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Deputy Mayor for Environment & Energy, Matthew Pencharz, is inviting business to help London secure millions of pounds of government investment in London’s ultra low emission vehicle future.

An engagement event, focused on the role of businesses in getting ultra low emission vehicles on to London’s streets, will offer delegates a unique chance to:

hear how leading businesses are embracing ultra low emission vehicle technology; and
learn about and help shape London’s emerging bid to the Office of Low Emission Vehicles’ £35m Go Ultra Low City Scheme.

The event, to be held in London’s Living Room at City Hall on 3rd September is being organised by Cross River Partnership. For more details contact Place Making Project Manager, Owain Jones: ojones@lambeth.gov.uk . Advance booking is necessary.

Event programme is available to download below.

OLEV GULCS Event Programme

The emerging lessons from Cross River Partnership’s Clean Air Better Business programme are generating interest from across the country.

As part of the recent launch of Urban Partners Wellbeing walk, CABB Air Quality Champion Uto Patrick and Andrew Grieve from King’s College London monitored the two routes with the aim of quantifying the potential exposure of the original route versus the wellbeing route. The results from the monitoring exercise were published in the July edition of the King’s College London newsletter. Urban Partners produced a video of the launch which can be viewed below.

Freight in the City supported the launch of the CABB toolkit as help for businesses and freight operators to assess and improve their impact on London’s air quality through steps such as developing their own delivery and servicing plans.

Followers on the CABB Twitter account have doubled in the past quarter, pushing us close to our 100th follower. For engaging content, guidance, tips and links to further case studies on how you can act on air quality, follow the CABB programme at @CRP_CABB.

CRP welcomes Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer as the new European Programme Manager. Tanja will be joining CRP on 1st September and will be managing the FREVUE project. She brings with her a wealth of past experience as a consultant managing European funded projects. She can be contacted on tdmuenchmeyer@westminster.gov.uk.

CRP’s LaMiLo project has both trialled and undertaken research into different approaches to solve the problems associated with the last mile of urban deliveries. This work has been welcomed by industry website ‘Freight in the City’ which identifies that UK cities can adopt viable last-mile delivery schemes for no cost by tapping into this existing LaMiLo research.

Read the full article at: http://freightinthecity.com/2015/07/uk-cities-can-adopt-viable-last-mile-delivery-schemes-for-no-cost-by-tapping-into-existing-research/

Urban logistics is an integral part of daily life; we want our goods and services to be available to us when they are needed. However, this delivery and servicing activity in cities leads to problems of air pollution, noise, traffic congestion, and road safety. These problems make our cities less economically competitive and less pleasant places to be.

Do you want your travel around London to be accessible, reliable, comfortable, fast, more stress free and bike friendly, all while you enjoy captivating views of one of the best cities on earth? Well, you can and now for up to a third less.

To promote the on-going expansion of the Thames River transport network and support businesses and their employees to get around the capital quickly and more sustainably, TfL are enabling BIDs, business partnerships, business groups and their employees to receive up to a third off single Thames Clipper journeys booked on line at www.thamesclippers.com .

To take advantage of this great offer BIDs, business partnerships and business groups first need to apply to TfL to apply the reduction their BID member discount or reward cards. To do so, please email businessengagement@tfl.gov.uk quoting “River Offer: CRP” in the email title. And happy sailing!

Lambeth Council has extended its consultation on design proposals for Brixton’s famous street market, including the iconic Electric Avenue, until the 4th of September 2015.

Following extensive local consultation, design proposals developed by architects Gort Scott, with the support of market experts Quarterbridge, have been published on line on the Future Brixton website.

Working with the Brixton Market Traders Federation, Brixton BID and a host of other local stakeholders, Lambeth Council is seeking to create a more attractive environment for traders, residents and shoppers;
increase the number of traders, shoppers and trade; and reverse the decline of the much loved street markets – so they can continue to provide jobs and serve the local community.

Improvements to Brixton’s street market are being supported by more than £1m of investment from the Mayor of London’s High Street Fund and the London Borough of Lambeth. The project is being programme managed by Cross River Partnership Place Making Project Manager, Owain Jones.

The Clean Air Better Business toolkit has officially launched. This innovative tool has been designed and developed specifically for Cross River Partnership project Local Authority and BID partners and their member businesses. This will address the gap in air quality activities and interventions as it allows users to answer the ubiquitous question, “what can I do?” by raising awareness of the problem. The CABB toolkit provides a range of potential initiatives, practical actions and links to further information and case studies.
It will form the foundation that allows it to be an effective way to educate users, allowing them to bench-mark best practice and play their role in improving the city.

