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Conservative candidate vows as to quit after a year as Hackney mayor if he cannot honour manifesto pledges

Tareke Gregg has vowed to trigger a mayoral by-election if he fails to deliver

Author: Hackney Citizen

Conservative candidate for Mayor, Tareke Gregg.

Fresh proposals for traffic measures in Hoxton face local backlash

The strongest opposition comes from car users who live within the scheme area, caregivers, disabled people and renters

Author: Hackney Citizen

Fresh proposals for traffic measures in Hoxton face local backlash

Council sets out new plans to reduce air pollution amid LTN controversy

The move comes following a demonstration outside Hackney Town Hall last week which saw residents call on the council to 'open our roads'

Author: Hackney Citizen

Council sets out new plans to reduce air pollution amid LTN controversy

Hackney residents urge council to 'open our roads' and scrap 'excessive' LTNs

Campaigners gathered outside Hackney Town Hall this week objecting to the ‘excessive’ roll-out of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

Author: Lizzie McAllister

LTNs and bus lanes increase congestion in parts of London, TfL bosses admit

TfL aims to ensure 80 per cent of journeys made in London are by walking, cycling or public transport by 2041.

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Christina Calderato, Director of Transport Strategy and Policy at TfL

Chatsworth Road residents say new bus gate has caused 'severe disruption to our lives'

Critics say that rather than reducing traffic, the change has simply pushed cars onto smaller residential streets nearby and made congestion worse

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'We're being pushed to outskirts of our borough' - residents slam LTNs in calls for 'key roads' to be reopened

More than 1,500 people have signed a petition criticising Hackney Council for following “urban theory and not real life” when establishing its 19 LTNs.

Author: Hackney Citizen

'We're being pushed to outskirts of our borough' - residents slam LTNs in calls for 'key roads' to be reopened

Council asks for opinions on plans to cut traffic and 'humanise streets'

Cllr Sarah Young defends rollout of low traffic zones as opposition councillor says council consultation has a credibility issue

Author: Hackney Citizen

Stamford Hill campaigners blast Hackney transport policies for ‘upending lives’ of Charedi community

New task force launched amid ‘growing frustration’ with delays caused by LTNs, street closures and bus lanes

Author: Hackney Citizen

Stamford Hill campaigners blast Hackney transport policies for ‘upending lives’ of Charedi community

Campaigners urge council to ramp up progress on LTNs

Three new LTNs have been promised, and Mayor Woodley has now committed to publishing a timeline for Dalston’s by 14 October

Author: Joe Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

Campaigners urge council to ramp up progress on LTNs

Hackney mayor defends LTNs and air quality plans following criticism from residents

Caroline Woodley hails ‘transformative’ traffic measures amid concerns over public health

Author: Joe Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney mayor defends LTNs and air quality plans following criticism from residents

Mayoral candidates quizzed on transport at Hackney Cycling Campaign’s hustings

In the absence of two of the four invited mayoral candidates, residents put the Greens’ Zoë Garbett and the Liberal Democrats’ Simon de Deney on the spot

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Cycling Campaign co-ordinator Garmon ap Garth introduces mayoral hustings, with Zoë Garbett, Green, and Simon de Dene