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Following the recent HSE mural design competition to support Car Free Day 2021, CRP has now been working on bringing the winning drawings to life.

Artists are currently being commissioned to produce permanent murals based on the winning mural designs at Cayley Primary School (Tower Hamlets), William Tyndale Primary School (Islington), and Middle Park Primary School (Greenwich). The painting process will begin in the new year when weather conditions improve. Pupils will also be involved throughout the artistic process. Through initial guided workshops, the children will be able to build on the winning design and add more personalised imagery. In some cases, the children will also be able to help in the actual painting process.

The workshops and the murals at the schools will raise awareness and engage school children and parents on the topics of air pollution and active travel.

We can’t wait to see the three new murals in Spring 2022!For further information, please contact CRP Project Manager Fiona Coull.

For CRP’s eleventh monthly Lunchtime Launch event, join us for the virtual launch of this year’s Good Parks for London report on Thursday 18th November 2021, 1:15pm – 2:00pm. Sign up now!

The annual report, published by Parks for London, showcases the great work that land managers are doing in and around London, especially in considering the effects of climate change and how parks can mitigate them.

This online interactive Lunchtime Launch session will explore the importance of parks and green infrastructure in climate change and air quality mitigation strategies through key addresses by: Judy Ling Wong CBE, the Honorary President of the Black Environment Network (BEN) and author of the report’s foreword; Tony Leach, Chief Executive of Parks for London; Joanne Dennis-Jones, Head of Planning at GL Hearn, report sponsors, and a representative from one of the most imporved boroughs.

The main learning points from this session include:

How London’s parks can play a key role in climate and air quality strategies.
How parks can mitigate the impacts of climate change.
The importance of green infrastructure in our cities.

For more information, please contact CRP Communications Project Manager Rachael Aldridge.

Why are rapid charging hubs needed? Electric vehicles are increasing in popularity with 1 in 10 new cars bought in 2020 an EV, up from 1 in 30 the year prior. These statistics go hand in hand with the requirement for new charging infrastructure. Rapid charging hubs, which can provide a full charge in 30 minutes or less, are increasingly required in central London to meet charging demand. To aid this process, Cross River Partnership has published a new report: ‘Electric Vehicle Rapid Charging Hubs Guidance’. The short and succinct report details advice and guidance around the implementation of rapid charging hubs. It also looks at the potential challenges faced during the construction and planning stages, emphasising the need for embedded knowledge to be shared.

The report covers both practical and legislative measures to implementation. The policy and planning landscape examines the current situation in a global, UK and London context. On ground elements such as case studies, technical specifications, usage data and design considerations provide recommendations for the implementation of rapid charging hubs. This report brings together expert advice for landowners, local authorities and the general public.

The report was created by CRP on behalf of the Central London Sub-Regional Transport Partnership, a collective of senior transport officers and directors from ten London boroughs who provide strategic advice for, and on behalf of TfL. It was featured by Citti Magazine and published alongside CRP’s October Lunchtime Launch ‘The Challenges and Opportunities of Fleet Electrification’.

For more information, please contact CRP Project Officer Eleanor Marshall.

Read the report here.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to ‘unlock’ land owned by the Greater London Authority and London boroughs, to locate around 1,000 rapid charge points by 2030.

Transport for London estimates that by 2030, London could need up to 60,000 charge points, of which up to 4,000 will be rapid charge points.

London’s ongoing investment in EVs supports the Mayor’s wider target of decarbonising the transport network and achieving a net zero capital by 2030. The Mayor is committed to working with the Government, boroughs, charge points operators, energy providers and other key stakeholders to make sure London gets the charge points it needs.

CRP’s latest release, ‘Electric Vehicle Rapid Charging Hubs’ acts as useful guidance for local authorities and landowners, including a case study of Glass Yard Woolwich.

For more information, please contact CRP Project Officer Eleanor Marshall.

Free use of a cargo bike and rider (yes, free, you did read that right!).

We can work together to reduce air pollution. Using transport types that do not give out pollutants that are bad for our lungs is one effective way to do this. That is why there are free hours – via the Defra funded Clean Air Villages programme – to use an Ecofleet cargo bike.

If you are a business, community organisation or charity based in Covent Garden, Northbank, Soho or Richmond then please contact CRP Project Manager Kate Fenton for more information.

The bike and rider can be booked in advance and used for your deliveries or collections, for example, delivering to customers or transferring stock between stores.

The hours are being given out on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

Read our case study for more information about cargo bikes

CRP is continuing to work with South Bank BID to provide in-depth Vivacity monitoring and analysis. This month we reached a new milestone, with the third round of reporting nearly complete!

So why is monitoring useful? By carrying out monitoring and analysis, CRP can provide South Bank BID with a detailed picture of active travel and vehicular movements, as well as an insight to social distancing trends and local emissions. This can then help to:

Act as the proof of concept for local initiatives
Identify areas where additional measures may be required
Enable evidence-based decision making for the BID and their stakeholders.

