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Cycling routes

Last summer, one of my work colleagues organised a team cycling day (with cocktails/mocktails) when the first lockdown lifted. As you can imagine, there

By Francisca Sepúlveda 19 Jun 2021

Issues

Traffic counting in Barnsbury

We think it's brilliant that the Council have implemented People Friendly Streets in St Peter's, Canonbury and Highbury. The residents there

By Multiple authors 19 Jun 2021

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What is a successful city street?

Islington has seen great change during the current pandemic, with offices, shops, restaurants and other businesses forced to close, and many of us working from

By Kevin Fallon 22 May 2021

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Clean local journeys = lower pollution

Walking and cycling for local journeys means lower pollution, shorter local journey times and a heavier wallet. Tash shares her experiences.

By Guest Speaker 22 May 2021

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Mandate for LTNs

In this post, Nick encourages our Councillors to push ahead with the LTN roll-out following the clear democratic mandate provided by the elections on 6 May.

By Guest Speaker 21 May 2021

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Enjoy clean air with LTNs

Bearing in mind that Islington is the most densely populated Borough in England and that we have the lowest ratio of open space to built-up

By John Hartley 16 May 2021

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Deliver our LTNs!

Dr R comments on the recent by-election results in Islington, and more broadly across London, which show that there is a clear mandate to deliver LTNs NOW.

By Guest Speaker 16 May 2021

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FAQs about LTNs

Learn why reducing traffic improves streets for residents and businesses.

By Richenda Walford 15 May 2021

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FAQ: traffic

People who don't understand how traffic works fear gridlock on main roads when LTNs are introduced. Both in theory and in practice, that is not what happens. LTNS are about reducing traffic, not just moving it somewhere else.

By Richenda Walford 10 May 2021

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Events this week

Dear Neighbours I hope you are all well. I'm delighted to draw your attention to a couple of events taking place during the

By Francisca Sepúlveda 10 May 2021

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Vote for impact

One of the things that recently has brought me a huge amount of pleasure is regularly seeing young people cycling on our streets. For many

By Simon Izod 19 Apr 2021

Neighbourhood

My Squares Walk

Like everyone else, when lockdown started I began going for daily walks.  Even with the reduced traffic I still found some Barnsbury roads unpleasant to

By Richenda Walford 14 Apr 2021

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FAQ: fairness

LTNs are a beacon of fairness in the transport world’s morass of inequity. Car ownership, fuel duty, car tax, costs of travelling, distribution of the vulnerable. As we researched all this we were reminded of the quotation: “to the one who has, more will be given”.

By Richenda Walford 29 Mar 2021

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Call to Action!

As reported in our last newsletter, the Council's Commonplace feedback site is closed, having served its purpose. All LTNs now have surveys. Surveys

By Francisca Sepúlveda 27 Mar 2021

Newsletters

Newsletter 7 March 2021

Dear Neighbours I hope you are all well and enjoying the increase in daylight [https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-sun-light-affects-mental-health_uk_581c4f1ce4b09d57a9a8377f] creeping steadily

By Francisca Sepúlveda 7 Mar 2021