Stop Directing Heavy Traffic into 20mph Zones
Taplin Road 20mph Zone – A designated through route for ‘other traffic’ In Hillsborough, a suburb of Sheffield, a significant volume of motorised traffic uses a 20mph residential as a through route by...
View ArticleWhen is a cycle lane not a cycle lane?
Are these cycle lanes? Perhaps the cycle route signs give an obvious answer? If you think they are cycle lanes then you’d be wrong. These are not cycle lanes.. These ‘lanes’ actually indicate...
View ArticleSheffield A61 Junction Redesign – Provision for bicycles to be considered last
During the past week Sheffield City Council have approved outline designs for the Leppings Lane junction on the A61 in Hillsborough, Sheffield to reduce congestion due to extra traffic using a new...
View Article#NotDriving – Sheffield’s latest promotion for sustainable travel
There is a new sustainable travel campaign in Sheffield. #NotDriving. The aim is to raise awareness and encourage wider use of sustainable travel whether that’s public transport, walking, cycling or...
View ArticleSouth Yorkshire Police repeatedly parking coaches on segregated cycle track...
If you feel strongly about this, please join me in taking direct action as part of a protest on 22nd March. Facebook event here. When a football match takes place in Sheffield at Bramall Lane, coaches...
View ArticleFunding for cycling in Sheffield facing 25% cuts
Last week the draft Local Transport Plan spending plans for 2015/16 were presented to the Highway Cabinet Member Decision Session. The headline is that the transport funding allocation is being slashed...
View ArticleDoes Sheffield Council have what it takes to create Space for Cycling?
5th December Update: This motion was amended by Leigh Bramall, Cabinet Member for Business, Skills and Development and the amended version was subsequently passed. See below for updates Councillor...
View ArticleSheffield Public Health Report 2014 – Climate Change and Health
The annual Sheffield public health report has been published and this year the focus is on Climate Change. All of the topics in the report impact both public heath and climate change. Climate change is...
View ArticleSouth Yorkshire Sustainable Transport Exemplar Programme – The biggest...
You just couldn’t make it up. Does car parking really count as sustainable transport? The Sheffield City Region Growth Deal includes a ‘Sustainable Transport Exemplar Programme’ with £16.3m investment...
View ArticleDeprivation Levels and Councillor Candidates in the Sheffield May 2016 Election
In Sheffield, 23% of people live in the most 10% deprived areas in the country, but only 13% of councillor candidates came from those areas. In Sheffield 9% of people live in the least 10% deprived...
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