November 1, 2023 / admin / Comments Off on London Cycling Campaign Community Skills Summit
The Enfield branch of the London Cycling Campaign invite you to the LCC Community Skills Summit.
Would you like to help make Enfield better for cycling, walking and wheeling? Join campaigners from all over London on Saturday, 18 November for a free day of talks, workshops and networking that will give you the skills and inspiration you need to get our council moving on active travel. You do not need to be a member of LCC to attend.
Time: 9:30AM – 5PM Where: University of East London Docklands, E16 2RD
On the agenda this week we have a guest speaker, Mat MacDonald. Mat is founder member of our sister group Better Streets for Birmingham and has recently run the successful Safer Streets Now Campaign throughout England and Wales.
October 6, 2023 / admin / Comments Off on Newsletter Quieter Neighbourhood Update 2
Enfield Council have announced two proposed sites for their next Quieter Neighbourhood programme. These are still at a very early ‘engagement’ stage and it would be a great idea to give them some ideas and get involved.
Bowes East QN
Bowes East is the area between the North Circular Road, Green Lanes and Wolves Lane. This has traditionally been an area where there’s been lots of ‘rat-running’ between Green Lanes and Wolves Lane. Mostly northbound traffic would end up on Princes Avenue/Tottenhall Road and then join the North Circular via Green Lanes. An attempt to solve the Princes/Tottenhall problem was attempted in 2011 (see this report from the Palmers Green Community site) but it ended up pushing traffic further up Green Lanes to Grenoble Gardens. This is an example of why planners should take a ‘whole area approach’ to Quieter Neighbourhoods. Hopefully, Enfield will take this approach but it may need your engagement to help understand the local traffic.
Some of the interventions that are being considered are:
Modal filters that allow people walking and cycling through but not vehicles. It is likely that the council will go with ANPR camera controls for some filters to avoid any issues with the emergency services.
New reports show positive progress for Enfield’s Quieter Neighbourhoods
A traffic monitoring report for each of Enfield’s completed Quieter Neighbourhoods was published by Enfield Council in August 2023. They are presented as a set of slides and available here at Bowes and Fox Lane.
The monitoring took place in late November/early December 2022 and followed exercises carried out in September 2021 after the initial implementation of each scheme.
Overall
There is positive news in terms of traffic reduction in both QNs. Fox Lane is more positive in terms of boundary roads in particular, which carry the most traffic.
Further monitoring will take place on some roads, named in each report. Other ‘mitigation’ may follow depending on the outcomes.
There are limits to the extent to which this exercise is directly comparable to the one in 2021.
For more information on the impact of schemes in London to date see this extensive 2023 study.
Join us on Saturday 16th September for this leisurely 30-mile cycle ride from Wood Green Common, exploring some of Enfield’s interesting architecture
This is a safely marshalled, leisurely group cycle ride. We will set off at 10am from Barratt Gardens, Station Road, London N22 6UU (next to Wood Green Common), heading north via several places of architectural interest in Enfield – many with cycle-friendly features. We will stop for lunch and refreshments en route, returning between 3 and 4pm to Wood Green Common.
Please book here to reserve your place via the Eventbrite page.
May 10, 2023 / admin / Comments Off on RideLondon FreeCycle feeder rides on May 28th, 2023
We’ve got a couple of feeder rides for the RideLondon FreeCycle. The FreeCycle is an amazing day out on a very large traffic-free loop around London.
The two set-off points are:
The Fox, 413 Green Lanes, Palmers Green N13 4JD.
The Cycle Hub, Edmonton Green station, The Broadway, Edmonton N9 7AA*
*if this post code isn’t valid on your satnav/phone N9 9DX will get you to an adjacent cafe.
Both the Palmers Green and Edmonton feeder rides start promptly at 9am and return at 3pm. The Palmers Green ride will join with Haringey CC group and go south to Bank; the Edmonton ride will go south down the Lea Valley park and then largely on protected cycle lanes to Bank. The leaders and marshals are all London Cycle Campaign trained. Register for the Freecycle AND Led Rides here: https://www.ridelondon.co.uk/our-rides/ridelondon-freecycle If you want to leave from Palmers Green this is under Enfield 2 when you register.
May 2, 2023 / admin / Comments Off on Local ride leader or marshal training on May 13th
Have you recently been on one of our rides and seen the ride leaders and marshals in action? If you think it looks like fun and a challenge, maybe you would like you like to help lead or marshal one of our bike rides – perhaps one of the two feeder rides to Ride London Freecycle on the 28th May? Why not sign up to ride leader or marshal training? London Cycle Campaign are running two free courses at Enfield’s Council offices. Sign-up here LCC Events
April 24, 2023 / admin / Comments Off on Enfield Cycle Campaign/BSfE AGM 7.30pm 16th May
The AGM is the highlight of our year and this time our speaker is active travel expert Georgia Yexley. Georgia will be talking about the barriers to enabling active travellers, and what we can do about them.
We have a packed agenda of what we’ve been doing and what we plan. We also want to hear from you, so join us in The Fox’s lovely new function room.
The time – 7.30 pm Tuesday 16th May
Duration – 1 hour 30 minutes
The place – The Fox (function room) 413 Green Lanes, London N13 4JD
April 4, 2023 / admin / Comments Off on Community Bike Ride – Sunday 30th April
In association with Enfield Council, we are organising a family-friendly ride exploring Enfield’s new cycle lanes around the Hertford Road (A1010). Starting at Edmonton Station at 2pm, we will do a loop of just under 8 miles to Albany Park and back. The ride will be led by the experienced cycle trainer David Hilliard and be marshalled by fully trained London Cycle Campaign members.
UPDATE We have some Lime hire electric bikes available at Edmonton too.
For those wanting to join from different parts of the borough, we have organised a couple of informal feeder rides:
From Palmers Green – meet at 1300 outside The Fox, 413 Green Lanes, London N13 4JD
From Enfield – meet at 1250 outside Enfield Station, Southbury Rd, Enfield EN1 1YX.
For further information contact us at info@betterstreets.co.uk
Better Streets for Enfield are recommending supporting the victims of the Turkey earthquake via our sister group, Londra Bisiklet Kulübü (London Cycling Club). So far they have donated 15 kids bikes to an organisation called “Hatay Earthquake Solidarity “ in earthquake most effected city Hatay.
February 14, 2023 / admin / Comments Off on Ride with us to the Woman’s Freedom Ride 5th March
Would you like to ride with us to the Woman’s Freedom Ride on 5th March? Here’s what to expect.
We will be joining Haringey and Islington Cycling Campaign on route. Expect a big lively crowd! The feeder ride will be led and marshalled by fully qualified cycle instructors or London Cycling Campaign members and we will end up at Marble Arch for the start of the Woman’s Freedom Ride. Here’s where we will be meeting up:
Riders gather at 11:30 for a 12:00 departure. For those who want to ride an easier route to Marble Arch, there’s the option to get the train from Enfield Town into Liverpool Street and ride from there. Another option would be to take the train to Kings Cross and use cycle routes C6, C3 and C55 (quiet roads or protected cycle lanes all the way) to get to Marble Arch.
For your return, you can either be guided back as part of the group or make your way to either Kings Cross or Liverpool Street and take the train back to Enfield.
