CAMPAIGNING FOR IMPROVEMENTS â What have we been up to ...
www.haringeycyclists.org.uk [email protected] @haringeycyclist Haringey Cycling Campaign www.lcc.org.uk/boroughs/haringey CAMPAIGNING FOR IMPROVEMENTS – What have we been up to lately? Removal of ‘staple’ cycle stands – This was a real team effort between HCC members, local residents and Councillors – but it has been confirmed that all of the sharp and poorly placed ‘new’ bike stands in Harringay Green Lanes will be replaced.
Free bike check sessions st 1 Friday of the month at Hornsey Vale Community Centre, Mayfield Road, N8 from 57pm. Free Bicycle Maintenance Course Held on Saturdays near Turnpike Lane – bring your own bike to work on! th Sep 13 or 27 , dates in Oct and Nov TBC http://www.cyclinginstructor.com/bike_maintenance or call 0845 652 0421
London Cycling Design Standards- our response HCC has responded to the London Cycling Design Standards consultation. You can read some of our response on our website http://www.haringeycyclists.org/news/ Meet some fellow Haringey Cyclists! Photo by Paul Wheeler @wheelerp
We lobbied Haringey Council to remove the guardrail to allow a cycle exit at the St Ann’s Road/Hermitage Road roundabout – we know there is a problem with motor vehicles not recognising this as a legitimate entry to the roundabout – please let us know if you have any experience of this problem. Meeting Canal & River Trust Towpath Ranger HCC are meeting with the London Towpath Ranger for the Canal & River Trust in order to discuss improvements to the cobbled sections on the towpath of the River Lea. If anyone would like to join the ride, or has any feedback on this or other towpath/access issues in Haringey please let us know – contact details at the top of this newsletter! Bike maintenance sessions Free Dr Bike sessions Sundays, 2-5pm near the park café’s: Finsbury Park: 21 September, 5 October Priory Park: 14 September, 12 October Lordship Rec: 7 September, 28 September, 19 October
Whether you live or work in the borough, or just pass through, if you’d like to help influence future changes why not join us at one of our monthly meetings? We meet on the 2nd Monday of the month with a start time of 7.15pm at The Great Northern Railway Tavern, Hornsey High Street www.gnrt.co.uk We try to wrap up the meeting within an hour, although some of us stay on for food and drinks afterwards. Look out for Bromptons, maps and cycling paraphernalia. Here’s some great places to visit by bike in the borough… Beavertown Brewery Tap Room – open Saturdays http://www.beavertownbrewery.co.uk/Blog @BeavertownBeer
Lordship Hub Co-op Café http://lordshiphub.org.uk/ @LordshipHubCoop
Bikes For Good Causes café and used bike sales 350 High Road,WoodGreen, N22 8JW @Bikes4GoodCause
Turn over for the latest space for cycling updates….
Councillors support Space for Cycling in Haringey! Local residents in Haringey helped us develop a list of suggestions for cycle improvements. We then asked all candidates standing for election in Haringey in May 2014 to agree to implement these improvements in their ward. Here’s the list of newly elected councillors who agreed to support the local cycle improvements outlined in our Space for Cycling campaign. You can view all of these on the LCC mapping site here: http://action.space4cycling.org/
Ward
Email
Ward Ask
Alexandra
[email protected] [email protected]
Create safe cycle routes to local schools.
Bounds Green
[email protected] [email protected]
Make Bounds Green Rd North Circular junction better for cyclists
Bruce Grove
[email protected]
End rat running throughout the whole ward and make 2-way cycling safer
Crouch End
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Improve conditions for cycling in Crouch End, a thriving local centre
Fortis Green
[email protected]
Rebuild all substandard speed humps in Fortis Green Ward
[email protected]
Install a high standard cycle lane in Green Lanes
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Make Hornsey High Street a liveable town centre
Noel Park
[email protected] [email protected]
Make Wood Green town centre better for cycling
St Ann's
[email protected]
Remove rat run and improve safety at Park Rd one-way system.
Stroud Green
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Protected space for cycling at Tollington Park/ Endymion Rd junction
[email protected]
Remove the dangerous left hook at West Green/Green Lanes
Harringay Hornsey
Muswell Hill
Tottenham Hale West Green
Park Avenue South Greenway - improve the local connection to this new Greenway connecting Queens Wood and Alexandra Palace
Improve access to the Lea Valley for cyclists
We’d love to see improved access to the Lea Valley in Tottenham Hale ward. Photo by @jamesrgrinter
Do you live in one of these wards? Get in touch with your councillor to ask them what progress they are making. A few emails, a letter, phone call or meeting could help to get things moving and make an improvement in cycling facilities or conditions in your area! Contact [email protected] if you need some tips or help in doing this.
