As childhood obesity continues to plague London, a major coalition of campaigners gives awards to boroughs supporting active lifestyles The London Healthy Streets Coalition – a group of health, environment and transport campaigners – has given awards to five London boroughs which are recognising the… Read More »2023 Media Release
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 round-up – check out healthy street action in London boroughs 5. Healthy Streets Scorecard update – volunteer opportunity 6. New… Read More »Healthy Streets News, Issue 8
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 made up of transport, health, road safety and environment campaigns who have come together because we understand that the same… Read More »Action Vision Zero join HS Scorecard coalition
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 route in each borough which is “prioritised” for buses either with a bus lane or where ‘bus gates’ allow buses… Read More »Bus priority indicator
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 of worsening health inequities as gap widens between ‘best’ and ‘worst’ areas Rapid rollout of ‘School Streets’ and substantial reduction… Read More »2022 Scorecard Media Release
“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 of London campaigners is today publishing an update of its map of London’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). In the six-month… Read More »Low Traffic Neighbourhood data update Media Release
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 improve streets during Covid crisis Hackney and Camden follow closely behind Islington as the top-scoring London boroughs in the 2021… Read More »2021 Scorecard Media Release
The third annual Scorecard results – July 2021 The 2021 Healthy Streets Scorecard shows huge divergence in action among London boroughs on measures to improve streets during Covid crisis The year up to March 2021 was a year of huge change on London’s streets, despite… Read More »Coalition commentary on 2021 Scorecard Results
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 Lungs’ report Campaigners call on councils to make trials permanent and roll traffic-free schemes out to every primary and secondary… Read More »School Streets Interim Report Media Release