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Active Travel Workshops with Groundwork

2nd February 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP is excited to be working in partnership with Groundwork London to deliver two engaging active travel workshops as part of Clean Air Villages 3.

These two interactive workshops will help participants identify the positives of active travel, but also the barriers and how to overcome them.

For your free ticket to the general active travel workshop on 24th February, 2-3pm, click here.

To join the cycling focused workshop on 1st March, 2-3pm, click here.

Children’s Mental Health Week

2nd February 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

Children’s Mental Health Week is taking place from 1st – 7th February 2021.

The Centre for Mental Health reports a new cohort of 500,000 previously healthy children under 18 will require mental health care due to the economic, health and family pressures caused by the covid crisis. In addition, a new investigation from the Evening Standard reveals hundreds of thousands of children and adolescents who had no diagnosable mental health problems before the pandemic will need care and support this year as a consequence of the crisis.

Now more than ever, action is needed to support young people. CRP’s Healthy Streets Everyday project is supporting Local Authorities, Business Improvement Districts and Landowners to create streets that are pleasant, safe places for all communities to enjoy. Children need safe, accessible, traffic-free residential areas to play, learn, and explore without being exposed to harmful air pollution.

The Road to Clean Deliveries is a Bike Ride Away!

2nd February 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

We are only two months away from the Clean Air Villages 3 (CAV3) project end date! CRP has been working through the many trials and tribulations of the pandemic, and we are pleased to promote the cargo-bike schemes across 6 CAV3 villages. The schemes support a network of various local businesses such as restaurants, coffee roasters, paint shops and independent stores delivering to their local customers via zero-emission transport methods.

We are delivering this scheme in Richmond, Tooting (London Borough of Wandsworth), Wimbledon (London Borough of Merton), Deptford (London Borough of Lewisham), Soho (Westminster City Council) and Seven Sisters Junction (London Borough of Haringey). Since the recent lockdown was announced, the CRP team have reached out to local foodbanks, charities and pharmacies to help support them during these challenging times. These schemes in all 6 areas are still ongoing and have capacity to take on businesses from these areas to join and trial cargo-bike deliveries for free.

If you are interested in utilising the schemes, please reach out to CRP Project Officer Ross Phillips for Deptford, CRP Senior Project Officer Laura Jacklin for Wimbledon, Tooting and Richmond and CRP Project Officer Anusha Rajamani for Soho and Seven Sisters Junction.

Not in any of the above areas but interested in cargo-bike deliveries for your business? Contact Anusha Rajamani to find out how you can make the switch!

Clean Air Thames: Round 2 Deadline Approaching

2nd February 2021 / Posted by Sefinat Otaru

Clean Air Thames is a project funded by the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund to retrofit commercial vessels operating on the Tidal Thames within Greater London.

The project aims to demonstrate how vessel operators can reduce noxious emissions and contribute to air quality improvements along the river, making the Thames a healthy and pleasant space for river workers, passengers, and visitors alike.

The second round of funding is NOW OPEN! The deadline to apply is Friday 12th February 2021.

For operators, participating in the project means:

  • Reducing your costs by up to 50% to get an exhaust after-treatment installed due to the match-funding provided
  • Getting a head start on future policy restrictions on emissions, and demonstrating forward-thinking in the industry
  • Actively contributing to the aims of Port of London Authority’s Air Quality Strategy, and taking a large step towards qualifying for their recently launched Thames Green Scheme.

For more information, and to download the guidance document and application form, please see here. For further inquiries, please contact CRP Project Manager Sefinat Otaru.

CRP’s Lunchtime Launch Success!

2nd February 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

Last week’s Lunchtime Launch session, ‘Developing the Future of Freight Logistics in London‘, covered how urban logistics hubs have an important role to play in promoting clean and efficient freight activity. We were delighted to be joined by 131 attendees, as well as expert speakers Barry Smith from Westminster City Council, Julie Bowerman from Steer, and CRP’s Laura Jacklin.

During the session we were pleased to circulate the final report ‘The Potential for Urban Logistics Hubs in Central London‘. You can also see the full presentation slides here and brief answers to some of the questions raised here.

Didn’t get the chance to join us live? Please click here to see the full recording.

Co-ordinating Central London Boroughs

2nd February 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

The Central London Sub-Regional Transport Partnership (CLSRTP) brings together the senior transport officers from the 10 boroughs of central London, on behalf of Transport for London, and facilitated by CRP.

Recent CLSRTP outputs include:

We are excited to announce we will also be launching a new ‘Parking Scheme Assessment Guidance’ framework and ‘Freight Noise Management in Urban Environments report in the coming weeks!

