Everything tagged with go dutch

Article: London Cycling Campaign protests against Westminster Council plans for Haymarket and Lower Regent Street

View Larger Map This is despite council statistics showing huge increases in people cycling to work in Westminster in recent years. Haymarket and Lower Regent Street are two one-way streets with high volumes of fast taxis, buses, coaches, cars a...

Article: LCC trustee and Westminster University academic Rachel Aldred highlights the Policy Forum Seminar series

The London Cycling Campaign Policy Forum launched its regular seminar series this week with a packed event attended by around 120 people at Westminster University. Participants flocked to hear Andrew Gilligan, London's new Cycling Commissioner,...

Article: Transport for London cycling supremo, Ben Plowden, talks to the London Cycling Campaign

The man in charge of Transport for London's cycling provision - Director of Better Routes and Places, Ben Plowden - spoke with LCC's Tom Bogdanowicz. TB: In April 2012, the Mayor signed up to three Love London, Go Dutch pledges: (1) Go Dutch pr...

Article: LCC welcomes appointment of Andrew Gilligan as Mayor's new Cycling Commissioner

Daily Telegraph and Evening Standard journalist Andrew Gilligan has just been appointed to perhaps the most exciting job in London: the Mayor's Cycling Commissioner. A daily cycle commuter and regular commenter on cycling in London, Gilligan wi...

Article: A Britain fit for cycling: our response to the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group inquiry

The All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group is a group of British MPs and peers from all parties who want to promote cycling. They have launched an investigation into the barriers to cycling in the UK and will run six sessions to collect evidence o...

Article: TfL abandons flawed Lambeth roundabout in favour of trial of Dutch cycling design

Transport for London has decided not to proceed with its flawed proposal for the northern Lambeth Bridge roundabout, instead trialling a Dutch-style design suggested by us and other campaigners. You can see how the roundabout works in the video...

Article: Bow to Stratford CS2 shows TfL starting to adopt Dutch principles for cycling provision

We’re delighted with many aspects of the designs for the second section of Cycle Superhighway 2, which are open to consultation until 11 February 2013. You can make your views known to TfL on its proposals via barclayscyclesuperhighways@t...

Article: We think 2012 has been the London Cycling Campaign's most successful year so far

January 2012 started with the commitment by Boris Johnson to review hundreds of dangerous junctions all over the city as a result of months of lobbying by LCC in the wake of the disastrous redesign of Blackfriars and Bow roundabout, where two p...

Discussion: '£4 million cycle track' for Tolworth - work starts

Work has started on the ground in preparation for a £4 million pound scheme to enhance Tolworth Broadway, including removal of the central guard rail between the carriageways and replacement with a central 'greenway'. Lighting columns have ...

Article: Plans for Superhighway 5 provide benefits for cycling but fall short of Dutch standards

Plans for Cycle Superhighway 5 are a step in the right direction, but fail to provide Dutch-quality cycling as the Mayor promised during the 2012 election. Superhighway 5, from New Cross Gate to Victoria, is due to open in 2013, and plans were...

Article: Transport for London design for westbound junction of Bow won't guarantee cyclist safety

LCC has written to Transport for London calling for separate cyclist crossings at Bow roundabout, rather than persisting with the flawed 'early start' design, which offers cyclists just 2 seconds head start to cross this large dangerous junction...

Article: Encourage cycling say health experts because inactivity is as “dangerous as smoking”

National and local governments should encourage improved public health by making walking and cycling more attractive to everyone, as has been done on the Continent, according a new report by the National Institute for Health Clinical Excellence ...

Article: London Assembly Transport Committee calls on Mayor to make good his Go Dutch promises

The cross-party London Assembly Transport Committee has called on Mayor Boris Johnson to keep his election promises to follow the agenda of our Love London, Go Dutch campaign in order to bring about a genuine cycling revolution in the capital. ...

Article: UPDATED: Another London cyclist dies in lorry collision, at A13 in Barking and Dagenham

Tributes have poured in after the cyclist killed in the latest lorry crash was named as Brian Florey, a 35-year-old father from Canning Town. The day after the crash the BBC confirmed another cyclist had been killed in Greater London ...

Article: Wiggins crash highlights the need for radical steps to improve safety for all cyclists

Collisions involving two of the UK’s most famous sporting cyclists have highlighted the need for greater protection for people who cycle on our streets every day. 2012 Tour de France winner and Olympic time trial champion Bradley Wiggins ...