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LCC began to get ready to take loveLondon-GoDutch to the next level on Saturday with a conference focusing on the Borough Elections in 2014. Estimates on attendance varied between 80 and 120, and I am happy to say Croydon was well represented with three members in attendance. First of all, a big thank you to all the staff and volunteers who organised it, as it really was a fantastic, thought-provoking event. A number of themes crept up repeatedly throughout the day, with much advice and guidelines forming for how borough groups need to operate. Engage […]
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![Croydon’s Traffic Management Cabinet Committee meets 4-5 times a year and is responsible for approving or rejecting proposed changes to Croydon’s transport infrastructure. That makes these meetings very significant for cyclists. What you may not know, is that you can attend these meetings as an observer, or maybe even speak for or against one of the measures on the agenda. The agenda and minutes for these meetings are also available online. If you want to know how projects are approved/rejected, it is worth attending one of these meetings to get a feel for the local […]](https://croydoncyclists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Conta-flow-cycle-lane-Shrewsbury1-115x115.jpg "Croydon’s Contraflow Conundrum")
![On Friday the Croydon Cycling Campaign met with council officers on site at Mitcham Road to discuss the redesign of the road. We have previously suggested a re-design involving bay parked cars and a two-way cycle track between such parking and the pavement, which you can see here. This was an exciting opportunity to discuss this possibility with the designer, the biking borough officer and the highway engineer who are looking at the problems with Mitcham Road. A warning to reader’s though. This is going to get very, very detailed. As a little refresher, here’s […]](https://croydoncyclists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/MitchamRoadOneWaySystem.bmp "Getting to grips with the challenges on the ground"){kind=small}
![Yes its more on Mitcham road again, where this week a car has mistaken a traffic island for an overtaking lane. Local cyclist Peter “4ChordsNoNet” Mead recorded this footage of the resulting carnage. Look carefully and you’ll see the ghost bike we placed at this exact location two months earlier. Doesn’t that just make you want to go for a spin to visit Merton? More on the cause of this crash when we hear back from the council on what happened. Meanwhile we’ve finally managed to get hold of the response of Croydon Council chief exec […]](https://croydoncyclists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120730_184215-115x115.jpg "Mitcham Road Loves Hogging the Limelight")
![LCC began to get ready to take loveLondon-GoDutch to the next level on Saturday with a conference focusing on the Borough Elections in 2014. Estimates on attendance varied between 80 and 120, and I am happy to say Croydon was well represented with three members in attendance. First of all, a big thank you to all the staff and volunteers who organised it, as it really was a fantastic, thought-provoking event. A number of themes crept up repeatedly throughout the day, with much advice and guidelines forming for how borough groups need to operate. Engage […]](https://croydoncyclists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/web_aerial1-115x115.jpg "LCC Conference and the 2014 Borough Elections")
![So far Croydon Council leaders Jon Rouse and Mike Fisher and London Mayor Boris Johnson have not responded to the letter of the mother of killed cyclist Neil Turner. She did however receive a phone call from Steve O Connell, Croydon and Sutton GLA member who promised to do anything he could. I have responded to Steve with the below E-mail ——————————- Hi Steve, I understand that you’ve been in touch by phone with the mother of Neil Turner, the cyclist killed on Mitcham Road last month and said that you ‘would do all you […]](https://croydoncyclists.org.uk/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Follow up from the letter of Neil Turner’s mother")
![Cyclist Neil Turner was killed on Mitcham Road on 10 July 2012. On 25 July, Croydon Cycling Campaign placed a ghost bike close to site of the crash at a memorial ceremony attended by Neil’s family, local cyclists, former British cycling star and owner of De Ver Cycles Maurice Burton and family and Amy Aeron-Thomas and Sara Dowling from Roadpeace Kristian summed up the feelings of those assembled when he said that what had happened was not acceptable, and called for a 20mph limit to be put in place without delay. Neil’s mother said a few […]](https://croydoncyclists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC01062-115x115.jpg "In Memory of Neil Turner")
