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Spotlight On: London Borough of Lambeth

14th December 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

London Borough of Lambeth have unveiled an Air Quality Vision for the borough – setting out tough new targets to reduce pollution and improve public health.

The Air Quality Vision for Lambeth sets out bold new targets to reduce Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), and particulate matter (PM 10 and 2.5), by 2030 based on new guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The interim WHO targets adopted by Lambeth Council are:

  • An annual average of 30μg/m3 for Nitrogen Dioxide, compared to the current target of 40μg/m3
  • An annual average of 20μg/m3 for PM10, compared to the current target of 40μg/m3
  • An annual average of 10μg/m3 for PM2.5, compared to the current target of 25μg/m3

The Air Quality Vision will be used to shape the development of Lambeth’s Air Quality Action Plan 2023-2025.

Lambeth is also engaged in a solid fuel burning project with Imperial College London, which aims to produce street-by-street mapping of solid fuel burning, monitoring particulate matter along walking routes in Clapham and Streatham. This project aims to better understand levels of pollution in the borough from domestic solid fuel burning, identify hotspot areas and inform interventions and awareness raising.

Find out more about Lambeth’s air quality vision.

Mayor’s Business Climate Challenge

14th December 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

The Greater London Authority (GLA) is exploring the possibility of scaling up the Mayor’s Business Climate Challenge (BCC) in the 2022-2023 period in partnership with Business Improvement Districts (BID) and local organisations with a network of business members.

The BCC is a programme developed by the GLA in partnership with Bloomberg Associates to reduce the energy and consumption and emissions of London’s commercial building.

If you are a BID or local organisation with a network of business members, please fill out this survey to support members become more energy efficient and reduce their emissions today.

Please fill out the Business Climate Challenge Partnership Exploration 2021 Survey! 

Congratulations to PDP London!

14th December 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

NLA’s New London Awards 2021 in association with the Mayor of London has announced the winners. The overall winner and also the winner of the planning category was PDP London’s Low Line. Its mission was described as to ‘connect people with nature and increase environmental resilience along its length by promoting innovative and sustainable projects that mitigate climate change.’

The Low Line connects neighbourhoods in London while celebrating London’s heritage rail architecture. It utilises public space for community, economic and public health benefits, creating positive change for the area.

The project was praised for incorporating sustainability, environmental resilience, heritage, diversity alongside economic and community benefits.

The Low Line was created in partnership with Better Bankside, one of CRP’s BID partner organisations. Our recent lunchtime webinar invited Valerie Beirne from Better Bankside to speak about the Low Line. Check out the recording of the event.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

14th December 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

Friday 3rd December marked the 29th UN-supported International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD). The 2021 theme is ‘Fighting for rights in the post-COVID era” which examines the challenges and barriers and celebrates the opportunities for people who live with disabilities in the context of a global pandemic.

Those with disabilities have been hit disproportionately hard by Covid, with reduced access to routine health care and rehabilitation services, more pronounced social isolation and a lack of emergency preparedness for people with special needs.

IDPWD has been running since 1992 and since then they have evolved to offer free disability advocacy, provide support workers and more.

To find out more please visit their website.

HSE School Mural Competition – Updates

14th December 2021 / Posted by Isidora Rivera Vollmer

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.

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

18th November 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

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.

Register here.

Electric Vehicle Rapid Charging Hubs Guidance Report

18th November 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

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.

London 2030 Electric Vehicle Strategy

18th November 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

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 Cargo Bike Hire in Westminster and Northbank

18th November 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

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

Southbank Vivacity Monitoring Continues

18th November 2021 / Posted by Fiona Coull

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.

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