
betterstreets4kc
@betterstreetskc
Let's bring clean air, safety and smiles to the streets of Kensington and Chelsea !
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https://betterstreets4kc.org.uk 14-06-2019 17:59:26
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Incredible work from Transport Action Network . Thank you. Given the enormous economic (and societal) benefits of investment in 🚶🏾♂️ and 🚲 infrastructure, it remains baffling why this Government is continuing the previous government’s approach of minimal funding.




20 years ago Bank junction (and the City generally) was a noisy polluted area, hostile to pedestrians and a pretty grim place to get around. Thank you City of London and all involved in the transformation - Bank (and the City) are now areas to want to visit not escape from !




Read the statement to create a national #activetravelnetwork signed by Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire Paul Bristow Andy Burnham Luke Campbell MBE Mayor Oliver Coppard Helen Godwin Ben Houchen Kim McGuinness Richard Parker Steve Rotheram Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Skaith Claire Ward Heidi Alexander MP Chris Boardman CBE Sadiq Khan


“We see active travel as a function of a much wider ambition… It is crucial we build into a wider vision that doesn’t silo active travel into only transport… The benefits of active travel are universal, but they’re not currently universally felt.” Kim McGuinness #ACY25

Great - this new cycleway is on the route where Christina Kong was tragically killed. It will make 1000s of us safer every day The original plans included Holland Park Ave & Notting Hill Gate, but blocked by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, despite this route claiming the life of Eilidh Cairns in 2009

We really do need so much more of this - infrastructure to make walking and wheeling an attractive choice. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea meanwhile remains miserably incompetent, as no doubt will be evidenced again in the annual Healthy Streets Scorecard review of London boroughs

👇- work on a route Felicity Buchan and other Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Conservatives delayed a few years ago. They haven’t learned - still campaigning against safety infrastructure. Dreadful. Imperial College London PhD student Christina Kong’s life cut tragically short where the route would have been

Shocking to see multi-billion £ delivery platforms taking no responsibility for how their riders operate. Riders are incentivised to break rules to make ends meet. It puts themselves + others in danger. Well done to Laura Laker for holding them to account on BBC Breakfast 🧵

