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Posts Tagged ‘Road Safety’

TfL ‘not on track’ for zero road deaths by 2041 as thousands died on London streets last year

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 28 November 2025 at 09:56
Busy London road

The Mayor of London has pledged to eliminate all deaths and serious casualties outright by 2041 as part of his Vision Zero Action Plan

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‘Desperately disappointing for bereaved and injured’ – plans to end road deaths delayed till 2026

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 11:19

Campaigners react as second phase of TfL puts brakes on much-vaunted Vision Zero Action Plan

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East Londoners react to plans for ‘dangerous’ Shoreditch junction

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 28 July 2025 at 10:48

Locals share views on Transport for London’s proposals for revamped roads, cycle lanes and crossings

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Parents reignite pleas for safer crossings near Clapton school following two collisions

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 11 December 2024 at 19:06

Town Hall has submitted plans for a zebra crossing near Southwold Primary School, but parents say the area needs at least three

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Council sticks with Pembury Circus design in blow to campaigners

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 November 2024 at 13:22

Decision comes after opposition members called in Town Hall’s planned redesign of the junction

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Campaigners ‘pleased’ as council’s Pembury Circus decision ‘called in’ for review

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 1 November 2024 at 17:54
Pembury Circus junction, cyclists crossing Dalston Lane

Special scrutiny panel to judge council’s proposal on 11 November

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Cycling campaigners ‘deeply disappointed’ as council rejects alternative Pembury Circus design

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 19:21
Pembury Circus junction, cyclists crossing Dalston Lane

Hackney Cycling Campaign calls on borough’s new transport chief to set up an independent review

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Parents of cyclist killed in Hackney back alternative plans for Pembury Circus

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 3 October 2024 at 17:16

‘We do not want anybody, whoever they are, to go through anything like this, ever,’ say Pat and Mike Webb

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Cyclists speak out against council’s ‘dangerous’ Pembury Circus plans

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 30 September 2024 at 21:01

Hackney Cycling Campaign call designs ‘weak’, but its own vision has also come in for stick

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‘Terrified’ parents issue plea for safer crossings near Clapton school

By Noora Mykkanen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 21 February 2024 at 17:55

Families from Southwold Primary urge Hackney Council to take action

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Mayoral candidates quizzed on transport at Hackney Cycling Campaign’s hustings

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 3 November 2023 at 15:57
Hackney Cycling Campaign co-ordinator Garmon ap Garth introduces mayoral hustings, with Zoë Garbett, Green, and Simon de Deney, Liberal Democrats

In the absence of two of the four invited mayoral candidates, residents put the Greens’ Zoë Garbett and the Liberal Democrats’ Simon de Deney on the spot

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Lower Clapton Road set for £391k toucan crossing as part of school safety plans

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 October 2023 at 12:44

The crossing is located next to Olive School, which recently moved into the former police station

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‘So much to live for’: Tributes paid to two cyclists killed in Hackney as campaigners stage protest ride to demand change

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 20 October 2023 at 11:45

Harry Webb, 27, and Gao Gao, 36, lost their lives in September on roads where residents have been calling for safety improvements

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Hackney cyclists hit back at former councillor who branded upcoming protest ‘distasteful’ in wake of two deaths

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 13 October 2023 at 11:21

Campaigners calling for road safety improvements ‘strongly reject Vincent Stops’ tasteless attack’

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Hackney cyclists to hold protest ride following two fatal collisions

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 11 October 2023 at 14:46

Hackney Cycling Campaign to take action after the deaths of a 27-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman in September

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‘Completely congested’: Residents call for morning ban on heavy goods vehicles using Victoria Park Road

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 4 October 2023 at 17:22
Victoria Park Road residents protest against HGV traffic

Cllr Penny Wrout offers her backing – saying the road has become the ‘route of choice’ for lorries

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Cycling campaigners push for safety measures around ‘hostile’ Shoreditch Triangle

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 17 November 2022 at 10:16

The area to the east of Old Street station has been highlighted by the London Cycling Campaign as one of the most dangerous spots in the capital

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Parents call for measures to tackle speeding motor traffic outside Hackney New School

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 14 May 2022 at 08:08
Community Speed Watch

Council ‘needs to act now and create a School Street’

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Huge rise in e-scooter collisions in London ‘likely to be the tip of the iceberg’, warns Assembly Member

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 10 January 2022 at 11:12

Unmesh Desai hits out at illegal e-scooters as figures show nearly as many collisions in the first six months of 2021 than in the whole of 2020

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Clapton Cycleway set to open next spring but councillor calls for ‘change in approach’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 August 2021 at 15:26

Work set to start this autumn, but Cllr Vincent Stops raises concerns over designs for Lea Bridge Roundabout

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