London Assembly Green Party member Darren Johnson has tabled two CS2 upgrade questions for Mayor's Questions at City Hall on Wednesday morning (21 Jan) and we are going along for a publicity photocall. Could you join us?
Time is 9.15am for about 30 mins, outside City Hall, SE1 2AA [location map].
Following on from the Cycle Superhighway 2 summit held at City Hall on 28 November, organiser John Biggs (London Assembly Member for City of London, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Barking & Dagenham) has sent the attached letter to the Mayor of London, with a copy to the Mayor’s Cycling Commissioner Andrew Gilligan (who attended the meeting) and Commissioner of Transport for London, Sir Peter Hendy. It summarises the suggestions and comments made by the panel and audience about how to improve CS2.
Three of the latest cyclist deaths have occurred on the Mayor's Cycle Superhighway 2 between Aldgate and Bow, which LCC has said for years isn't safe enough.
The London Cycling Campaign reports that a six month's trial of bikes on DLR will begin on 1st July. People will be allowed to take their bikes with them at off-peak times on all DLR services except for Bank station. Bikes will be not be allowed between 0730 and 0930 or 1600 and 1900 on Mondays to Friday (except bank holidays).
We had a quick look in the Vision for Cycling in London to see what's in it for east London. Published in early March the Mayor of London's document is described by LCC as, "one of the most ambitious plans to promote cycling ever produced by a major UK political leader".
After two fatal crashes in three weeks at Bow roundabout the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) is calling for all who find the current layout unacceptable to write to the Mayor of London telling him "Bow roundabout needs to be redesigned to make it safe for cyclists".
