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Newsletter 13 August 2021

Dear Neighbours Happy Friday the 13th! FYI, I never watched that movie, or the sequels. I nevertheless feel that I am leading a full and

By Francisca Sepúlveda 13 Aug 2021

Issues

Increase trajectory shows action to reduce traffic on Liverpool Road is long overdue

Residents of Liverpool Road continue to suffer from high levels of traffic and the trajectory continues to increase. Air pollution and noise from the traffic

By Lucy Facer 2 Aug 2021

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🙌🏼 Active transport! 🙌🏼

As a doctor working at a busy North London Hospital I have started to notice a brilliant change as a result of Islington council'

By Guest Speaker 1 Aug 2021

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Liverpool Road petition

Reduce traffic on Liverpool Road, Islington. 189 have signed. Let's get to 200! Lucy Facer [https://www.barnsburylaycock.uk/author/lucy/] started this

By Lucy Facer 1 Aug 2021

Issues

Pavement safety: facts not myths

A sense of weary déjà vu gripped me as I read Ruth Rosenthal's recent letter in the Islington Tribune. The letter suggests that

By Kevin Fallon 25 Jul 2021

Newsletters

Newsletter 24 July 2021

Dear Neighbours Well, that was a lovely hot and sunny interlude last week! 😎 Thank goodness we have our cool and soggy English weather back, because

By Francisca Sepúlveda 24 Jul 2021

Issues

Keep counting

A few weeks ago, we set off on a traffic-counting mission on Offord Road. We were shocked to find that Offord Road carries three quarters

By John Hartley 20 Jul 2021

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Islington Forest for Change

Dear Neighbours We heard about the amazing Islington Forest for Change project from Islington Clean Air Parents [https://islingtoncleanairparents.wordpress.com] (ICAP) and just had

By Francisca Sepúlveda 19 Jul 2021

Issues

Clean air must be our highest priority

It was son’s birthday recently. We looked through his baby photos and I remembered the overwhelming urge I had to protect him from the

By Rachael Swynnerton 14 Jul 2021

Issues

"Prioritise buses" on main roads

While I strongly support LTNs I do also have great sympathy for people who live on main roads, and always have done. Major thoroughfares have

By John Hartley 13 Jul 2021

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Improved health with active travel

The latest TFL evidence shows a large increase in the number of journeys being taken by bicycle in London. This is great news for the

By Guest Speaker 13 Jul 2021

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Less heat, more light

Recent complaints from a business in Highbury about new traffic filters have generated much heat and very little light. It is inevitable that changes which

By Kevin Fallon 12 Jul 2021

Neighbourhood

Hemingford Arms

Two perspectives on a neighbourhood firm fave.

By Mariana Patti, John Hartley 12 Jul 2021

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Top marks for Healthy Streets!

Congratulations to Islington Council for claiming top spot on the Healthy Streets scorecard leader board [https://www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/], which ranks London boroughs based on

By Simon Izod 11 Jul 2021

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Income fairness

People Friendly Streets benefit deprived sections of the community at least as much as they benefit wealthier sections.

By Chris Procter, Richenda Walford 27 Jun 2021