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❤️🚲 We’re the Newham group of the London Cycling Campaign.
🌍 https://newhamcyclists.uk
✊ Want a future where cycling for transport is safe and fun for everyone? Join us https://lcc.org.uk/membership/
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🚲❤️ We’re Newham Cyclists, part of @londoncycling.bsky.social!
✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽 We’re volunteers who want cycling in Newham to be safe everywhere, and fun for everyone.
🫵 Agree? Yes, YOU? Why not join us? DM us or go to newhamcyclists.uk to find out how you can help us!
🪪 Or join LCC lcc.org.uk/join
Decorative banner with bold text: "Our vision for cycling in Newham: Safe EVERYWHERE! Fun for EVERYONE!" The top half's background is a large group of people at a protest ride at night with bright front lights. The bottom half's background is a group ride with kids and families cycling down a quiet, curvy road on a lovely sunny day.
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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🎄 🎁 We kick off Christmas week with even MORE new cycling infrastructure to celebrate in Newham: the next chunk of Westfield Avenue is surfaced, lined, and opened! And the protected connections to International Way and Olympic Park Ave do not look far behind. Great work @newhamcouncil.bsky.social!
December 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Enjoy 82 seconds of freshly-opened Romford Road cycleway - now open in both directions outside the Atherton Leisure Centre! And there's even more to come. Congratulations @rokhsanafiaz.bsky.social @plaistovian.bsky.social - one of the most dangerous roads in our borough is finally being made safe ❤️
December 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Work begins on phase 6 of #RoyalDocksCorridor, a Brucie bonus that will finally connect City Hall & housing in the area to the Cycleway network, and fix the awful wait times for people crossing to the DLR. 🎉 @rokhsanafiaz.bsky.social @plaistovian.bsky.social www.newham.gov.uk/transport-st...
Map of Western Gateway and Tidal Basin Road with two-way cycle tracks on both sides as far as City Hall, carriageway reduced to 1 lane in each direction, traffic lights removed, and priority pedestrian and cycle zebra crossings to allow people to cross the street.
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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What an extraordinary transformation on the #RoyalDocksCorridor! A 4-lane racetrack for cars becomes a street for people. We attended a celebration event today with the project managers, builders, councillors, Mayor of Newham, and @willnorman.co.uk in attendance. Congratulations to all involved! 🎉
September 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The nights are drawing in and many things are depressing, but you know what isn't? The freshly-upgraded #BecktonCorridor, with its new wide surface and direct links to Beckton DLR and the big Asda. Such a massive improvement, congratulations to the Council on a big improvement for local journeys!
A wide path between wooded areas, with a soft brown pedestrian surface to the left and a cycle track in black asphalt to the right. The sunlight falls through the trees pleasingly, as if inviting you to walk or cycle here.
September 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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#ThamesWater claim all the diversions on their map are "suitable for pedestrians and cyclists." We disagree—we know of at least 3 injuries on the Abbey Rd diversion, including one person whose foot was run over as he waited at the lights. The West Ham Ln route is also dangerous. #GreenwayFlushedAway
Laminated map of diversions for the closed section of the Greenway. One is Abbey Road-Richardson Road-Pond Road (listed as the 'south-bound' diversion.) One is West Ham Lane-Plaistow Road-Upper Road (listed as northbound.) Mitre Road is listed as a connection. There is also a claim: "All above diversion routes are suitable for pedestrians and cyclists. Lane restrictions in place for Manor Road bridge. Cyclists must obey traffic signals in place."
September 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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You'd be forgiven for thinking #ThamesWater are trying to keep quiet about their extended closure of #NewhamGreenway: no mention of this section's impending closure for 3 years, just a tiny laminated poster with some pictures from the archives and nebulous talk of "improvements" #GreenwayFlushedAway
September 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Update from Monday: the only changes to the Cycleway 2 roadworks on High Street… were made by Mother Nature. 💨 Thames Water still haven't made any meaningful changes to this death trap.
A blue cycle lane across a junction with a blown-down temporary cycle diversion sign lying in the road. In the distance the lane remains closed off by "DISMOUNT AND USE FOOTWAY" signs.
