Reposted by Clapton AliceBadly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 11/07/2025#pavementsareforpeople #antisocialparking #banpavementparking 053
Reposted by Clapton AliceOliver Lord @olord.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Impressive work @ellybakeram.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social 👏👏👏 The failure to regulate uneccessary and dangerous supersized SUVs at a national & international level is leaving city leaders with little choice but to take a stand and do all they can to end #carspreading on our streets. 48323
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 26/05/2025"...children are the canary in the coalmine for what is happening to our cities. When the city is no longer able to cater to children... places don’t die, but neither are they truly alive." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comA new kind of gentrification is spreading through London – and emptying out schools | Anna MintonThanks to ‘placemaking’, thriving communities are hollowing out, to be replaced by luxury apartments and expensive restaurants, says author Anna Minton 000
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Good God www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRevealed: three tonnes of uranium legally dumped in protected English estuary in nine yearsExclusive: expert raises concerns over quantities allowed to be discharged from nuclear fuel factory near Preston 000
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 15/05/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comJust ignore all the myths about low traffic neighbourhoods: they’re popular, effective and here to stay | Izzy RomillyAfter the high court ruled one high-profile scheme unlawful, it is important to make the case for LTNs. Luckily, there is a strong one to make, says Izzy Romilly of climate charity Possible 000
Reposted by Clapton AliceSimon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Seen this @peterwalker99.bsky.social? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Senior @theguardian.com Editor pulls every Telegraph anti LTN bingo trope going. A long rant strong on Harker's opinions stated as if fact but very short on actual evidence. It's shameful Strawman rubbish frankly.theguardian.comOpposing LTNs doesn't make you a 'culture war' petrol-head. Just look at what happened in Lambeth | Joseph HarkerFor five years residents have complained about traffic being pushed on to other roads. Finally they’re being listened to, says Joseph Harker, the Guardian’s senior editor, diversity and development 128322
Reposted by Clapton AliceSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Another dodgy dossier from Blair. In reality people are being forced to live with crap services (bus cuts anyone?) and wait for huge daily cost savings and jobs in green industries thanks to this kind of visionless hogwash. #GreenNewDeal www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTony Blair says current net zero push 'doomed to fail'The former PM's call for a change of course is rejected by Downing Street but welcomed by the Tories and Reform. 2621670
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Planning permission for 300,000 homes in London extant, not built. Ludicrous to blame planning. @pollytoynbee @theguardian.com Anyway.. housing crisis is not about building. It's about affordability +OBR confirms building homes will not reduce house prices. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBritain needs houses, and Labour’s bold plan will address that. But it may require more migrants | Polly ToynbeeMinisters are ready to be relentless over planning reform. There is a skills gap though – and they must be brave enough to fill it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee 000
Reposted by Clapton AliceCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 15/04/2025British Steel can't be a one off - Labour should bring key services into public ownership Why are we letting other countries profit from our essential public infrastructure? 💧⚡️📮🚌🚄🏥 Time to take back our national assets, me for @labourlist.bsky.social 👇 labourlist.org/2025/04/nati...labourlist.org'British Steel can't be a one-off. Labour should nationalise more key services' - LabourListOur public services are essential, natural monopolies, just as much critical national infrastructure as British Steel. The government should step in to protect them. 1017756
Reposted by Clapton AliceMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes per year — enough to end homelessness, hunger, and pay for universal childcare. 👆🏻 This is the crime wave we should be talking more about. 429202666425
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 04/04/2025London's bus speeds are at an all time low. It's time to #FreeTheBus. Bus lanes, bus gates, 'blue paths'. Here's my piece on why TfL's plans to rely on traffic light signal changes won't work. www.standard.co.uk/comment/tfl-...standard.co.ukTfL has a plan to speed up London’s buses — but it’s doomed to fail for this reasonAverage bus speeds in London have reached a ten-year low. Despite promises and targets to speed buses up, no progress has been made. 010
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 28/03/2025I guess Newcastle under Lyme can look forward to a LOT more traffic ... 010
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 21/03/2025About 1/3 of your Thames Water bill goes to interest payments on the £15bn debt. 000
Reposted by Clapton AliceCPRE London @cprelondon.bsky.social · 14/03/2025📢 WEBINAR: Is Government Taking London’s Housing Crisis Seriously? 🏡 Families priced out, councils struggling—what’s next? Join: 💚 Zoe Garbett (Green Party) 🏙 Michael Ball (Just Space) 🎤 Alice Roberts (CPRE London) 📅 Don’t miss it! 🔗 Register: cpre-london.eventcube.io/events/71735... 002