CRP can also work with partners to improve the monitoring of specific sites by providing the following detailed data analysis:

Active travel and traffic count analysis (e.g., pedestrians, cyclists, motorbikes, cars, vans, HGVs and buses)
Granular level event analysis
Movement/road user behaviour analysis (including social distancing)
Speed reporting
Turning count analysis
Air quality impacts

Partners will also receive access to a real-time data dashboard as well as detailed reports to help evaluate the benefits and impacts of active travel, sustainable transport or business support schemes.

To find out more about the benefits of monitoring, take a look at CRP’s ‘Meaningful Monitoring: Providing the Path to Positive Change’.

Alternatively, please get in touch with CRP Project Manager Fiona Coull  if you are interested in finding out more about how CRP’s data analysis services can benefit your organisation.

Through Cross River Partnership’s Clean Air Villages 4 and CLSRTP programmes, CRP has produced an interactive map for Local Authorities and Landowners to advertise underutilised or unused sites and spaces in their local area. This map will support logistics operators to explore these locations as potential Urban Logistics Hubs and Micro Logistics Hubs, and landowners and local authorities to utilise these spaces fully.

Urban logistics hubs and micro logistics hubs play an important role in promoting sustainable and efficient freight activity in London. Goods are sent to spaces close to urban centres in areas with lots of people, and then distributed via low and zero-emission vehicles, like electric vehicles and cargo bikes, for the ‘last mile’ of the supply chain. This reduces delivery vehicle trips, pollution and congestion on our roads.

So, what may you be looking for? CRP has also created some easily digestible flyers to show what you might be looking for in your area if you are looking for urban logistics or micro logistics hubs. You can find these below:

If you think you may know of an unused or underutilised space near you, please get in touch with CRP Project Manager Ross Phillips.

Progress was made at COP26! Of course there is still much more to do, but it’s fantastic that over 200 countries are committing to do #BetterTogether, including China and the US.

More than 100 countries have promised to stop deforestation by 2030. CRP’s next Lunchtime Launch is all about Parks and Climate Change – sign up here.

450 financial organisations have agreed to back “clean” technology, such as renewable energy, and direct finance away from fossil fuel-burning industries. CRP’s Electric Fleet Local Energy Systems project is working with partners UPS, UK Power Networks and Moixa to trial smart charging of commercial delivery Electric Vehicles, supported by the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund from UK Research & Innovation.

CRP looks forward to continuing to do its bit in tackling the climate crisis with its partners – #TogetherWeCan.

Read the 2030 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy

CRP’s accountable body, Westminster City Council has committed to reduce carbon emissions across the city to reach net zero by 2040. The Climate Emergency Action Plan contains a raft of actions to reduce emissions by working in partnership with businesses, communities, and residents.

Key actions will focus on:

Efficient buildings
Clean and affordable energy
Sustainable travel and transport
Reducing consumption and waste
Green and resilient city

What are you doing to help cut carbon pollution? See here for some priority steps you can take to help make a difference.

Take a look at Westminster City Council’s Climate Change Projects

CRP Project Officer Isidora Rivera Vollmer attended Southwark’s virtual Climate Change Conference. This year’s conference was hosted by Councillor Helen Dennis, Cabinet Member for the Climate Emergency and Sustainable Development. The keynote speaker at this event was Harriet Lamb, CEO of climate change charity Ashden.

The conference was held on 27th October, one week before COP26. The event focused on the work taking place across the borough to reduce emissions and protect our natural environment. First, Helen Dennis and Harriet Lamb gave informative speeches about local and national climate strategies and projects. Participants then had the chance to participate in two workshops out of four options: ‘Sustainable travel’, ‘Biodiversity and nature’, ‘Business and sustainable consumption’, and ‘Buildings and energy’.

CRP first attended the ‘Business and sustainable consumption’ workshop. Tom Harris, from Better Bankside BID, and Nick Wolff, from Southwark Council, talked about the BID’s and council’s green services, climate action strategies, and the creation of new green jobs and green skills training hubs. The second workshop, ‘Sustainable travel’, was led by council members Jeremy Leach and Pip Howson, who gave updates on Southwark’s strategy for zero carbon transportation and active travel programme. Participants were able to ask the workshop speakers questions afterwards.

At the end of the conference, Councillor Kieron Williams, leader of Southwark Council, underlined that carbon emissions need to be cut down even further to tackle the climate crisis. He is hopeful that the government will fund green solutions nationwide and in Southwark.

Archives: News Articles

HSE School Mural Competition – Updates

Lunchtime Launch 11 – Good Parks for London 2021: Parks and Climate Change

Electric Vehicle Rapid Charging Hubs Guidance Report

London 2030 Electric Vehicle Strategy

Free Cargo Bike Hire in Westminster and Northbank

Southbank Vivacity Monitoring Continues

Urban and Micro Logistics Hubs

COP26 and CRP

Westminster Council Climate Emergency Action Plan

Southwark Climate Change Conference 2021