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Ealing Council has unveiled its Travel in Ealing Charter in which it says it will be listening to residents and stakeholders across the borough to develop its plans for active travel which council leader Councillor Peter Mason says “we can only make it sustainable with your support”.

In its draft charter, the Labour-run council says in the document: “In preparing this Charter, the Council has had feedback from over 850 residents and other local stakeholders over a period of five months” and is inviting others to comment as well as add to it.

Council leader Peter Mason said: “We are committed to active travel, but we know that we can only make it sustainable with your support. When we ended the trials for some low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) last year, and made others permanent, we made a commitment to residents that, in future, our active travel schemes would be developed with them – and not done to them.”

He added: “That is why we are launching our Travel in Ealing Charter – to set out exactly how that is going to happen. We cannot guarantee that every idea we propose is going to work, but we can guarantee that we will do what we say we are going to do in this charter – starting by asking you what is not working, what you want to see change, and work with you to fix it. That starts today.”

The council has pledged in its charter to be “open, transparent and inclusive” in its processes to residents as it develops active travel plans. It says it aims to bring residents with them on their vision and approach to be Net Zero by 2030.

Councillor Mason said: “The commitments in the Travel in Ealing Charter will enable us to build on the steps we are already taking with communities to enable cleaner, greener, active travel, by working together to design schemes that work for residents.

Councillor Deirdre Costigan, deputy leader and cabinet member for climate action, Ealing Council said it is “giving residents a real say on upcoming plans”.

In a statement, she commented: “We will work together to identify problems and opportunities in your area, we will always show residents our homework – the data our proposals are based on – and we will ensure that decisions we make are truly reflective of the needs of the community. We are already putting this into practice with our Travel in Ealing Engagement Toolkit, which will allow a whole new approach to giving residents a real say on upcoming plans.”

Councillor Josh Blacker, Ealing Council cabinet member for healthy lives, added: “Active travel has huge physical and mental health benefits and is a great way to help ensure our neighbourhoods are pleasant places to move around in.It is also vital as we look to fight the climate crisis, protect our kids’ lungs by cleaning up the toxic air, and reach our ambitious goal of net zero by 2030.The debates around active travel can often be nuanced, so this charter will help ensure that residents have the strongest possible voice in the future of their neighbourhoods.”

Ealing Council has also revealed that its plans for School Streets where driving restrictions are in place around school opening and coming home times now has 17 schools in the scheme with plans to grow that to 50 by 2026.

Liberal Demo crat Councillor Gary Malcolm, l eader of the Opposition on Ealing Council told EALING.NEWS: “After the farce of the LTNs and other schemes where the Council chose not to consult residents many of us will be cynical about how different the future might be. For example on one scheme (Fishers Lane) they did not even consult residents so they need to also ensure they review recent decisions to consult of those given they want to be open and transparent.”

Councillor Malcolm added: “Liberal Democrats want to ensure that more power and money is placed in the hands of ward based local councillors and residents associations so the experiences of what is needed in an area will be met by the Council. Recently in axing ward forums Labour broke an election pledge, so can we trust Ealing Labour? Schemes need to take take account of those people who need to use cars sometimes such as workers with their equipment and tools, who I have spoken with in Hanwell, Acton and Southall.

Councillor Malcolm said his party has supported schemes in Ealing and that the council also needs to listen to residents.

He said: “Liberal Democrats have supported schemes like cycle hangers, electric vehicles changing points and School Streets schemes, but there needs to be a clear option for people to reject bad scheme proposals. The Council need to review these new changes in a year so people can assess whether they are working or not.”

Councillor Julian Gallant, Conservative Group Leader told EALING.NEWS about his concerns: “Conservatives also appreciate the many benefits of walking and cycling. You get to see more of this amazing borough for a start. But we don’t think Active Travel should become active action against drivers. Cars are a necessity, not a luxury, for many Ealing families. Labour talks up a grand scheme and produces slick video content. Conservatives seek safe, useful and reliable cycle infrastructure: a full safety training programme for cyclists: and properly maintained roads, pavements and trees.”

To view the council’s draft Charter for Travel in Ealing, click here .

Residents can also give their views on the draft charter by clicking her e.

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Designing active travel and transport proposals with you

• Climate action , News
• 16 June 2023

Ealing Council is striving to be open, transparent and inclusive, and has promised to work with residents to improve the borough, involving them in identifying problems that need fixing and coming up with solutions together.

Last year, hundreds of local residents and stakeholders from across the borough helped in producing a draft Travel in Ealing Charter, which has helped to inform the final charter .

After listening and reviewing the feedback, the final charter reflects the views of the community.

By working together with local people and communities in areas where new projects are proposed, the council can ensure that those projects have the best chance to succeed and benefit as many people as possible.

Open, transparent and inclusive council

Ealing Council leader Peter Mason said: “Traffic congestion, air pollution and road safety are major concerns for Ealing residents. So we are working with the community to create streets that get people moving and that are less congested, safer, greener, and more pleasant for all road users.

“The Travel in Ealing Charter shows how we will put those plans into practice and ensure that everyone can influence the changes we make in their area.”

Listening and learning

Councillor Deirdre Costigan, deputy leader and cabinet member for climate action, said: “We don’t want to repeat mistakes from the past, and we are happy to take the time to get things right, and work closely with residents and local businesses.

“That’s why we are introducing the Travel in Ealing Charter, so we can ensure that local people are at the heart of decisions, and the projects we deliver address the needs of our communities.”

The council’s commitments

The council promises to:

• invest £35m in improving the roads, tracks and pavements, and continuing to implement controlled parking zones
• invest at least £10m to increase cycling, walking, running, and scooting and reduce polluting vehicles through active travel and school streets
• enhance the borough’s high streets and enable its seven towns to have everything for residents within a 20-minute walk
• invest £100m in the next 4 years to enable people to live healthy, active and independent lives from day one
• rapidly expand the number of bike hangers and electric vehicle charging points
• campaign to win the powers to enforce 20mph speed limits and ramp up fines for idling vehicles
• give residents and businesses confidence that the borough can change for the better through the Shaping Ealing Local Plan
• make the borough’s streets and open spaces beautiful and resilient
• put good design and heritage at the heart of enhancing the borough.

Active travel for healthier lives

Councillor Josh Blacker, cabinet member for healthy lives said: “Walking, cycling, running or scooting instead of jumping in the car has huge physical and mental health benefits and is a great way for people of all ages and backgrounds to stay active.

“Our Travel in Ealing Charter is about how we move around the borough, of course, but it’s also about creating a borough in which everyone can lead a happy, healthy life, and in which everyone is empowered to create the change they want to see.”

See the Travel in Ealing charter on council’s website.

This Charter is the result of extensive consultation with local people, businesses and others. A report with details of the process by which it was developed is also available on council’s website. If you have any suggestions for changes to the Charter, please email [email protected] or write to Transport Services, Ealing Council, Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, Ealing W5 2BY.

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Ealing Council to consider a new charter of engagement after independent review

By Hannah Davenport

15th Sep 2021 | Local News

AN independent review recommended Ealing Council adopt a new charter to improve community engagement on active travel schemes.

This comes after the council announced it will consider a report and its recommendations on the London Streetspace Plan (LSP), including LTNs and school streets schemes, at a meeting later this month.

A summary of the review, published by the council, highlighted a lack of public engagement approaches and said the speed at which the LSP programme was carried out led to mistakes.

It established that, when provisional plans were shared in the public domain the council was 'unable to respond immediately to public concerns and criticism that were voiced.'

The review, under taken by Urban Movement, recommended a new charter setting out key principles of engaging with residents and stakeholders on active travel schemes, which ensure local people are involved from the beginning.

They recommended a pro-active public engagement and communications strategy on transport initiatives and the preparation of an engagement and communications plan.

A Citizens Panel for Active Travel in Ealing was also recommended for consideration.

Along with, proactively working with local people in scheme development and a clear monitoring strategy to ensure schemes are meeting their objectives.