Reposted by Clapton AliceCPRE London @cprelondon.bsky.social · 13/03/2025National and local government in the U.K. owns 7,555 hectares of surface car parks. That's enough land to build 2.1 million low-cost homes... ..where people would not have to finance car ownership ..& which don't add to global warming and air pollution www.knightfrank.com/research/art...knightfrank.comGovernment owned car parks could hold the key to 110,000 new homesStudy highlights public sector-owned car parks could raise a potential £6 billion in land sales for HM Treasury. 023
Reposted by Clapton AliceCPRE London @cprelondon.bsky.social · 13/03/2025So now we are solving the #HousingCrisis by building motorways. www.gov.uk/government/n... And yet...gov.ukGreenlight for £290 million improvements to M3 to support over 2,000 homes in WinchesterRoad scheme investment will save thousands of hours for commuters, tourists and freight every week. 163
Reposted by Clapton AliceCaroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025At People’s Question Time last week, a woman bravely shared her story of losing her partner to road violence. The Mayor is currently falling short of his Vision Zero target of zero deaths on London’s roads by 2041. We need streets designed mainly for people not cars. 👇 1227
Reposted by Clapton AliceRoss Lydall @rosslydall.bsky.social · 19/02/2025As London's unemployment rate rises to 6.1% (the highest in the UK), here are the parliamentary constituencies with the highest and lowest number of unemployment benefit claimants 001
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 17/02/2025In London, the number of homes with planning permission, but left unbuilt, is around 290,000. We cannot build our way out of this crisis anyway. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/more-th... 000
Reposted by Clapton AliceCaroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025A very clear response from London Fire Commissioner, Andy Rowe to a question at Fire Plenary last week from Emma Best AM about the impact of LTNs on fire brigade attendance times. "We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times". 14501194
Reposted by Clapton AliceNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 15/02/2025"It's at capacity and therefore must be expanded is not an industrial strategy from a government". Dr Alex Chapman discussing why airport expansion should not be the default option, while providing evidence to the transport select committee, earlier this week. 1167
Reposted by Clapton AliceOliver Lord @olord.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬 That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car. Why? 🧵1/8 47706324
Reposted by Clapton AliceJon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Six months ago, Rachel Reeves and the Government were elected on a manifesto that stated: 'we will build more sustainable homes and create places that increase climate resilience without weakening environmental protections.' Is it any wonder people have zero faith in politicians? 37933
Reposted by Clapton AliceNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 27/01/2025The Homes for Us alliance is excited to be launching a new series to help housing activists develop their research and policy skills! Find out more and sign up for the first session here: homesforus.org.uk/campaigns/bu... 085
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Now is a good time to see the scale of sewage overspill 💩🤮 www.sewagemap.co.uk 000
Reposted by Clapton AliceNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Expanding airports are not a silver bullet for economic growth - and the damage it would incur is massive. Our new analysis in @businessgreen.bsky.social Read more here: neweconomics.org/2025/01/airp... 02414
Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Lunchtime reading @parkingreform.org @parkingreview 010
Reposted by Clapton AliceNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Planning is being portrayed as an obstacle to meeting housing needs, but the reality is that good planning is our main solution when it comes to addressing the critical challenges we face; but we need the government to make this possible. 11810
Reposted by Clapton AliceC20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 05/12/2024BREAKING NEWS //Angela Rayner has granted permission to demolish M&S Oxford St, overturning a decision by the previous Secretary of State. The chance to set a vision for a more sustainable and creative Britain that reuses its built-heritage, has been squandered. Green growth? Not on this evidence. 129453
Reposted by Clapton AliceNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 02/12/2024NEW: Our analysis shows that if the Bank of England introduced a green interest rate to encourage investment in clean energy projects it could boost renewables and reduce electricity costs by more than £1.9bn a year. 1248
Reposted by Clapton AliceCreate Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 28/11/2024How the humble hedgerow saved the planning system... Tony Burton CBE reflects on the pivotal role that hedgerow protection played in the establishment of a plan-led system in UK planning law. You can read all about it over on our blog here - www.createstreets.com/how-the-humb...createstreets.comHow the humble hedgerow saved the planning system - Create Streets“our new National Planning Policy Framework….affirms the vital importance of planning, the central role of planning professionals in shaping our communities anew, and the route to many more, and more ... 182
Reposted by Clapton AliceNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 25/11/2024As the climate crisis progresses, the UK will face more floods like those caused by Storm Bert. We're not prepared enough for the impact this is going to have on people, businesses, and communities. 1134