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Thames Water's closure of TfL Cycleway 2 on Stratford High Street (and even more of the #Greenway) this week is shockingly dangerous. We have written to them to demand it is fixed before children return to school in September. newhamcyclists.uk/letter-to-th...
A protected cycle track with "CYCLISTS DISMOUNT AND USE FOOTWAY" signs in the middle, with coning and signage directing cyclists into the carriageway in front of double-decker buses and lorries.
August 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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On Monday we rode the excellent (albeit slow-going) Romford Rd cycleway & have also met with the Council. We hope all parties, e.g. contractors responsible for moving the bus shelters, can move faster to get more of this important Cycleway finished & open—we're confident progress will speed up soon.
The end of a one-way cycle track on a busy road, merging back into an advisory cycle lane. A person cycles towards the camera with a white shopping bag dangling from his handlebars. An unfinished one-way cycle track heading away from camera towards a petrol station, with a wide pale pavement, black tarmac on the cycle track, and a parallel pedestrian and cycle crossing with an inline zebra for pedestrians to cross the cycle track. An unfinished bus stop bypass (floating bus stop) at a cycle track, with the bus shelter for the Atherton Leisure Centre still inside the one-way cycle track, waiting to be moved onto the island which is otherwise finished. An advert from the bus shelter stares back at us: "Fashionably late? You're right on time. Apply through clearing for a 2-year degree."
July 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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We were pleased to be at @carolinerussell.bsky.social's roundtable at City Hall today—albeit in grim circumstances given the recent deaths of people walking and cycling in our borough. The Mayor, TfL, and the boroughs need to do more, faster, to make Vision Zero a reality. Now's the time to step up.
Inside a glass-walled atrium at City Hall, three easels with a pale green background, stylised artwork of people walking, wheeling, and cycling, and three chapter headings: How do we address motornormativity? What changes are needed to guidelines, rules, and the law? What large scale changes are needed to move the dot on Vision Zero?
July 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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🎉 #LondonCyclingFestival is coming to Newham on Sunday 25 May!
🚲 Start your summer of cycling with us
🚲 Led family-friendly rides
🚲 Discover #WestHamPark LTN, Olympic Park, Vicky Park
RSVP from West Ham Park: lcc.org.uk/events/newha...
Or from Central Park: lcc.org.uk/events/newha...
May 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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What a brilliant time at yesterday’s #SaferStreetsWoodgrange ride! Huge thanks to everyone who showed up (135+ of you!!) @rokhsanafiaz.bsky.social You know that Woodgrange residents want an end to the danger on their doorstep—it’s time to make it happen 🚸
A large group of families with children cycling down a residential street carrying flags and banners.
April 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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That design is a little out of date, but yes, the intention is a camera-enforced bus gate (the ETMO says in both directions.) Outbound traffic will be less of a concern to us once Olympic Park Ave goes one way as part of Westfield Ave scheme, but better for the filter to be 2-way for consistency!
Diagram of a T-junction with a continuous 2-way cycle track on Temple Mills Lane, a short shared area leading into a zebra crossing, and “no motor vehicles except buses” signs on the Abercrombie Rd arm.
April 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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☀️ 🚲 Summer is on the way, and so is the #LondonCyclingFestival on Sunday 25th May! And we thrilled that Newham is one of the 15 boroughs taking part in this family-friendly festival celebrating all things cycling. Games! Food! Stalls! More details and RSVP: lcc.org.uk/events/newha...
Dark blue flyer promoting London Cycling Festival in a funky, playful font, supported by Lime. The text advises to register now for events and rides on Sunday 25 May 2025.
April 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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What a transformation at #WestfieldAve in #Stratford! High-quality protected cycleways give people time and space to give way to each other. Pedestrians and cyclists feel comfortable moving through at relaxed speed. Drivers just need to slow down slightly, then carry on once the way's clear.
April 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Work might be about to start on the Chobham Road/Leyton Road/Liberty Bridge Road junction, part of Cycle Future Route 7. This will fix one of the worst parts of Cycleway 16, diverting it onto a protected cycleway rather than shared pavements outside people's houses, and fix a dangerous roundabout.
