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Keep Westminster's new cycle lanes, join Cycle Buddies, check out Regent Street

from the local group of
London Cycling Campaign in Westminster


Dear ,

In this newsletter - do your part to support keeping emergency cycle lanes - cycle buddies join up - support Hyde Park if you're a resident - Regent Street scheme - next meeting on Zoom 2 November
Our next meeting

Westminster Cycling Campaign Meeting

Monday 2 November 2020 7pm-9pm. Online meeting – see event listing for details.

Agenda includes our campaign focus which is for retention and improvement of the emergency cycle provisions, Regent Street changes, the launch of Westminster Cycle Buddies, low traffic neighbourhoods, recent and current consultations, and frequency and duration of future meetings.  Please email us for the meeting invitation or if there's a topic you want to raise.
Save (and improve) our cycle lanes
Let's keep Westminster's new cycle lanes - and make them better
 

Our friends at Westminster Healthy Streets have created a new interactive map where you can give feedback on Westminster City Council's temporary street space measures. That of course includes the kilometres of new bike lanes, such as on Westbourne Bridge, Bayswater Road and Portland Place. Please click on any that you want to keep! We suggest choosing 'Keep but improve' and asking for these painted lanes to be protected with wands and made 24/7. Please share this link with anyone who wants safer cycling in Westminster! When the temporary traffic order expires next spring we want the council to have heard lots of requests to keep and improve space for cycling.
 
ACT NOW
New Scheme on Regent Street

Westminster announced this month that they and Crown Estates are conducting a massive reallocation of space away from motor traffic on Regent Street south of Oxford Circus. Work has already started. What is not clear is whether this is a temporary measure, which we suspect, and if so, what the permanent measures will be. Although the City Council has not invited submissions from the public, we and LCC have already voiced our concerns that the cycle lanes are not separated from motor traffic, cyclists are at risk from taxis and delivery vehicles pulling in, and there are no bus stop bypasses. Read LCC's blog on Regent Street here.
Launch of Cycle Buddies in Westminster
Sign up to Cycle Buddies 
 

This is a great new initiative to help keep people cycling in Westminster! After the low traffic roads of lockdown saw thousands of people of all ages getting back on their bikes, we want to help them to continue. Cycle Buddies puts new riders in touch with experienced riders in their local area. Buddies can meet up and ride together - to work, to the shops or just to the park for some practice. If you are a confident cyclist, you can sign up to help others experience the joy and freedom of getting about by bike.

And if you're a new cyclist, nervous about riding on London's roads, you can sign up too. Perhaps you want help riding to work the first time, planning the route to local shops or trying out the route for your children to get to school? Or maybe you know someone who tried and loved cycling during lockdown, has stopped as the traffic has come back, but would love that little bit of help to get re-started?

There have been some wonderful stories of new found freedom (and friendship!) so please do find out more about Cycle Buddies here
 
SIGN UP for WESTMINSTER CYCLE BUDDIES
Hyde Park LTN
A new Low Traffic Neighbourhood in Westminster
 

Westminster City Council has announced a trial low traffic neighbourhood for the Hyde Park Estate. If it's implemented, it will remove all through motor traffic from between Sussex Gardens, Edgware Road and Bayswater Road but leave the neighbourhood open for walking, cycling and emergency vehicles. Find out more here. Currently, 80% of neighbourhood motor traffic is through traffic, with especially bad rat running on Hyde Park Street and Connaught Street. But the council needs to know it's wanted! Please show your support before 4 November if you would like cycling made safe throughout this estate, especially if you live locally or ride through it. If you want to get involved to give it more support, contact andy@westminsterstreets.org.uk
 
FILL IN SURVEY
New Cycle Hangars

Westminster has started installing new cycle hangars.

The new hangars, as well as existing hangars, are now indicated on Westminster City Council's cycle parking page here. On this page is an interactive map. The middle image above is a screen shot of the map of the entire city.  Shortly there will also be a link on that page for applications for places, which will need to be checked regularly by those wishing to sign up. the City Council knows how much demand there is for the hangars, and expect there to be waiting lists for spaces. The graffiti artists have been quick off the mark tagging the solid end panels. Falco's grid ended hangars, as selected in neighbouring Brent, have not been seen as blank canvases and have avoided similar defacement. There should be a further consultation, and traffic orders, for hangars on the carriageway, dependent on funding being secured. We'll let you know when there is news.
More news from Twitter

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Kind regards,

Westminster Cycling Campaign
westminster@lcc.org.uk

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