Communities

Cross River Partnership (CRP) is putting communities at the heart of everything that it does.

This means co-designing, co-delivering and co-evaluating all of our projects. Sometimes this is with residents, sometimes with businesses, sometimes visitors, sometimes all three. In this way, we maximise the benefits achieved, together.

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Delivering School Streets

Improving safety, air quality and creating new play spaces for School Children

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Low Carbon Deliveries

Supporting Londoners to receive more sustainable deliveries

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Accessible & Community-Focused Sustainable Transport

Helping Londoners to choose healthier active travel journeys

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Greening London's Freight

Engaging and supporting London’s logistics sector to consider alternative, non-road freight modes including rail and river

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Clean Air for the Community

Co-creating healthier, greener and more inclusive streets for local communities

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Activating Street Space

Co‑creating art and culture led placemaking interventions with local communities to deliver engaging, meaningful street spaces for residents and visitors

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Supporting Businesses' Transition to Net Zero

Engaging local business on zero emission solutions

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Supporting Evidence Based Decision Public Realm Improvements

Delivering air quality and traffic monitoring analysis to support safer streets, greener planning, and community‑centred improvements

Here’s some of our recent achievements

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    CRP completes its award-winning 6-month road-fed trial at the Waterloo Freight Hub, delivering over 20,000 parcels and saving over 2,500 kg of CO2.

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    6 School Streets and 300 sqm of green space delivered so far through our Mayor of London funded Healthy Streets Everyday II programme.

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    CRP’s EU‑funded Just Streets programme co‑creates School Streets and heritage walking routes with local schools, residents and community groups.

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    A 9‑month micro‑logistics hub in Pimlico enabled 111,236 low‑carbon deliveries, reducing freight impacts and enhancing the public realm in central London.

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    CRP’s Healthy Streets Everyday II programme delivered campaigns that encouraged more Londoners to walk, wheel and cycle, improving health and wellbeing across the city.

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    CRP spoke at major events such as the ALICE Logistics Innovation Summit and Future Transport Forum to inspire community‑focused change.

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    CRP partnered with UCL to deliver a workshop exploring how express rail freight and last‑mile logistics can help deliver cleaner urban freight across London.

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    CRP’s cargo bike trials offer zero‑emission deliveries and promote cargo bike use among residents and businesses.

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    CRP engages with the logistics operators such as EVRI and Amazon to encourage river based freight into London.

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    CRP engaged 30 logistics operators across London in the SGL Kerbside Management Trial to test innovative tech for cleaner, more efficient deliveries.

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    CRP coordinates the Central London Sub‑Regional Transport Partnership, bringing boroughs together to advance sustainable transport.

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    Since 2021, CRP has delivered traffic monitoring and analysis for South Bank BID, helping inform improvements that create a cleaner, safer and more welcoming South Bank.

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    With Heal’s and UPS, CRP ran a 10‑month walking freight trial in Camden, delivering over 12,000 parcels by e‑assist trolley instead of vans, cutting emissions and congestion.

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    Healthy Streets Everyday delivered 23 new greening improvements across 11 London boroughs, making streets more pedestrian friendly and improving air quality.