Alternative uses for Silvertown Tunnel discussed with Mayor of London candidate, Zöe Garbett 30th January 2024 / 13th March 2024 by Matt Stratford The London Mayor’s £2.2bn Silvertown Tunnel is due to open as a new river crossing in 2025 without any cycle lanes planned for it. This means that cargo bikes and e-bikes have nowhere reliable to cross the Thames east of Tower Bridge. Nor may ordinary people on bikes, unless they can carry them down and up […] Read more » transport
Royal Borough of Greenwich Transport Strategy: Response from Greenwich Green Party 23rd September 2022 / 3rd February 2024 by Matt Browne Greenwich Green Party has submitted a full response to the Council’s Transport Strategy consultation. The response can be accessed here. Read more » transport
Is the era of the car over in Greenwich? 22nd July 2022 / 3rd February 2024 by Matt Browne by Fiona Moore Anyone who walked or cycled past a queue of idling vehicles in the scorching sun of Monday or Tuesday this week will have felt the extra heat they generate – even beyond that thrown up by tarmac. The heatwave brought home again how urgent it is that we cut carbon emissions and […] Read more » transport
Low traffic neighbourhoods as a key part of traffic reduction in Greenwich 24th February 2022 / 3rd February 2024 by Stacy Smith There have been recent consultations and much controversy over individual low traffic neighbourhood installations in parts of Greenwich and their impact on traffic elsewhere in the borough. The Green Party is clear that the aim should be to reduce traffic overall. This will both reduce pollution and make it safer to walk and cycle to […] Read more » transport
Greenwich and Bexley Green Party joins march to stop the Silvertown Tunnel 11th June 2021 / 5th March 2024 by Mark Williams ‘Sadiq Khan had the power to stop the tunnel when he took over in 2016 and he still has the power to stop it now,’ says Sian Berry Around 600 people took part in the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel protest march on Saturday 5 June, making their voices heard on a controversial project which will […] Read more » transport
A public letter to Sadiq Khan calling again for the cancellation of the Silvertown Tunnel 1st March 2021 / 5th March 2024 by Matt Stratford Greenwich and Bexley Green Party has repeatedly called for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to scrap the toxic Silvertown Tunnel. We have restated our call with a new public letter. Please add your name to the signatories. Read more » transport
Greenwich Greens are thankful for low-traffic neighbourhoods 9th December 2020 / 13th March 2024 by Matt Stratford Greenwich Cyclists Coordinator Neil Robertson has recently penned a piece in defence of low-traffic neighbourhoods entitled Thankful for LTNs. We reprint it here to help assure its wider distribution. Greenwich and Bexley Green Party would like to put on record its full support for low-traffic neighbourhoods, safer cycling, walkable neighbourhoods and the lowering of air […] Read more » transport
We will not stand down from our opposition to Silvertown Tunnel 27th June 2020 / 5th March 2024 by Matt Stratford The Green Party has members living across all parts of Greenwich and Bexley borough, indeed we have many members in every London constituency. Seldom has there been an issue to unite them as tightly as opposition to the construction of this new road tunnel between Silvertown in Newham and Greenwich Peninsula. Is there a climate […] Read more » transport
Greenwich Green Party Submits Further Objections On Silvertown Tunnel 6th March 2018 / 5th March 2024 by Matt Stratford Greenwich Green Party has continued to resist plans for a polluting new tunnel in Greenwich. The prospect of a new road tunnel to link the Greenwich Peninsula and Silvertown has been worrying Greenwich residents for years. In 2017 the Government delayed a decision on the plans to allow further consideration of the effect of the […] Read more » pollution transport
Help Fight The Dirty Greenwich Cruise Terminal 22nd August 2017 / 5th March 2024 by Matt Stratford The fight against the dirty Greenwich Cruise Terminal continues and Greenwich Greens are asking for your help by signing two petitions. Dan Garrun, a Green candidate for Peninsula ward, said today: Thanks to great work by residents on the Peninsula there does seem to be some movement against the polluting scheme from the mayor’s office […] Read more » pollution transport
