Category Archives: Commuting

Council abandons ban on kids’ bikes on World Car-Free Day

Posted on September 20, 2018 by

Inside Croydon has made a difference, yet again, after Croydon Council was forced to drop its ban on scooters and bikes from the play street it has planned for the High Street this Saturday. Inside Croydon yesterday highlighted the imbecility … Continue reading →

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Tramlink, the Berlin Wall, and 200 years of railways, Sep 16

Posted on September 5, 2018 by
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Rail timetable taking the ‘freedom’ out of Freedom Passes

Posted on July 24, 2018 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Just managing to get to a routine hospital appointment feels ‘like I am planning a military campaign’ for MARGARET LEE, right, under Southern and Thameslink’s new timetable I have just read your article, Freedom Pass users left to … Continue reading →

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Our Cycling Suffragette history talk, Colliers Wood, Jul 21

Posted on July 18, 2018 by
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Croydon looks at more car-free zones near primary schools

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

Croydon Council is looking to roll-out more “car exclusion zones” around primary schools in the borough, following successful trials in Coulsdon and Selhurst during the past year. Woodcote Primary in Coulsdon and Heavers Farm Primary and St Chad’s Catholic Primary, … Continue reading →

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Govia refuse to attend scrutiny meeting to discuss rail chaos

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

The chair of Croydon Council’s scrutiny committee has expressed his “strong disappointment” to Govia Thameslink Railway at their failure to send anyone to tonight’s Town Hall meeting that is to look at the chaos affecting tens of thousands of Croydon … Continue reading →

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Council report says roads ‘will not cope’ with Westfield traffic

Posted on June 23, 2018 by

Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on how the Town Hall scrutiny committee wants Croydon to ‘champion’ the local tram network to ensure that TfL ‘takes passenger safety seriously’ Croydon Council’s scrutiny committee has warned that the town centre’s “current road network … Continue reading →

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