A diagram of a 'circulating cycle stage' junction over a crossroads - a two-way cycle track continues along the north/south access, meeting with-flow crossings from the west and an advance stop line from the east. Map of the Leyton Road area with a pin at the junction of Leyton Road/Chobham Road/Liberty Bridge Road highlighted; "Roadworks - delays likely. Leyton Road. 17 Mar 8:00-1 Aug 18:00. Permit number #HS61800870365-02. About to start. Traffic management - road closure." The pavement on Chobham Road, marked up for roadworks with spray-paint.
April 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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🚨 Opening next week 🛣️ we're super excited 🙏 for the #SilvertownTunnel 🙏 and its ultra high-capacity cycle bus 🤩 with space for up to 0.6 bikes per minute 🙏 and the peaceful urban realm on the new Silvertown Riviera 🙏 and how it's DEFINITELY going to fix traffic 🙏 properly 😬 for realsies this time 😬
A mock postcard with the words "Greetings from Silvertown!" in gaudy text in the middle. The pictures show a hoarded off "Silvertown Tunnel Cycle Shuttle" bus stop, a sad-looking section of cycle track blocked off by plastic barriers, an intimidating-looking roundabout with barriered-off pedestrian crossings and wide car lanes, and a "Not in Service / SCS" bus with people in hi-vis waiting outside it.
April 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Meme of a woman ("Government") holding a smiling child ("Drivers crossing the Thames") out of the water, while another child ("Public transport crossing the Thames") is seemingly ignored, crying, just keeping their head above water. Below, a skeleton ("Pedestrians/cyclists crossing the Thames") sits in a chair, weathering away on the seabed.
March 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The roadworks for the Honour Lea Avenue re-aligned pedestrian and cycle crossing are finally on site! Work should take about a month, after which work will move to the new mode filter at the junction of Abercrombie Road & Temple Mills Lane. Exciting stuff happening in the Olympic Park ✨
A roadworks site cordoned off with fencing. The work site extends over a zebra crossing.
March 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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⚠️ 3 of Newham's 4 most #DangerousJunctions for cycling on TfL Cycleway 2, where the cycle track vanishes
💔 Last month a man in his 20s was killed
📢 Join our protest on Mon to tell @transportforlondon.bsky.social and Newham Council to save lives on #StratfordHighStreet 📢 lcc.org.uk/events/newha...
February 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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In less good roadworks-related news, we were very disappointed to see Thames Water's appalling handling of these works on Stratford High Street/Cycleway 2, metres away from where a ghost bike has been installed to mark the recent cycling fatality. Extremely dangerous and very disrespectful.
Looking west from the eastbound carriageway, Stratford High Street/CS2 eastbound, a dual carriageway. The cycleway and one lane of traffic are completely blocked by blue fencing. There is nowhere for people cycling to go other than into heavy, fast traffic.
February 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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We were pleased to meet earlier with on-site project staff for the Bow Roundabout works. The problematic westbound cycle gate has been extended, leading to much better compliance, and we hope this will improve further when the next phase starts next week. We’ll be keeping an eye on it.
A roadworks site hoarded off with orange fencing under a flyover, showing partially laid paving stones, tactile paving, and recesses under the paving. A single running lane for cars runs through the middle and around, forming a roundabout. A roadworks site under a flyover with an incomplete slip lane fenced off.
February 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This evening at 6pm, we held a vigil at the site of a crash the week prior, which claimed the life of a cyclist in his 20s. Our co-ordinator, Jonathan, read some short prepared remarks. We then held a minute’s silence to commemorate the man who was killed. www.newhamcyclists.org.uk/statement-on...
A traffic light/street lamp post with four tea lights arranged around the base, and five bunches of flowers attached to it at various heights. In the distance, another one of the "FATAL COLLISION" signs appealing for information is visible. View from the central island of a two-stage pedestrian crossing with guardrail, looking towards a Holiday Inn Express on the pavement where people are talking, their bicycles standing nearby. In the foreground is a sign reading "FATAL COLLISION. DAY: MONDAY, DATE: 13th JANUARY, TIME: 13.45-14.15hrs. Telephone 07884743474."
January 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM