Save Our Safer Streets - Tower Hamlets
@SaveBGstreets
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A community that is fighting the council's plans to bring back traffic and pollution across Bethnal Green and Shoreditch.
Joined June 2022
🐴 Police horses calmly sharing the road with cars in the Bethnal Green LTN. This is what 'liveable streets' means - calm, safe and shared spaces where everyone can coexist. From children walking to school to mounted police patrols. This is what we're fighting to keep.
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📉 Tower Hamlets falls to 10th place in Healthy Streets Scorecard after mayor's threats to 'rip out active travel schemes.' 😞 The good news? 'No LTNs, cycle tracks or School Streets removed' 😄 Our legal challenge is working! 💪 https://t.co/Jh9gPMUz5K
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🚗 BREAKING: Largest study yet shows LTNs prevent 600+ road injuries across London, including 100 deaths/serious injuries - with no displacement to main roads. Evidence is clear: these schemes save lives. https://t.co/X6OxQcBX6K
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
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🎉 Amazing news! We've raised £15,400 towards our £20k appeal target - that's 77%! Only £4,600 left to go. Can you help us get over the line? Every donation counts. https://t.co/p97tADDliq
crowdjustice.com
We are a group of Tower Hamlets residents who want to keep and improve the newly built pedestrian-friendly streets in Bethnal Green, Wapping, Bow and Brick Lane.
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📅 UPDATE: Our Court of Appeal hearing is set for 25-26 November 2025! 🚌 TfL are joining us as 'interested party' 💰 Less than £6k left to reach our goal. Can you help us get over the line? https://t.co/p97tADDliq
crowdjustice.com
We are a group of Tower Hamlets residents who want to keep and improve the newly built pedestrian-friendly streets in Bethnal Green, Wapping, Bow and Brick Lane.
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The Evening Standard covers our appeal victory. https://t.co/mfsHUqZJnv The Court will examine if mayor's consultation was fair & if he can legally ignore London's transport strategy. Please support our appeal here: https://t.co/p97tADDT7Y
standard.co.uk
‘Going to court is a last resort for us, after all our attempts to engage constructively with the council failed,’ campaigners say
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📣 BREAKING We've been granted permission to appeal the judicial review ruling! Three judges will consider whether the mayor of Tower Hamlets' consultation was fair & if he can legally ignore London's transport strategy. Please help fund our appeal here: https://t.co/p97tADDliq
crowdjustice.com
We are a group of Tower Hamlets residents who want to keep and improve the newly built pedestrian-friendly streets in Bethnal Green, Wapping, Bow and Brick Lane.
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Roads quieter in London this morning? Fewer cars on the road, can't put your finger on why? Well I am happy to help
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So despite all the fuss and noise, new data shows that the ULEZ expansion hasn’t hurt high street spending - it’s just helped clean up London’s air 💚 https://t.co/Uhm2LdvCmw
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We welcome the appointment of government envoys to oversee Tower Hamlets council until 2028. We need your help to protect our safer, healthier streets from costly and reckless decision-making. Support our campaign here: https://t.co/hW1L921muL
opencollective.com
Save Our Safer Streets is a group of Tower Hamlets residents and business owners who want safer, cleaner and greener streets in the borough
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We’re living in increasingly uncertain times, and I know many Londoners are concerned by what’s taking place around the world. My message to Londoners: this is your home, you are wanted here, and you help to make London what it is - the greatest city in the world.
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Good to hear @MayorofLondon confirm today that LIP funding must align with the Mayor's Transport Strategy guidance. We hope he'll use all available tools at his disposal to help boroughs deliver on these shared goals for safer, healthier streets across London. #MQT
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London hits record 101 hours stuck in traffic per year, costing city £3.85bn. This is why we need safer streets that give people real alternatives to driving. In Bethnal Green, LTNs have helped more people walk & cycle without worsening congestion. https://t.co/P3sMysfQwa
theguardian.com
The capital beats Paris and Dublin, in second and third place, as traffic congestion gets consistently worse
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📰 "In Tower Hamlets, the opposite of a gentrified enclave, LTNs have been a huge success. Serious road injuries have been virtually eliminated, more people are walking & cycling and air quality is better." Read our letter in The Times on why we're appealing:
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🌳 Our LTNs have strong local support, backed by evidence showing they've virtually eliminated serious road injuries & improved air quality. Help us protect safer streets in Bethnal Green. Donate to our legal appeal:
crowdjustice.com
We are a group of Tower Hamlets residents who want to keep and improve the newly built pedestrian-friendly streets in Bethnal Green, Wapping, Bow and Brick Lane.
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50% of London Car Journeys Are Under 3 Kms
All these short trips add up! To stop the planet getting even hotter, we need bold leaders who will make cycling and walking more appealing than using a car 🌍🔥
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Some amazing pledges coming in for our appeal but we still have a way to go! Anything you can chip in will really help #saveoursaferstreets
https://t.co/p97tADDT7Y
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This is one step back in the fight for clean air but we are determined to continue campaigning for two steps forward. Londoners deserve to breathe clean air and live in cities free of toxic fumes.
bbc.co.uk
The Tower Hamlets mayor said he "welcomed" the court's finding that his decision was lawful.
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Great to be on @BBCLondonNews on why our LTN is working on reducing air pollution and road traffic accidents for the 4 schools on just one road! Donate if you can here https://t.co/p97tADDT7Y
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