and Holyrood to roll out side road zebra crossings in England and Scotland. Will you join them? https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4synvBs
Last night, Newham Labour blocked the opportunity to debate the borough's car parking restrictions at the final full council meeting before the election.
The reason is because they cannot defend their ridiculous flagship policy to de facto abolish car parking restrictions across Newham. 1/
We recently shared @martinwarne.net’s article about the real cost of ‘free’ parking. This latest article analyses where car ownership in the borough sits. So why is parking such an issue in these elections?
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Last night at the final full council meeting before the elections, the council prevented @newhamgreens.bsky.social members from bringing their very well laid out motion about parking.
Is this because of the promises of free parking permits being offered by some Mayoral candidates?
More of London's roads will have safer speed limits because there's irrefutable evidence it saves lives:
📉 25% fewer main road collisions
📉 34% fewer people killed or serious injured on local roads
📉 75% fall in children killed on local roads
You are five times more likely to survive being hit by a driver doing 20mph vs a driver doing 30mph.
Great to see Enfield rolling out new life saving 20mph zones.
Slow down. Slower speeds save lives. #VisionZeroLDN.
👏👏 Enfield Council
In our letter to all the Mayoral candidates, we ask for “the next mayor of Newham to commit to reviewing the borough’s designated pavement parking bays and drawing up a plan to reclaim pavements for legitimate users, as well as ramping up enforcement of illegal pavement parking”
The council has published its new #AirQuality Action Plan. We’ll be having a good read of this over the next few days…
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Pavement Parking is a real problem in Newham where so much clutters pavements & it’s a challenge for those in wheelchairs, with buggies & sometimes just walking. Excellent to see it’s being tackled! We look forward to seeing the evidence in our borough!
#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! 📣 🎵 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲
An exciting event coming up next month! @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Excellent analysis of the cost of ‘free parking’ for all in Mayoral candidates promises in Newham…
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❓ What exactly does 'kerbside' refer to when it comes to safety for children crossing roads - and what needs to change?
Read about this important topic in our new blog post.
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Local elections are just around the corner. We’ve been busy meeting representatives across the country and supporting people to ask parties to commit to tackling #AirPollution 💪
We'd love you to get involved! Get in touch if you’d like help contacting your local candidates with our asks 💚 .
This morning outside Seven Sisters tube station in Tottenham. TfL not able to build a proper Cycleway here but is able to maintain and enable driver behaviour like this. It's little wonder nobody uses these cycle racks.
Introduction by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE Public Health, Political Accountability, and the Future of Newham's Streets Newham stands at a lethal crossroads. Literally. Despite boasting one of the lowest rates of car ownership in London - with fewer than half of our residents owning a private vehicle - our borough suffers the most toxic air in the Capital. This environmental injustice is fuelled by 596 million vehicle miles being driven in Newham in 2024, an increase of 42 million from the year before, much of it driven by commuters using our residential neighbourhoods as high-speed conduits. The human cost is staggering: 115 deaths every year and 4,500 children hospitalised with severe respiratory conditions. To govern Newham is to confront a crisis where the simple act of breathing has become a hazard. This cannot be ignored and to do so is unconscionable.
Great news - despite being sent for scrutiny, the West Ham Park low traffic scheme will now be made permanent. Some powerful words from Mayor Fiaz in her introduction 💥
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