These 10 boroughs meet every month to share best practice and lessons learnt, to co-ordinate activities across borough boundaries, and to commission mutually-useful studies, investigations and trials to help London. The 10 boroughs are: the City of London Corporation, London Boroughs of Camden, Hackney, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham,
Southwark, Wandsworth, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster City Council.

For further information about the CRP-facilitated CLSRTP work, please contact the group’s Chair, CRP Senior Project Officer Laura Jacklin, or CRP’s Director Susannah Wilks.

CRP’s Healthy Streets Everyday launches new Guidance Document

2nd February 2021 / Posted by Fiona Coull

Cross River Partnership’s Healthy Streets Everyday programme is excited to announce the launch of ‘Mobility Justice & Transport Inclusivity’; an inspiring and reflective guidance document that explores five stories of mobility (in)justice faced by disabled people.

Transport can be one of the principal barriers faced by disabled people. This is explored throughout the document with themes such as journey planning, experiences of private and public transport, and active travel being discussed as part of the different personal accounts.

The five individuals also touched on how the pandemic has impacted their mobility with measures such as emergency streetscape changes having either positive or negative implications. By providing a voice to the everyday experiences of individuals who experience mobility (in)justice, the guidance aims to raise awareness of the variety of considerations that need to be taken in order to make transport and mobility truly accessible for everyone.

In addition, CRP would also like to highlight Transport for All’s Pave The Way report, an independent and in-depth research study into how disabled people have been impacted by Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, and the barriers to Active Travel more broadly.

CRP and its partners are extremely grateful to the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund for making this Guidance Document possible.

For further information about the Healthy Streets Everyday project, please contact CRP Project Manager Fiona Coull.

CRP’s Second Lunchtime Launch: Making Monitoring Meaningful

2nd February 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

Join CRP for our second Lunchtime Launch, ‘Making Monitoring Meaningful‘ on Thursday 25th February, 1:15pm – 2pm. At this interactive session, we will be exploring how to extract meaningful insights from monitoring data. Over the past year we have seen a growing interest in, and an associated scrutiny of, interventions to improve air quality. With resources increasingly under strain, how can we make sure we collect the right data, and put it to effective use?

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The main learning points within this session include:

  • How data can be captured through Artificial Intelligence
  • Transforming monitoring data to be meaningful and practical
  • How captured data can aid the decision making process

CRP Technical Project Officer Abby McDougall and CRP Project Manager Fiona Coull will outline current monitoring as part of CRP’s projects, including the latest insights from a 3-month traffic and road user monitoring programme. In collaboration with Vivacity, CRP have analysed data from sensors installed at 14 locations across London. This programme cuts across two of CRP’s projects, Defra-funded Clean Air Villages and Mayor of London-funded Healthy Streets Everyday, to help CRP and partners understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting traffic and active travel on London’s streets.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Centre for London and CRP: Town Centre Futures

19th January 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a unique opportunity to create a greener, cleaner recovery, and enhance the roles of all of London’s Centres moving forward. CRP is very pleased to launch a new research project: Town Centre Futures. This will provide practical recommendations for London’s key players, inter-linking transport, economic, environmental, cultural and health aspects of London’s future.

This research, delivered by Centre for London, will focus on up to 12 typologies across London, covering London’s major centres, district centres and neighbourhood centres. London has created an enormous value based on collaboration and innovation, and this report aims to bring together partners from across London to emphasis and build on this.

This study forms part of the Transport for London-funded Central London Sub-Regional Transport Partnership
(CLSRTP). CLSRTP enables collaboration and information-sharing between partner boroughs on key sub-regional transport priorities.

This study work will take place between January and the end of March 2021, with the study being ready for implementation in the new financial year, starting 1st April 2021. Short, medium and long term recommendations will be made throughout the report on how London’s Centres can work together and transform to deliver futures that are successful economically, environmentally and socially.

To find out more, please visit the Town Centre Futures project page or contact CRP Project Officer Rachael Aldridge.

CRP’s Staff Spotlight On: Carina Mesquita

19th January 2021 / Posted by CRP Team

I have been working as a Project Officer at CRP since March 2020, supporting the team to deliver the Clean Air Villages 3 programme and leading solutions in Northbank BID area.

The CRP team is very supportive and friendly. Even though we have been working remotely for the last ten months, everyone is always finding a way to stay together, promoting tea time and wellbeing sessions to support each other to keep a positive attitude during this time.

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