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Letters

Letters to our two local papers: The Islington Gazette and The Islington Tribune.

By John Hartley 4 Feb 2023

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2023 in Barnsbury Laycock

2022 is now behind us and we are looking forward.... Happy New Year!

By John Hartley 1 Jan 2023

Call to action!

Liveable Neighbourhood for Barnsbury Laycock – tell the Council what you want on Tuesday 15

After 2 years of waiting, finally, the Council are giving us our chance of a Liveable Neighbourhood. Liveable Neighbourhoods will have quiet, pleasant streets with

By Richenda Walford 10 Nov 2022

Engagement & design

Perspective from Offord Road

LTNs have been nothing if not divisive. Most can agree that lower traffic and less pollution is better for all. But to say that the

By Low Traffic Offord Road 26 May 2022

Liveable Islington

Report: Beat the Street

Rather lost in all the flurry of excitement over the local election results last week, you may not be aware that the Beat the Street project came to an end.

By John Hartley 21 May 2022

Events

Spring family walk (Barnsbury and Cross Street)

Rachael of Islington Clean Air Parents has teamed up with David of Footways London to share the benefits of walking in Islington, with an i-spy game for children to enjoy.

By Rachael Swynnerton 20 May 2022

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Support the campaign

Before lockdown, our streets had been dysfunctional for decades. During COVID, we saw that with low traffic we could re-own and re-imagine our public realm.

By Multiple authors 14 May 2022

Newsletters

Newsletter 14 May 2022

Dear Neighbours So, we are finally past our local council elections! On the LTN front (admittedly a narrow focus given the many critical issues affecting

By Francisca Sepúlveda 14 May 2022

Liveable Islington

Real action wins votes

Now the local elections are over, another hurdle for the council's People Friendly Streets programme has passed. The results show residents are overwhelmingly

By Simon Izod 13 May 2022

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Engagement & Design

Islington Council have designed and implemented eight Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) over the past 18 months.

By Richenda Walford 7 May 2022

We want action!

Local group urges action

For decades we have known that motor traffic badly affects the health and quality of life of local people. It is dangerous, polluting and noisy.

By Low Traffic Cloudesley Place 30 Apr 2022

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So what's the solution?

The one thing which unites opponents of LTNs is their total inability to suggest how they would tackle the issue of traffic on our roads;

By Guest Speaker 23 Apr 2022

Myth busted

"It's too dangerous."

In every survey this is always the number one reason given for why more people don't use bikes to get around: > It&

By Richenda Walford 22 Apr 2022

Issues

Are you *really* in control?

We've all heard that cars are getting smarter – GPS, computer-controlled engines, proximity cameras, collision warnings and soon, driverless vehicles. In fact, some vehicles

By John Hartley 22 Apr 2022

Neighbourhood

💚 It's hard to go back 💚

Dr R points out that once we experience real change for better quality of life, it's hard to go back to living with traffic thundering at our front door.

By Guest Speaker 20 Apr 2022