Tower Hamlets Council has approved their new Cycle Strategy at the Cabinet meeting held on 5 January 2016. The Cycle Strategy itself and accompanying documents, including consultation responses can be found at Decision details - Tower Hamlets Cycling Strategy on the council's website.
Tower Hamlets Council has just published a new Cycling Strategy. Although it has some flaws, the new Strategy is a step in the right direction.
Please show the Council you support the Strategy by filling in a short questionnaire - and you could also win a new Brompton or a £50 John Lewis voucher: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/towerhamletscycling (reply by Nov 6th).
We have just had notification that the new 20mph borough-wide limit (except for TfL roads other than Commercial Street) will come into force on Monday 13th April.
Wheelers' Infrastructure Officer and Campaigns Co-ordinator have a meeting scheduled with the borough officers next week and will ask about the all important enforcement proposals. We'll keep you posted when we get more information.
Find out more and send your support of these proposals to LBTH using our handy web form and template letter. The deadline for comments is 31 October 2014.
Representatives from Tower Hamlets Wheelers and the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) today urged LB Tower Hamlets to publicly engage and lead on reducing the danger from lorries in the borough.
Meeting outside the Town Hall, a letter was handed to Councillor Shahid Ali, Cabinet Member for Environment and Jamie Blake, Director Public Realm asking for the council's support of the LCC's Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling pledge.
At the end of 2012, THW was consulted by LB Tower Hamlets on a scheme for the western end of Bethnal Green (between St Matthew's Row and Shacklewell Street). It involves the road being narrowed and cycle tracks built either side of the road in between the parking bays and pavement.
Some good news from LBTH for cycling permeability in the borough. Bromley High Street, currently one-way for traffic is to be made two-way for cyclists. The traffic management orders required for this change are currently being processed. There will also be some on-street work required e.g. appropriate signage and a short contra-flow cycle track at the northern end approaching the A11.
We look forward to similar such schemes opening up more direct routes for cyclists around the borough.
The London Cycling Campaign has released a progress report on its Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling campaign and it's not good reading for those cycling in Tower Hamlets. Our council has been given the lowest possible mark for their inaction on committing to use the safest lorries and best-trained drivers.
