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Newsletter Autumn 2017 Westminster Trials 20Mph Limits East-West Cycle The Council will seek the views of local schools, businesses and residents views before, during and after the 20mph trials. This will help them to understand their impact and inform the next step. For details including a map of the trial areas please Newsletter Autumn 2017 see: https://www.westminster.gov.uk/20mph-trials If you have any questions about the trials please email: Edited by Dominic Fee. [email protected] Finalised on 29 August. Printed circa 7 September. East-West Cycle Superhighway 3 – Chair / Borough Coordinator: Colin Wing Missing link to be filled Telephone: 020 7828 1500 – Colin Wing and Philip Benstead report Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.westminstercyclists.org.uk Work is currently in progress on filling the missing link Twitter: https://twitter.com/Westminster_LCC in East-West Cycle Superhighway 3 between Constitution Hill and Great George St. There will be a Westminster Cycling Campaign is the local group of two-way cycle track along the park side of Spur Road, the London Cycling Campaign. Our group is open to opposite Buckingham Palace, and Birdcage Walk. any London Cycling Campaign member who lives, works, studies or cycles in the City of Westminster. We aim to encourage people to cycle, improve conditions for cycling and raise the profile of cycling in Westminster. The majority of our 250 members are Westminster residents. When we write to our local councillors, we are writing to Westminster's councillors. All members are welcome to contribute as much or as little time as they wish. You're welcome to just come to our meetings to listen to what's happening. Westminster trials 20mph limits – Colin Wing reports Westminster City Council is introducing 20mph speed limits at up to 40 schools and in two residential areas over the next year. This trial is part of the Council's As the first steps, posts for separate signals for cyclists drive to create a safer, healthier and more pleasant have been installed – see photo. The road will be environment. The aim is to increase walking and resurfaced to delineate the new cycle track using a cycling, and to make more vulnerable road users like different road surface colour. The new cycle track will cyclists, older people and schoolchildren, feel safer. also be segregated using traffic wand bollards where it curves around the Queen Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace. Transport for London expects the works to take until November 2017. Bayswater Road to Edgware Road Quietway progress – Dave Cripps reports I have just walked the route of the western section of the Bayswater Road to Edgware Road Quietway i.e. from the junction of Westbourne Terrace with Craven A vehicle-activated sign in Maida Vale Road to the junction of Ossington Street/Palace Court with the Bayswater Road. The 20mph limits are being implemented in areas highlighted by a road safety review and as a result of The toucan crossing of the Bayswater Road between residents’ requests for speed restrictions. the junctions with Palace Court and Ossington Street is complete and in operation, allowing cyclists to cross To evaluate the 20mph limit, the Council will be southward to reach Kensington Palace Gardens. gathering data about the speed and volume of traffic, using standard tubes laid across the road, as well as With the exception of the beginnings of roadworks at Vehicle Activated Signs (VAS). The signs remind the junction of Porchester Gardens with Queensway drivers and riders to adhere to the speed limit. If nothing else has, so far, been done. I understand from motorists are going too fast, they can be set to flash at speaking to the South-East Bayswater Residents’ either 20 or 30mph. Association (SEBRA) that Westminster City Council’s Cabinet has approved the works and that they will Meetings and events begin in earnest once the Notting Hill Carnival is over. The road markings would only take a few weeks to put We have six meetings each year. We learn more by in place but the changes to Porchester Gardens discussing opinions and proposals together, so please between the junctions with Inverness Terrace and join us to have your say on the issues that affect you. Queensway would not be finished until November. We organise events such as cycle rides and Dr Bike events with cycle mechanics, maps and leaflets. Please see the LCC website's events list, which we use to record and advertise our events. Details may change after this newsletter goes to print, so please visit the website or call 020 7828 1500 to check. http://westminstercyclists.org.uk/showevents.htm Silver Sunday Ride Sunday 1 October 2017 10:30am - 2pm A leisurely-paced cycle ride from the Albert Memorial to Bishop's Park, Fulham, and back. The ride is around 2½ hours in length, with refreshments in the park. Vision for Aldwych unveiled – Colin Route outward via Brompton Cemetery and the north Wing reports bank Thames Path, back via Putney Bridge, south bank Thames Path, Wandsworth Park, and Battersea The Northbank Business Improvement District has Bridge. The ride starts from the Albert Memorial, unveiled its vision for the Aldwych and the parallel Kensington Gardens, at 10:30. All welcome, including length of the Strand. The vision is to remove of the families and all types of cycle. Aldwych gyratory and create a new civic space at the heart of the area. It aims to do this by returning the Aldwych to two-way operation and restricting the parallel length of the Strand to buses and cycles. Westminster Cycling Campaign meeting Monday 2 October 2017 7pm - 9pm Join us to find out about the latest cycling issues in Westminster, raise issues that affect you, and have your say. Location: The Sir John Balcombe, 21 Balcombe Street, Marylebone NW1 6HE – in the quiet downstairs room. Food, alcoholic and soft drinks will be available. The Aldwych currently has five lanes of one-way traffic The Aldwych / Strand gyratory system currently carries Beyond Metroland several lanes of fast-moving one-way traffic. It is an Saturday 21 October 2017 9:45am - 5pm intimidating environment for cyclists and access to and Leave the suburban sprawl behind on this ride in the from King's College and the LSE can be difficult. It also Chilterns! About 40 km. Ride starts from Chesham sends southbound buses on a long detour. So we Station at 10:50. 09:50 train from Baker Street. would be better off without it. The vision has been produced by the Northbank BID in Consultations partnership with Westminster City Council and Transport for London as well as local stakeholders. We work with authorities including Westminster City The next steps involve modelling and testing the Council, Transport for London, the Royal Parks and proposed traffic scheme as well as public consultation. the Canal & River Trust. Please see Cyclescape, To find out more please see: which we use to invite comments, debate opinions and https://thenorthbank.london/northbank-news/london- record our consultation responses. first-puts-aldwych-vision-as-top-priority/ https://westminster.cyclescape.org/ .
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