The new approach also includes, a review of the Council's 2019 Transport Strategy in the light of recent experience, with the revised version incorporating a stronger focus on public engagement and communications.

The council said this will be considered as part of their new and wider approach to consultation and engagement in the Council's priorities.

Ealing Council will consider the findings of the independent review at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday 22 September.

The council has been approached for comment.

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Ealing Council’s Travel in Ealing Charter

• Post author By Better Admin
• Post date February 28, 2022

Did you know that 42% of households in Ealing don’t have a car?

Despite this figure, cars dominate local streets and residents’ lives.

The council is developing a Travel in Ealing Charter. It’s a document that will set out its commitment and approaches for engaging with people on future transport projects. The Charter will tackle many aspects of the negative impact of too many motor vehicles on the road such as road danger, pollution and physical inactivity.

While Better Ealing Streets continues to urge the council to quickly implement more measures to make our roads safer, we support this engagement with local residents so everyone can have their say on measures in the future.

?You can get involved by completing the council’s online survey here. https://www.ealing.gov.uk/forms/form/306/en/travel_in_ealing_%E2%80%93_a_charter_for_better_engagement

This survey is a first pass where the council gets input from residents on how future consultations on specific active travel measures should be run.

At this stage, it does not involve any specific transport projects, but forms the foundation of how the council will engage with people in the future.

It’s quick to complete the survey, and we suggest you include your experiences of any previous Ealing Council consultations you’ve taken part in, and also to ask to have follow-up information and discussions around the Travel in Ealing Charter.

Here’s the councils webpage setting out the Travel in Ealing Charter, and this initial consultation

https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201042/current_consultations/2939/travel_in_ealing_%E2%80%93_a_charter_for_better_engagement

Here’s a link direct to the survey itself:

https://www.ealing.gov.uk/forms/form/306/en/travel_in_ealing_%E2%80%93_a_charter_for_better_engagement

You can also write your comments via email to the above email address or by post at: Transport and parking Ealing Council Perceval House 4/16 Uxbridge Road Ealing W5 2HL

Kind Regards from us all at Better Ealing Streets

Active travel wins for Better Ealing Streets

• Post date February 8, 2022

Thanks for supporting Better Ealing Streets. We may have lost the majority of LTNs but we are committed as a group to campaign for Active travel.

Since we last updated you we have been busy getting involved and setting up relevant campaigns and keeping a dialogue going with Ealing council.  Better Ealing Streets aim is that our streets and community spaces are healthy, safe and enjoyable for all.   We have guides on active travel why it is great for us as well as the planet: https://betterealingstreets.org.uk/why-choose-active-travel/ Get walking https://betterealingstreets.org.uk/how-to-active-travel-walking/

Get cycling https://betterealingstreets.org.uk/how-to-active-travel-cycling/ Here are recent successful campaigns and updates on Active Travel:

Highway code is being updated at the end of January 2022 We created these videos to explain the changes regarding Hierarchy of road users, with 40,000 views so far and counting!

https://twitter.com/BetterEaling/status/1483758976793821189 Requested more powers to enforce 20 mph Ealing Council and Better Ealing Streets jointly signed a letter to Grant Shapps asking for enforcement powers to be granted to councils to enforce 20 mile an hour speed limits. https://betterealingstreets.org.uk/2021/12/19/ealings-20mph-speed-limits/

Latest Ealing Council Meeting on Climate Emergency Scrutiny Panel on Active Travel 

https://twitter.com/BetterEaling/status/1483811213591166985 Meeting related files with interesting case studies around Ealing  https://ealing.cmis.uk.com/ealing/Meetings/tabid/70/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/397/Meeting/7121/Committee/347/SelectedTab/Documents/Default.aspx  

Ulez launch campaign with Mums for Lungs Back in October we helped launch ULEZ in October 2021. Did you spot any of our posters or banners around the borough? 

https://www.mumsforlungs.org/news/celebrating-the-ulez-expansion

Help us by contacting your councillor to push for more Active travel measures  

We need to keep the pressure on Ealing council and our councillors that we want our streets and community spaces to be healthy, safe and enjoyable for all.  This is especially true with the May elections coming up, so if you get a knock at the door, mention your support of active travel and ask what their policies are for encouraging active travel. To contact your councillors, find out who is who here:   https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201044/councillors

Here is an example of what you can email them: 

As a member of your constituency, please support active travel and policies that make our streets safe and healthy for all. 

