Participating towns and cities

United KingdomLondon Borough of Southwark, United Kingdom

Website:
www.southwark.gov.uk
Population:
280.000 inhabitants
London Borough of Southwark already registered 14x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

Participation 2011

Activities within the week Activities within the week

London Borough of Southwark organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2011, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Organising a ITWYC event at an estate in Peckham SE15. This is also to promote newly installed secure cycle lockers at 2 estates in the area.
Organise a series of Dr Bikes on housing estates
Launch a schools project which takes up to 30 children, per school, to the Herne Hill Velodrome for track and mountain bike riding
Launch a 'Mobility advice' project utilising a vacant shop in a key shopping centre
Launch walking maps centred on doctors surgeries
We are still working on a project to load a pedelec bike to a local doctors surgery.
Organise cycle training sessionsfor members of the Bengali Community
Support the local Free Film Festival with Dr Bike and temporary cycle parking

Permanent measures Permanent measures

London Borough of Southwark implements, planned or promotes one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

New or improved bicycle facilities
Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc) implemented
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) implemented
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans implemented
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders implemented
Further info
Opening a highway scheme that reallocated road space to pedestrians and cyclists