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Category Archives: Croydon Cycling Campaign
Borough needs to change gear to access £100m cycle fund
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our borough scored poorly in a Healthy Streets report published last week. AUSTEN COOPER on how that can be improved “The joy of cycling is that doing it doesn’t just benefit you. It doesn’t just make you happier. … Continue reading
Croydon among worst London boroughs for ‘healthy’ streets
The council deputy leader’s cycling strategy appears to have gone down a dead-end street, as environmental report ranks the borough the 10th worst in London. By STEVEN DOWNES A report published yesterday shows that even when Croydon Council does have … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Pat Ryan, Schools, Stuart King, TfL, Transport
Tagged Campaign for Protection of Rural England, Clive Fraser, Croydon Cycling Campaign, London Borough Healthy Streets Scorecard, London Cycling Campaign, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, STUART KING, Sustrans, Upper Norwood
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Let’s give Crystal Palace’s streets a chance to breathe again
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Even ward councillors need to check what petitions they are signing, and what their party policies are. AUSTEN COOPER sifts through some of the contradictory opposition to road closures in Upper Norwood Let’s get one thing straight. The … Continue reading
Dockless scheme launched as Croydon stays in bike slow lane
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, finds the council adding a dash of Lime to its otherwise questionable green credentials Just as the rest of the country appears to be abandoning dockless bicycle hire schemes, Croydon Council has belatedly jumped aboard … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Business, Community associations, Commuting, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, East Croydon, Lime bicycles, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Boris Bikes, Croydon Cycling Campaign, East Croydon station, Lime e-bikes, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon station
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Old Town underpasses to be filled thanks to £10m TfL grant
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on moves to remove a barrier to pedestrians and cyclists which has seen the town centre split in half more than half a century The dingy, often intimidating and piss-tainted pedestrian subways under the Croydon Flyover … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Stuart King, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Old Town, STUART KING, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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Cyclists call on Mayor to apply his own policies at Purley Way
TfL wants to spend the thick-end of £100m on making one of Croydon’s busiest road junctions even more hostile for pedestrians and cyclists, all to satisfy developers Westfield. AUSTEN COOPER says the road plans are ‘a patchwork of good, poor … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Austen Cooper, Croydon Council, Fiveways, Labour, Mayor, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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Saddle up for Croydon Cyclists’ Ghost Tour, Nov 20
Posted in Activities, Croydon Cycling Campaign
Tagged Croydon Cycling Campaign, Stanley Halls, West Croydon
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Time has come to park the ban on cycling in Croydon’s parks
Elected on a manifesto which promised a clean, green borough, Labour’s delivery on cycling in Croydon has been, at best, sub-optimal. Disappearing cycle lanes on South End and London Road might be bad enough, but the abandonment of the car-free … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Croydon parks, Cycling, Environment, Friends of Wandle Park, Lloyd Park, TfL, Transport, Wandle Park
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Lloyd Park, Park Hill Park, Sustrans, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Bookings open now for summer holiday Bikeability courses
Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Cycling
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Croydon needs to race for a Superhighway for a real legacy
CROYDON COMMENTARY: After three deadly accidents involving cyclists in Croydon in the past month, AUSTEN COOPER says that our borough’s roads are overdue a modern transport infrastructure Tomorrow evening sees the return of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series that last … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Cycling, Selhurst, Sport, TfL, Timothy Godfrey, Transport
Tagged Austen Cooper, Croydon, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Selhurst, Timothy Godfrey
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Croydon inter-faith bike ride and picnic, June 5
Posted in Activities, Church and religions, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling
Tagged churches, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling
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It’s jams today and jams tomorrow with TfL’s Fiveways scheme
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Transport for London’s announcement this week of its preferred option for a road scheme at the Purley Way by Waddon Station has generally been regarded as the least bad of two bad choices. Here, AUSTEN COOPER highlights some … Continue reading
Norbury Avenue rat run re-opened and is ‘unsafe’ say cyclists
As Inside Croydon reported before the Bank Holiday weekend, Croydon Council has abandoned its Quietway scheme along Norbury Avenue without completing the intended trial period, and all done with seemingly indecent haste, if the state of the signage left behind … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Croydon Greens, Cycling, Environment, Mayor of London, Norbury, Pat Ryan, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Norbury, Norbury Avenue, Pat Ryan, Thornton Heath
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Cyclists appeal after council abandons trial road closure
Disconnected Croydon, the borough that runs consultations without trying too hard to tell its residents, is soon to develop a reputation for abandoning trials midway through, before they have run their course. The bollards in the centre of the road … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norbury, Planning, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Labour, Mayor, Norbury, Norbury Avenue, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
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Council provides a cycle hub after removing the spokes
Only in Croydon. The grand opening of a cycle hub and hire scheme at East Croydon last week had to be postponed… because of a collision on George Street between a bus and a pedestrian, which saw the road closed … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Health, Mayor of London, Norbury, Parking, Planning, Property, Robert Canning, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, East Croydon station, Labour, Mayor, Robert Canning, Tory, Waddon
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Labour go for six of the best to become next London Mayor
Londoners – of all political persuasions, and of none – will have six to choose from this summer when the Labour Party stages its first ever open primary to select its candidate to run for London Mayor in 2016. A … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Environment, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tessa Jowell, Tory, Wolmar for London
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Croydon cycle race crash that could have ended in tragedy
Tuesday night’s cycle race in central Croydon narrowly avoided tragedy, according to one of Britain’s most respected Paralympic champions. Sarah Storey, the winner of 11 Paralympic gold medals across two sports at four separate Games, was sent crashing as a … Continue reading
UnConnected Croydon where cycle lanes become dead ends
CROYDON COMMENTARY: AUSTEN COOPER, of Croydon Cyclists, responds to our exclusive report last week that a single night’s bike racing in the town centre is receiving £148,000 of public cash The £50 million spent by Connected Croydon on ripping up … Continue reading
Opening up new routes will give cyclists their park life
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A scheme to allow cyclists to ride through some of Croydon’s parks needs your support, writes KRISTIAN GREGORY As Croydon Council moves towards legalising cycling in Park Hill Park, I’ve been asked if the Croydon Cycling Campaign thinks … Continue reading
UKIP’s McKenzie goes hurtling towards a speed bump
AUSTEN COOPER, of the Croydon Cycling Campaign, is familiar with handlebars, and also Twitter handles. And yesterday he noticed something suspicious as some in UKIP decided to attack road safety measures that are proven to save lives Something out of … Continue reading
£3m of riot fund spending in South End is “hostile” to cyclists
South End, one of the main routes into and out of the centre of Croydon, today remains a building site, reducing the amount of passing trade able to visit local bars, restaurants and other shops nearly two months after a … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Business, Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, Fairfield, Planning, Restaurants, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, cyclists, London Borough of Croydon, South Croydon, South Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Don’t persecute cyclists as they are forced off the roads
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Earlier this week, another cyclist was killed on the roads of south London, this time after a collision involving a local authority dust cart. When it comes to traffic control, KRISTIAN GREGORY, pictured left, believes the police have … Continue reading
