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What is the issue? The Healthy Streets Scorecard is all about improving health and wellbeing for everyone in London. All of the current indicators are
Mayor missing key transport targets: London is at a crossroads, say campaigners This year, following Sadiq Khan’s historic third term re-election as Mayor, transport campaigners
In this issue (scroll down for full details) Get your free tickets: Scorecard launch event, Monday 15 July New: Wheels4MeLondon – the accessible cycle loan
In this issue (scroll down for full details) Add your local neighbourhood to the School Run Cruncher tool Good news as another borough goes 20mph
In this issue (scroll down for full details) Watch the Future of London Transport Hustings recording Come join other campaigners for our monthly networking event: Thurs
In this issue (scroll down for full details) Call for information for Healthy Streets Scorecard 2024 – do you have information about new schemes in
In this issue (scroll down for full details) Get your ticket to our free networking event for London Healthy Streets groups Women’s Freedom Ride &
In this issue (scroll down for full details) Hot off the press: London Cycling Campaign’s new report What Stops Women Cycling in London? Plus Women’s
As childhood obesity continues to plague London, a major coalition of campaigners gives awards to boroughs supporting active lifestyles The London Healthy Streets Coalition –
In this issue: 1. HSS writes to London councils for action on Bus Priority 2. Mapping Controlled Parking Zones 3. New LTNs planned 4. Borough
When we published the 2022 Healthy Streets Scorecard results in July 2022 there was some good news of boroughs implementing & making permanent Low Traffic
Action Vision Zero, the campaign for safer, people-friendly streets and roads, has joined the London Boroughs Healthy Streets Scorecard (HSS) coalition. The HSS coalition is
Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) reduce traffic and air pollution without displacing the problem to nearby streets, new research published in Transportation Research has shown. The
Metric for Buses For the first time in July 2022, the Healthy Streets Scorecard published data on the proportion of the total length of bus
Trust for London, an independent charitable foundation that aims to tackle poverty and inequality in London, has re-produced the 2022 Healthy Streets Scorecard data in their September Map of the Month.
New data reveals huge disparities in action to improve health of Londoners New Scorecard ranks how well boroughs are doing at creating healthier streets Concerns
In this issue: 1. Resources for Local Elections 5 May 2022 – get campaigning now! 5th May social media assets CPRE London: take action on
Healthy Streets are streets with minimal road danger. That’s because a key barrier to more walking and cycling is fear of collisions. And the most
When we published our 2021 Scorecard, Havering languished near the bottom of the table in 32nd place out of 33 London local authorities, with only
We need urgent action to improve London’s main roads. Here’s what we need to do and why: London’s main roads lead towards, or run through,
“LTNs are just the start. Bus gates are now delivering Low Traffic High Streets too.” London’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods map updated January 2022 A Coalition
In this issue: 1. Haringey Council’s Cabinet approves three new LTNs 2. Massive attitude change in favour of measures to reduce traffic on residential streets
In this issue: 1. More School Streets in the pipeline in Wandsworth 2. Latest data shows Hackney has the highest proportion of adults cycling
Islington leads on Healthy Streets action says active travel coalition Latest Healthy Streets Scorecard shows huge divergence in action among London boroughs on measures to
The third annual Scorecard results – July 2021 The 2021 Healthy Streets Scorecard shows huge divergence in action among London boroughs on measures to improve
Unless you work for a car manufacturer or an oil company, why would you want to see more car use in cities? The comfort and
Number of healthy ‘School Streets’ has surged in London under “Streetspace” plan, with 383 installed and 68 more planned, according to Scorecard and Mums for
10 ways to improve our main roads ‘Smoothing traffic flow’ has been at the heart of roads transport policy in London for, well, pretty much
Award-winning Enjoy Waltham Forest scheme makes it easier to travel by bike The Healthy Streets Scorecard results for 2019/20201 showed Waltham Forest came seventh out
Barking and Dagenham improves its Controlled Parking Zone coverage Barking and Dagenham is the London borough with the largest year-on-year improvement on this Healthy Streets
Progress on making London’s streets healthy and safe far too slow to meet Mayor’s own targets, say transport campaigners as they launch a new website
London Boroughs Healthy Streets Scorecard Coalition on the 2020 Scorecard Since we launched the first year’s Scorecard in July 2019, the coronavirus crisis has impacted
Covid-19 crisis engulfs transport “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”, said Lenin. And that is how it has
Islington is leading the way, putting in traffic-free streets around schools Islington was the top-scoring borough for School Streets in this Healthy Streets Scorecard measure,
We asked Enfield Council what has prompted the borough to introduce more controlled parking Enfield Council was one of the Councils which improved its year-on-year
Bromley Council With 60% of the maximum achievable points for this measure in the Healthy Streets Scorecard – the highest score of all London Councils
A plan developed by campaigners wanting to transform their borough and the way people move within it Hackney Cycling Campaign released our Vision for Hackney
What will it take to get more Londoners to shift from car ownership to car share? There are currently 2.6 million private cars registered in
By Emma Griffin of London Living Streets We’ve known for decades that motor traffic has a serious impact on the health and quality of life
Consolidating freight deliveries to reduce London’s congestion and air pollution The quantity of freight being transported to London homes and businesses is growing along with
Why we need safer junctions and crossings In 2019, 146 people were killed on London’s roads, according to provisional figures from Transport for London (TfL).
I first tried to cycle to school when I was fourteen – something I thought would be simple and easy. On my way, I realised
London boroughs and the changes to street design in response to COVID-19 As a result of Coronavirus there is now a necessity to move around
What are your borough’s ‘healthy streets’ targets? The Mayor develops the London-wide transport strategy and is responsible for Transport for London (TfL). The Mayor’s Transport
London has less than two thirds of the open green space it needs. Some boroughs are starting to tackle this by turning streets into parks
Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) are key to reducing traffic and congestion and make it easier for residents and their visitors to park near their home.
Adrian & Catherine and their two kids have recently given up their household car (Hackney) Adrian: “Our car was quite old and we found we
Roughly half of London households live without a car. Will the other half be following soon? There are 2.66 million cars registered in London. The
The impacts that noise can have on health may not be obvious, but they can be significant. As the London Mayor says in his Environment
Postcode lottery for walking and cycling and healthy streets, claim campaigners producing first ever “London Boroughs Healthy Streets Scorecard” New scorecard shows wide variation between