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Clean Air Villages Launch

16th July 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP is pleased to have officially launched the Clean Air Villages project, with a lunchtime event at CRP’s Clean Air Together Exhibition at New London Architecture. 

 

The DEFRA-funded project is a year long, working in collaboration with five central London boroughs: Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham.  Local Councillors and Officers from each partnering borough met with Cross River Partnership at the launch event to discuss local air quality priorities and how the Clean Air Villages project contributes to meeting these.

 

The Clean Air Villages project aims to reduce pollution and congestion within ten air quality focus villages (2 per borough), with an emphasis on business deliveries and servicing. 

 

For more information please see the project webpage or contact CRP Programme Manager Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer or CRP Project Officer Kate Fenton.

CRP Apprentice

16th July 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

We are very happy to welcome Yasin Mahmood to the CRP team.

 

Yasin is our new business support apprentice.  Yasin completed a Level 3 Business & Accounting Diploma and  AS-level Citizenship & Politics qualifications and decided to take a different route rather than going to university.

Yasin is looking forward to learning lots of new skills and developing his knowledge and experience by getting involved with the wide range of projects that CRP delivers.

For further information please contact yasinmahmood@crossriverpartnership.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West End Freight and Servicing Strategy

16th July 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

 

CRP recently presented a Freight and Servicing Strategy to the West End Partnership Board on behalf of their Deliveries and Servicing Group which is co-ordinated by CRP. Six prioritised actions were presented following consultation with stakeholders, which are underpinned by ambitious but achievable medium and long term targets for mitigating the impact of freight across the West End. This is vital for the continued prosperity of this diverse, unique area at the heart of the London economy.

The West End Partnership Board approved the strategy and asked that detailed proposals were developed for each of the six priority actions presented in the strategy.

For more information contact CRP’s Tom Linton-Smith.

WEP Freight and Servicing Strategy – Final June 2018

Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood working in partnership towards a healthier, greener city

16th July 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

St. Mary's Bryanston Square for City for All

The Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) was established in 2016 as a partnership between Westminster City Council, residents’ groups, local landowners and business improvement districts to tackle the challenge of air pollution in innovative ways.

Partnership working is key to delivering on that ambition, and this was showcased at the launch of the Council’s City for All Vision on 12th July at the recently refurbished Old Marylebone Town Hall. The LEN demonstrated the impact of partnership working in action, to make a healthier, greener city, with particular reference to the outcomes of the school engagement programme which is part of the LEN.

The school engagement programme offers a series of engaging, interactive lessons, delivered by experts Sustrans, for schools in Marylebone on the topic of air quality. Other initiatives include temporary street closures for school play streets with pop-up parklets, pedal-powered smoothie makers, and cycle and scooting skill sessions.

The Marylebone LEN was established after a successful bid by Westminster City Council to the Mayor of London’s Mayor’s Air Quality Fund. Cross River Partnership programme manages the LEN on behalf of the Council.

To find out more about the LEN visit www.MaryleboneLEN.org or contact CRP’s Tom Linton-Smith.

 

CRP’s Clean Air Together Exhibition

16th July 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP’s first ever exhibition, Clean Air Together, is enjoying a successful run at the NLA Galleries. The exhibition has inspired dozens of pledges from individuals and businesses committed to working together to clean London’s air.

CRP is very grateful to its sponsors, the Mayor of London, The Northbank BID, and The Crown Estate, for helping to make the exhibition possible.

The free exhibition continues at NLA Galleries, The Building Centre, 26 Store Street WC1E 7BT until 30th July 2018.  It is also open on Saturdays.

For more information please contact CRP’s Brendon Harper.

Award for CRP’s Clean Air Walking and Cycling Routes

16th July 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP recently received the inaugural Accessibility Award from the Association of Town and City Management (ATCM) for our clean air walking and cycling routes work.  The ATCM Awards showcase best practice on key issues across the UK and Ireland and identify successful projects that they think local and national government and other key stakeholders should be aware of.

Find out more about CRP’s clean air walking and cycling routes work at www.cleanairroutes.london

Business Green Leaders Awards

16th July 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

We are very glad to announce that on 27 June the Smart Electric Urban Logistics (SEUL) project has won the Business Green Leaders Innovation of the Year Award.

Green Leaders Awards

The Business Green Leaders Awards that are now in their 8th year celebrate the UK’s leading green businesses and the progress these have made in incorporating sustainable business models and clean technologies into their operations.

CRP partner UPS had put forward the SEUL project, which is successfully implementing innovative smart charging technology to overcome grid capacity constraints as a barrier to the large-scale take-up of electric freight vehicles.

For more information, please see the project webpage here or contact CRP’s Programme Manager Electric Freight Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

CRP is recruiting!

4th July 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP is currently recruiting for a Business Engagement Officer to join our Deliver London team to work on our Clean Air Villages, DEFRA-funded project.

To find out more about the role and to apply, please click here

Please contact Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer for further information.

Smart Electric Urban Logistics Launch Event

3rd July 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

At the UPS Sustainable Logistics event on 19 June Smart Electric Urban Logistics (SEUL) partners invited stakeholders, funders and partners to officially launch the project. Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, opened the event underlining the importance of the electrification of fleets in addressing London’s air pollution and the role a unique project such as SEUL plays in paving the way.

SEUL launch

Taking place in an operational logistics setting at the UPS central London depot in Camden, the event allowed stakeholders to fully explore the challenges and opportunities around the electrification of fleets and low impact city logistics. At three stands, partners presented and discussed various elements of this work: 1) The UPS EV journey; 2) The smarter use of our electricity grid to enable fleet electrification and 3) low impact city logistics through the use of an electrically assisted delivery trailer.

CRP will further share the SEUL learnings over the coming year through factsheets, events and webinars. For more information, please see the project webpage here or contact CRP’s Programme Manager Electric Freight Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

 

The Mayor’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Taskforce

20th June 2018 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP has been invited to join the Mayor’s new Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Taskforce chaired by Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy.

The 16-member Taskforce was launched on 31 May 2018. It will provide guidance on how to implement the Mayor’s vision of a zero emission transport network by 2050, focusing on the lack of electric vehicle charging infrastructure that remains an important barrier to the take-up of EVs.

EVI_Taskforce

Based on previous and ongoing work such as FREVUE, Smart Electric Urban Logistics as well as our recent report on Electric Freight Vehicles in Central London: Local Grid Capacity, CRP will be glad to contribute to the Taskforce discussions feeding into a shared EV Infrastructure Delivery Plan to be published next year.

For more information please see the GLA’s press release or contact CRP’s Programme Manager Electric Freight Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

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