Ealing Council is consulting on a major scheme for Popes Lane. Much of it is good. But on a street its own plan calls a Core Route for cycling, the plans deliver no protected cycle track. Here is why ...

​As Hackney braces for more frequent heatwaves, most discussions focus on climate change and carbon emissions . But there's another important reason to reduce traffic in our neighbourhoods: cars...

Olympic medal winning cyclist Chris Boardman calls on drivers to change the way they travel.

Back in August 2020, there was a report claiming that a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in Ealing showed an increase in driven trip miles ov...

From congestion to cost, there are many entirely misguided arguments in circulation

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Road safety campaigners have challenged Ealing Council, active travel charity Sustrans and Transport for London over its proposals in a public consultation to improve West Ealing saying some of them a...

The news that Labour have decided not to proceed with the previous Conservative Government’s “Plan For Drivers” should be welcomed, but should also hardly be a surprise.

Far too often, people walking, wheeling or cycling experience avoidable danger. Write to your MP today, urging them to call on the Government to adopt Living Streets and The Bikeability Trust's five k...

It’s a truth many struggle to accept, but in London cars have become killers.

It’s a truth many struggle to accept, but in London cars have become killers.

High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example The bonnet height of new cars in the UK and Europe is rising relentlessly, a report has found, bringing a “clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children”. Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians are struck. The analysis also found that drivers in the tallest cars could not see children as old as nine at all when they were directly in front of the vehicle. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods

Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods