Plans for a new cycle route through Greenwich’s traffic-choked town centre have been announced – but the existing direct route through the Old Royal Naval College grounds does not feature in the proposals. Greenwich Council’s “interim” scheme for the town centre involves creating a two-way cycle lane at College Approach, on the north side of […]
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Help businesses to swap vans for ‘win-win’ cargo bikes, Sadiq Khan told
Sadiq Khan has been urged to help businesses swap their vans for cargo bikes after City Hall politicians hailed their “revolutionary” possibilities. The London Assembly’s economy committee said the mayor should provide more money for borough councils to arrange cargo bike sharing and training schemes. The committee explored how businesses can be incentivised to shift […]
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Safer cycling schemes at risk from ‘managed decline’ at TfL, campaigners warn
Cuts to cycling schemes in London as a result of TfL’s financial crisis would be “absolutely horrifying”, cycling activists have warned. Committee papers released on Wednesday evening revealed that TfL was facing huge cuts without long-term Government support, with London mayor Sadiq Khan having warned of a £1.3 billion gap in its capital investment and […]
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Cycleway 4 closure through Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College reversed
Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College has reversed its closure of a high-profile new cycleway through its grounds after 853 reported that security guards were stopping riders from using the route. The main route through the historic campus, College Way, is part of a new cycle route between Greenwich and Charlton which Transport for London hopes […]
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Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College Streetspace cycle route closes
Friday update: The decision to close the route has now been reversed. For the situation earlier in the week, read on… A showpiece Transport for London cycle route through the Old Royal Naval College has been suddenly closed to riders – less than a year after it opened in a fanfare of publicity. The “Streetspace” […]
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Farewell Quietway 1 – TfL’s backstreet cycle route is given a new name
The Quietway 1 cycle route, which links Greenwich and Deptford with the South Bank, is getting a new name as part of a plan to rebrand London’s cycleways. Signs have appeared along the route bearing the name Cycleway 10, which will be what the route will be known as in future. When Quietway 1 opened […]
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Get your mopeds out of Greenwich’s new cycleway, Papa John’s warned
A pizza takeaway in east Greenwich has been warned to get its mopeds out of a new segregated cycle lane after months of complaints about its delivery riders blocking the road. The route of Cycleway 4 passes Papa John’s on Woolwich Road, which had already become notorious for delivery riders blocking the path of cyclists […]
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Greenwich Council waiting for cash to finish Shooters Hill Road’s cycle route
A flagship new Greenwich Council cycle route between Shooters Hill Road and Greenwich Park may not be completed until next spring – if at all, as funding is not in place to finish it, 853 has discovered. Work is complete on the first phase of the route along the main A207, between Baker Road and […]
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