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Islington Weather (BBC)- Friday: white cloud, Max Temp: 16°C (61°F), Min Temp: 7°C (45°F)Max Temp: 16°C (61°F), Min Temp: 7°C (45°F), Wind Direction: W, Wind Speed: 10mph, Visibility: good, Pressure: 1028mb, Humidity: 77%, UV risk: low, Pollution: low, Sunrise: 06:56GMT, Sunset: 17:31GMT
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- Sunday: sunny, Max Temp: 12°C (54°F), Min Temp: 7°C (45°F)Max Temp: 12°C (54°F), Min Temp: 7°C (45°F), Wind Direction: WSW, Wind Speed: 5mph, Visibility: very good, Pressure: 1028mb, Humidity: 66%, UV risk: low, Pollution: low, Sunrise: 06:51GMT, Sunset: 17:34GMT
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Category Archives: Road Safety in Kings Cross
Camden makes Seaford St., Kings Cross dual-way for cyclists
Camden council has opened up Seaford Street WC1X for dual direction cycling. It is now possible to cycle the Kings Cross North-South axis South of Euston Road on calmer roads omitting Kings Cross Road connecting Euston Road, Kings Cross / Argyle Square … Continue reading
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Mayor Johnson refuses to give timetable for his review of dangerous junctions #cyclesafe
It’s hardly Downton Abbey and sometimes looks like an episode of Wurzel Gummidge but it’s worth taking a look at this webcast of today’s Mayors Question Time in the GLA for the latest in the reality of the #cyclesafe campaign. The … Continue reading
Transport for London responds to KX road safety concerns by making it worse
Bikes Alive, the recently-formed network of cyclists who are taking non-violent direct action, returns to the lethal road junction outside Kings Cross station at 6.30pm on Monday evening, 20 February … as Transport for London (TfL) starts work to change … Continue reading
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Tagged Cycling, Gyratory, Local groups, Road safety, TfL, Walking
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Join the party on Monday!
The regular ‘go-slow’ events organised by Bikes Alive in King’s Cross have a light hearted party atmosphere. Join in this Monday at 6.30pm for one hour to add your voice to the call for safe roads in KX. Whether you … Continue reading
TfL panicked into review of junctions that it’s mismanaged for a decade #cyclesafe
TfL has launched a panicky review of major junctions across London in response to overwhelming pressure from cyclists, local politicians and media outlets. As part of this review, TfL has admitted that some junctions are ‘challenging’ for cyclists. TfL says: … Continue reading
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‘It grieves me sometimes to see the way that TfL is blamed’ Chair of TfL, Boris Johnson
As part of our public service commitment I have dug out the debate in the Greater London Assembly on cycling safety on November 9th 2011 so that we can see what politicians of all parties said before a major media … Continue reading
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TfL refuses to say why it didn’t act to make deadly junction comply with their own cycle design standards
Caroline Pidgeon AM (Lib Dem) Chair of the Transport Committee has been asking some probing questions of the Mayor and TfL about the deadly junctions in Kings Cross following work by this website when I went out with a surveyors tape … Continue reading
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The Londonist reports a Boris bike under an HGV
Posted on The Londonist yesterday: Boris Bike Accident In Clerkenwell BY DEAN · FEBRUARY 1, 2012 AT 10:05 AM · 5 COMMENTS · A Boris bike was involved in an accident with a HGV on Clerkenwell Road this morning. Reports on Twitter suggest that the cyclist has … Continue reading