At the end of the summer, you may remember that we carried out a survey aimed at finding out what users of Quietway 1 felt about it. Qe also wanted to see who was using it, whether it had attracted new users. We carried out the survey during the evening peak hours and, although we had a lot of respondents, felt that the category of cyclists mostly around at that… Read More »Quietway 1 User Survey
“It is unbelievable that in 2015 junctions are being redesigned from scratch that don’t properly take account of the needs of cyclists and fail to provide a safe, segregated route. Cyclists shouldn’t be expected to dice with death every time they go through Lewisham Town Centre and the Lewisham Gateway junction needs an urgent rethink.” This is what Darren Johnson, Elected member of the GLA and chair of the GLA… Read More »Lewisham Gateway: A New Junction Fit For the 21st Century?
Some of you might remember this, over 2 years ago now, We made a couple of videos at this junction to prove to TfL just how dangerous their decision to make Deal’s Gateway share a green light with oncoming traffic from Greenwich High Rd was. Traffic turning right from Greenwich High Rd just didn’t seem to be aware that they needed to give way to traffic moving straight ahead across… Read More »Deals Gateway: The Latest Instalment
Lewisham Cyclists invite Lewisham residents to this open meeting to discuss proposals we will be presenting to all candidates in the local elections in May. These proposals are aimed at improving every ward in the borough, enabling walking and cycling, making local streets safer and more pleasant for all. We want these proposals to reflect what local people want, so come along, have a cup of tea or coffee with… Read More »Public Meeting of Lewisham Cyclists 19th February Council Chamber Lewisham Town Town Hall, Catford 6.30pm
NB. This route is largely open now, although not yet finished. The developers have been reasonably good at keeping us informed and sticking to to their promises, with a couple of little hiccups here and there. Please keep us informed of any problems on the route so we can take it up with them as soon as possible. The development won’t be finished till 2016. The section of NCN… Read More »Waterlink Way: How much longer will we have a safe and traffic free route from Ladywell through Catford?
Update October 2015: Read about the latest developments in our attempts to get Tfl to deliver a safe junction for all road users here Update: May 2015. We are now well in to the construction of the Low H road system in this development. And have had numerous complaints from cyclists who have to use this busy junction, difficult at its best. And, it seems, it may well be at… Read More »Lewisham Gateway: What’s happening?
Before Christmas, you may remember that we asked you to complete a survey drawn up by the London Cycling Campaign in which you could draw attention to what you considered to be the barriers to cycling, both in Lewisham and across London wherever Lewisham cyclists ride, or in many cases, would like to ride, but can’t due to the severity of those barriers. We now have the results of… Read More »Space4Cycling: Survey results and Campaign News
I remember when I first heard about The Cycle Super Highways, it seemed a great idea. Fast, safe routes for cyclists, from all around the city to Central London? Honestly? This was heady stuff. When had we ever heard anyone talk like this about cycling in London? The LCN, (London Cycle network) which had promised so much still remained piecemeal, patchy, and was never intended to give cyclists equal access… Read More »CS5 and Lewisham…a troubled relationship.
The closing date for the LCC survey is midnight tonight (Thursday 12th December). If you haven’t already done it, please fill it in here. http://lcc.org.uk/articles/tell-us-about-local-barriers-to-cycling-to-help-our-space-for-cycling-campaign-and-you-could-win-a-brand-new-bike LCC will be using the results to inform the campaign we are mounting for the 2014 London elections. A campaign to ensure that all the candidates know exactly what is important to their cycling and potential cycling borough residents. So it’s extremely important that we… Read More »Last chance to show LCC the barriers to cycling in your area. Make your membership count!
All are welcome at the Lewisham Cyclists monthly meeting held on the third Wednesday of each month in our favourite Lewisham pub. These meetings are fairly informal and it’s a good opportunity to hear about the current local campaigns and influence their direction. Please come along… Here’s the agenda for this month’s meeting: Lewisham Cyclists Meeting Wednesday 20th November 2013 at 6.30pm Dog and Bell Public House, 116 Prince St,… Read More »LC Monthly Meeting 6.30pm 20th November, Dog and Bell, Deptford