London has an air quality problem that not only effects health and wellbeing, but is estimated to cost the city over £2billion per year. Without action, London will potentially become a less attractive place to live, work, shop and visit. Road transport is a key contributor to these emissions.

Businesses have a key role to play in improving air quality in London by influencing how employees, suppliers, customers and visitors travel. CABB is working in partnership with businesses to support activities that will reduce transport emissions and frequently result in cost savings and improved business performance. Your business is encouraged to take steps in the following three key areas:
Communications – raising the awareness of poor air quality, engaging with employees to take action, and running internal campaigns.
Transportation – implementing initiatives that enable employees, suppliers, customers and visitors to make sustainable transport choices.
Supply Chain – addressing emissions from deliveries through; rationalising operations, eco-driver training, policy implementation mechanisms and the use of ultra low emission vehicles.

For further information contact CRP Air Quality Champion: Uto Patrick

Camden Town Unlimited (CTU) has partnered with Cross River Partnership through the Clean Air Better Business programme to improve London’s air quality through behaviour change activities, interventions and campaigns in Camden Town.

CTU now have two Brompton folding bicycles for member businesses’ use as pool bikes – for free. The bikes have been very well received and companies can join the waiting list to have the bikes for 2 months at a time. They are currently with KSR Architects. The CTU pool bike scheme provides access to the bikes, helmet, reflector jacket, lock and trip computer which helps us track how much usage and mileage the bikes have delivered.

This initiative promotes healthy, sustainable travel for employees for work trips during the day and errands. CTU will be supported in developing an area based travel plan with the objective of having a strategic plan for accessibility in the Camden Town area.

If you’d like to find out more or sign your company up to the waiting list then contact Jessica Behar

InMidtown’s Cycle Vault was launched as the first of its kind-, a public, multi-purpose cycle facility in London. The facilities include:
Secure cycle parking, 24 hour access, lockers, showers, complete CCTV coverage, 24/7 monitoring by staff, access via personalised key fob and communal maintenance tools with a repair area. This futuristic cycle hub has made 100 bike parking spaces available within 10 car sparking spaces.

“No one has done this before. We want to make it as easy as possible for people to cycle, to remove the obstacles. We also want to turn some seasonal cyclists into all-year-round cyclists. The question is how we can build on parking to offer more services to them.” – Tass Mavrogordato, Chief Executive of InMidtown

Midtown Businesses are being offered the opportunity to trial the facility for free. For further information and to book, contact Corin@midtown.london

London’s first ‘Wellbeing Walk’ has launched to enhance the daily commute! Commuters walking between St Pancras International and Euston Station now have a healthier and more pleasant alternative route with the launch (Monday 6th July) of London’s first designated station to station Wellbeing Walk.
The Wellbeing Walk, developed and launched by Urban Partners, is an innovation for the capital. Rather than pedestrians having to walk along the Euston Road, the Wellbeing Walk provides pedestrians with a less polluted and congested route between the two stations. The route, which features Eversholt Street, Phoenix Road and Brill Place, responds in particular to growing concern in the capital about air quality. This project is directly supported through CRP’s Clean Air Better Business programme.

Key features of the route include:
-Air quality along the new walking route improved by up to 65% compared to the more polluted Euston Road
-A healthier, less congested route for commuters, and convenient access to local independent traders in Somers Town

This initiative is developed by Urban Partners, a voluntary business partnership made up of key local businesses with the aim of shaping the area and supporting businesses and local communities.

Joyce Lorigan, Chair of Urban Partners, said:
“We all have deeply ingrained habits when it comes to our daily commute and we rarely stop to consider the alternatives. The Wellbeing Walk offers a healthier, less stressful route for the tens of thousands of people that travel between Euston, St Pancras International and Kingʼs Cross each day. This important initiative has been made possible thanks to an effective collaboration between businesses that make up the Urban Partners and the local community, which we hope will provide a model that can be replicated in other areas of London.”

For further information contact Zoe Barwick.

Image: Councillor Phil Jones, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Planning and Transport, from the London Borough of Camden

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Mayor’s High Street Fund: Brixton street market design consultation extended until 4th September

Clean Air Better Business – Toolkit launch

Camden Town Unlimited – Pool Bike scheme

InMidtown Cycle Vault

Urban Partners – Wellbeing Walk launch