Posts Tagged ‘transport’
Anti-LTN campaigners to hold ‘people’s assembly’ outside Hackney Town Hall
Hackney Together group says it wants to show the council that ‘open, honest and constructive’ engagement is possible
Read MoreHuge rise in e-scooter collisions in London ‘likely to be the tip of the iceberg’, warns Assembly Member
Unmesh Desai hits out at illegal e-scooters as figures show nearly as many collisions in the first six months of 2021 than in the whole of 2020
Read MoreMixed reviews for Low Traffic Neighbourhood on Church Street – with traders unhappy and others praising health benefits
Cars are banned from using the popular shopping street between 7am and 7pm
Read MoreNew parking charges in Hackney make public transport ‘cheaper for short trips for the first time’
Town Hall approves minimum £2 fee in bid to encourage drivers to leave the car at home
Read MoreHow green is Hackney?
In the wake of the COP26 climate conference, Lizzie McAllister looks into how Hackney fares on major environmental issues
Read MoreHigh Court throws out legal challenge to Hackney’s low traffic neighbourhoods
Horrendous Hackney Road Closures Ltd considering whether or not to appeal following setback
Read MoreClapton Cycleway set to open next spring but councillor calls for ‘change in approach’
Work set to start this autumn, but Cllr Vincent Stops raises concerns over designs for Lea Bridge Roundabout
Read MoreCovid-19 adds to risks of Crossrail delay warns new London Assembly report
Project is not expected to be completed until 2022
Read MoreCabbage protest rolls up to Town Hall as transport chief calls out online abuse
Vegetable-themed demo was in response to a tweet from Cllr Jon Burke, who has hit out at ‘relentless bigoted attacks’ against him
Read MoreTown Hall working with Transport for London to address ‘extensive congestion’ at Dalston Junction
Council says traffic light modernisation has caused ‘significant disruption’ and warns residents about upcoming gas works
Read MoreBanned turns in London Fields removed following feedback on low-traffic scheme
Transport for London agrees to council request to lift series of restrictions on Richmond Road, Queensbridge Road and the A10
Read MoreResidents and councillors discuss impact of Hackney Downs low traffic scheme
Safety fears, a ‘gated in’ estate and rushed implementation among issues raised by locals, as transport chief vows to react should problems persist
Read MoreConservative councillors call for ‘immediate end’ to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Transport chief Cllr Burke responds to criticism by saying voters who ‘want to make roads less safe and air more polluted’ now have a choice
Read More‘Radical’ road closure plans drawn up for Hackney Central and Stoke Newington
Campaigners already aggrieved by recent measures react as council presses on with drive to discourage private car use
Read MoreTown Hall tweaks low traffic neighbourhood in Hoxton West
Transport chief says disruption caused by new schemes and roadworks across the borough likely to die down ‘in a number of weeks’
Read MoreTown Hall calls for action on ‘cruel inequality’ exposed by pandemic
New report contains a raft of commitments from the council to help ‘rebuild a better Hackney’
Read MoreTraffic to be banned outside 40 more primary schools in Hackney
Town Hall announces broad expansion of its School Streets scheme, adding to the nine schools already involved
Read MorePlan to scrap free travel for under-18s is an ‘attack on our children’, says Jennette Arnold
Hackney’s City Hall representative condemns government’s proposal in the conditions for Transport for London’s £1.6bn bailout
Read MoreHackney’s environment chief and leading Tory councillor clash over transport and waste policies
Burke and Steinberger in war of words after latter accuses Labour of ‘using Covid to drive through their own crazy schemes’
Read MoreCouncil aiming for an electric vehicle charge point on every residential street
Transport boss says current pledge for 80 per cent of locals to be within 500 metres of a charge point by 2022 ‘not good enough’
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