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Liverpool Road petition

Reduce traffic on Liverpool Road, Islington. 189 have signed. Let's get to 200! Lucy Facer started this petition to Islington council. Liverpool Road has seen increasing levels of traffic, creating illegal levels of air pollution, noise and road danger for local residents. It now carries more cars, vans and motorbikes

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Islington Forest for Change

Dear Neighbours We heard about the amazing Islington Forest for Change project from Islington Clean Air Parents (ICAP) and just had to get involved. ICAP is appealing for crowdfunding, so we decided to create the opportunity for all the Low Traffic Barnsbury & St Mary's supporters to pitch in with

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Vote for impact

One of the things that recently has brought me a huge amount of pleasure is regularly seeing young people cycling on our streets. For many years this was a very rare sight due to the dangerous conditions. With the arrival of People Friendly Streets and protected cycle tracks along Liverpool

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Call to Action!

As reported in our last newsletter, the Council's Commonplace feedback site is closed, having served its purpose. All LTNs now have surveys. Surveys are the New Thing. The Council wants your opinions - not just if you live in the LTN, but if you walk, wheel, cycle or work in,

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Call to Action this weekend!

It's the launch of #lowtrafficislington and the Green Heart!

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Environment and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee meeting

Thursday, 4th February, 2021 7.00 pm

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Action this morning 25 January

Get your clicking fingers out... with the help of all of you, your friends, family and contacts, let's send a loud and strong message to #VoteCleanAir!

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Cally People Friendly Streets

Next up... People Friendly Streets around The Cally! From what the Council have hinted we expect this to be implemented before summer 2021. No details have been announced, so we have been imagining what area this might cover. We think it may be the area bounded by Caledonian Road to

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Public meeting for Barnsbury tomorrow 15 December 6pm

The next public meeting for Barnsbury ward partnership will take place tomorrow, Tuesday 15 December 2020 at 6pm via Zoom. Click here to join the Zoom meeting Meeting ID: 961 5058 8449 Password: 387502 For more detail, check out Islington Council's website here We will all be sporting a Green

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Call to action!

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Community groups

Our borough is buzzing with support and campaigns for People Friendly Streets, from all kinds of angles and perspectives. Which community group speaks to your needs and passions?

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Take action, take back your streets

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Residents' survey - 2 minute poll

Help us understand your experience of traffic and streets in Barnsbury and St Mary's wards. Take 2 minutes to respond to our survey. TAKE OUR SURVEY NOW Update 26 July 2020: We achieved our Big Leafleting Target on 19 July. We will continue to gather data from the survey for

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SatNav use means increased traffic in Barnsbury & St Mary's

SatNav apps route drivers through residential areas to save seconds from their journeys. As their use accelerates, previously quiet roads are becoming blighted by traffic. Traffic across Barnsbury and St Mary's is increasing as more and more drivers use the area as a cut-through to avoid main roads. Our residential

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Support the campaign

The COVID lockdowns have shown everyone how great our local streets can be. With low and slow traffic we can re-own and re-imagine the streets that are ours. People can walk and cycle and children can play, all in peace and quiet and safety. Before lockdown, our streets had been

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Have your say on Commonplace

Islington Council is working hard to make our streets more people-friendly. Local people know their area best, which is why they want to hear from you on how they can make our streets better for everyone. And we want to make sure our streets are fit for our purpose -