Want to become a Haringey Cyclists ‘Veloteer’ representative for your ward? We’d love to have a representative in each ward who is happy to be in touch with us via email as part of our network across the borough. Drop us a line if you’re interested!
Free bike check sessions st 1 Friday of the month at Hornsey Vale Community Centre, Mayfield Road, N8 from 57pm. Free Bicycle Maintenance Course Held on Saturdays near Turnpike Lane – bring your own bike to work on! th Sep 13 or 27 , dates in Oct and Nov TBC http://www.cyclinginstructor.com/bike_maintenance or call 0845 652 0421
London Cycling Design Standards- our response HCC has responded to the London Cycling Design Standards consultation. You can read some of our response on our website http://www.haringeycyclists.org/news/ Meet some fellow Haringey Cyclists! Photo by Paul Wheeler @wheelerp
We lobbied Haringey Council to remove the guardrail to allow a cycle exit at the St Ann’s Road/Hermitage Road roundabout – we know there is a problem with motor vehicles not recognising this as a legitimate entry to the roundabout – please let us know if you have any experience of this problem. Meeting Canal & River Trust Towpath Ranger HCC are meeting with the London Towpath Ranger for the Canal & River Trust in order to discuss improvements to the cobbled sections on the towpath of the River Lea. If anyone would like to join the ride, or has any feedback on this or other towpath/access issues in Haringey please let us know – contact details at the top of this newsletter! Bike maintenance sessions Free Dr Bike sessions Sundays, 2-5pm near the park café’s: Finsbury Park: 21 September, 5 October Priory Park: 14 September, 12 October Lordship Rec: 7 September, 28 September, 19 October
Whether you live or work in the borough, or just pass through, if you’d like to help influence future changes why not join us at one of our monthly meetings? We meet on the 2nd Monday of the month with a start time of 7.15pm at The Great Northern Railway Tavern, Hornsey High Street www.gnrt.co.uk We try to wrap up the meeting within an hour, although some of us stay on for food and drinks afterwards. Look out for Bromptons, maps and cycling paraphernalia. Here’s some great places to visit by bike in the borough… Beavertown Brewery Tap Room – open Saturdays http://www.beavertownbrewery.co.uk/Blog @BeavertownBeer
Lordship Hub Co-op Café http://lordshiphub.org.uk/ @LordshipHubCoop
Bikes For Good Causes café and used bike sales 350 High Road,WoodGreen, N22 8JW @Bikes4GoodCause
Turn over for the latest space for cycling updates….
Councillors support Space for Cycling in Haringey! Local residents in Haringey helped us develop a list of suggestions for cycle improvements. We then asked all candidates standing for election in Haringey in May 2014 to agree to implement these improvements in their ward. Here’s the list of newly elected councillors who agreed to support the local cycle improvements outlined in our Space for Cycling campaign. You can view all of these on the LCC mapping site here: http://action.space4cycling.org/
Ward
Ward Ask
Alexandra
[email protected] [email protected]
Create safe cycle routes to local schools.
Bounds Green
[email protected] [email protected]
Make Bounds Green Rd North Circular junction better for cyclists
Bruce Grove
[email protected]
End rat running throughout the whole ward and make 2-way cycling safer
Crouch End
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Improve conditions for cycling in Crouch End, a thriving local centre
Fortis Green
[email protected]
Rebuild all substandard speed humps in Fortis Green Ward
[email protected]
Install a high standard cycle lane in Green Lanes
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Make Hornsey High Street a liveable town centre
Noel Park
[email protected] [email protected]
Make Wood Green town centre better for cycling
St Ann's
[email protected]
Remove rat run and improve safety at Park Rd one-way system.
Stroud Green
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Protected space for cycling at Tollington Park/ Endymion Rd junction
[email protected]
Remove the dangerous left hook at West Green/Green Lanes
Harringay Hornsey
Muswell Hill
Tottenham Hale West Green
Park Avenue South Greenway - improve the local connection to this new Greenway connecting Queens Wood and Alexandra Palace
Improve access to the Lea Valley for cyclists
We’d love to see improved access to the Lea Valley in Tottenham Hale ward. Photo by @jamesrgrinter
Do you live in one of these wards? Get in touch with your councillor to ask them what progress they are making. A few emails, a letter, phone call or meeting could help to get things moving and make an improvement in cycling facilities or conditions in your area! Contact [email protected] if you need some tips or help in doing this.
Want to become a Haringey Cyclists ‘Veloteer’ representative for your ward? We’d love to have a representative in each ward who is happy to be in touch with us via email as part of our network across the borough. Drop us a line if you’re interested!
