Newsletters

Newsletter 19 July 2020

Dear Neighbours We hope you are all well and continuing to keep healthy and safe. Today marks our last big push leafleting Barnsbury and St

By Francisca Sepúlveda 19 Jul 2020

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Residents' survey - 2 minute poll

Help us understand your experience of traffic and streets in Barnsbury and St Mary's wards. Take 2 minutes to respond to our survey.

By Multiple authors 12 Jul 2020

Issues

Parents and children fear road danger outside their schools

Rachael explains the problems caused by traffic navigating narrow Islington streets during the school run.

By Rachael Swynnerton 12 Jul 2020

Newsletters

Newsletter 12 July 2020

Dear Neighbours What a momentous week! People Friendly Streets have been implemented in St Peter's ward - yes, these measures are LIVE. Check

By Francisca Sepúlveda 12 Jul 2020

Issues

Mobility access: the shocking truth

Lucy Facer joins Carly Ashdown on the school run to discover the reality of driving a mobility scooter around Islington streets and how low traffic neighbourhoods will affect her journey.

By Lucy Facer 9 Jul 2020

News

From concept to reality in St Peter's

Twitter tells me that work seems to have been completed on the St Peter's People Friendly Streets road furniture. Well done to Islington

By Francisca Sepúlveda 9 Jul 2020

Issues

Traffic brings danger

We’ve all seen street furniture damaged by motor vehicles, it happens everywhere. Drunk driving, careless driving, ‘without due care and attention’, or distracted while

By Richenda Walford 7 Jul 2020

Newsletters

Newsletter 5 July 2020

Dear Neighbours Thank you for completing the Barnsbury & St Mary’s Neighbourhood Group survey [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJCjSyuBVVg5fAwZR0zoUq5RufbqRQuGRElbXvKAJZzwpUug/viewform] and

By Francisca Sepúlveda 5 Jul 2020

Issues

Liverpool Road People Friendly Street

Liverpool Road is going to become a people friendly street as part of the council low traffic neighbourhood plans, to address the issues of traffic

By Lucy Facer 28 Jun 2020

Issues

SatNav use means increased traffic in Barnsbury & St Mary's

SatNav apps route drivers through residential areas to save seconds from their journeys. As their use accelerates, previously quiet roads are becoming blighted by traffic.

By Kevin Fallon 25 Jun 2020

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What are Low Traffic Neighbourhoods?

Inspiring Sustainable Islington explains: Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, People Friendly Streets, mini-Hollands, Liveable Neighbourhoods, whatever their local branding, all mean the same thing – groups of residential

By Simon Izod 22 Jun 2020

Issues

Speeding in Barnsbury & St Mary's

Speeding is increasing in the area and it creates real harm. It causes parents and vulnerable road users to be fearful of our streets Speeding

By Simon Izod 18 Jun 2020

Issues

We need to access Canonbury Square safely

Canonbury Square is Islington’s oldest square and one of the most notable in London. Former residents include George Orwell, Evelyn Waugh and the painter

By Simon Izod 17 Jun 2020

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Have your say on Commonplace

Islington Council is working hard to make our streets more people-friendly. Local people know their area best, which is why they want to hear from

By Francisca Sepúlveda 17 Jun 2020

News

People Friendly Streets in Islington

Islington Council’s first people-friendly streets neighbourhood is to be created in St Peter’s – to improve streets for everyone. Work on the people-friendly streets

By Francisca Sepúlveda 17 Jun 2020