We want a network of connected safe routes across the borough, a commitment to reduce road traffic by 50 percent and a daily cap of 1500 cars for residential roads. 

This will meet the three travel promises in the Ealing Climate Emergency strategy

• A commitment to a modal shift
• Reduce the impact of environmental footprint of transport
• Improve road safety

Declaring the Ealing Climate emergency had cross party support.

Help Better Ealing Streets grow

If you have friends and family that are also interested in getting out updates, forward this link to them:

www.ealing.best

Help us to get healthier, safer and enjoyable streets for all in 2022.

Ealing’s 20mph Speed Limits

• Post date December 19, 2021

Ealing Council and Better Ealing Streets call for Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps to devolve 20mph speeding enforcement to councils

As well as campaigning for low traffic neighbourhoods, Better Ealing Streets is active in many initiatives that help move towards safer and healthier streets. These include partnering with Mums for Lungs on a publicity campaign celebrating the introduction of ULEZ, walking and cycling initiatives and campaigning to redesign dangerous junctions.

Our key goal of making our streets safer naturally includes tackling the issue of speeding.

Despite an introduction of 20mph speed limits on all borough-controlled roads across Ealing, speeding is a still a very prevalent problem. The DfT found that in 2020 the majority of drivers break 20mph speed limits.

Dangerous driving, including speeding is a very real problem here in Ealing where last year, 118 people were killed or seriously injured in road collisions, the vast majority (66%) of which involved a car.

Even with borough-wide 20mph speed limits and good signage to go with it, there is a lack adherence by many drivers, and a lack of effective enforcement. Metropolitan Police resources are simply stretched too far to tackle the problem, despite the danger speeding poses.

Councils have the potential to fill this void in enforcement, so Ealing Council and Better Ealing Streets have jointly written to Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport, asking to devolve power for 20mph enforcement to councils. Ealing council has the means and proximity to work with residents to identify problem locations, and then provide the resources to enforce.

We hope other councils across London and elsewhere will join Ealing Council is calling on the Secretary of State to enable councils to enforce speed limits. Only by effective and widespread enforcement will the issue of speeding be brought into check.

DfT statistics – https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/vehicle-speed-compliance-statistics-for-great-britain-2020/vehicle-speed-compliance-statistics-for-great-britain-2020#vehicle-speeds-on-20mph-roads

Link to Ealing Council’s Announcement – https://www.ealing.gov.uk/downloads/download/6497/cllr_deirdre_costigan_has_written_to_the_secretary_of_state_for_transport_calling_on_him_to_make_it_easier_to_enforce_20mph_zones_in_the_borough

We write to Ealing’s Labour Cabinet Members, Councillors, MPs and Assembly Member on Ealing Council’s Proposal to Remove Seven More LTNs

• Post date September 21, 2021

We at Better Ealing Streets believe and campaign for continually safer streets, the end of the dominance of the motor vehicle and for the end of so many short journeys made by car in Ealing.

We strongly believe that LTNs work, achieving many of their objectives and their removal is wrong.

If you do the wrong thing and choose to remove more, it will fly in the face of your own limited published empirical evidence and data that the LTNs work:

• They reduce car journeys
• They increase walking, cycling and scooting
• They reduce congestion on many other roads
• They do not increase bus journey times
• They do not increase pollution

If you do the wrong thing, it will fly in the face of your own climate change policies

• Glossy adverts and videos promoting climate change emergency will be seen for what they are, just hollow green washing backed by no material action
• The existent Climate Change Emergency is not waiting for the next election!

If you do the wrong thing, it flies in the face of your own health policies

• LTNs enable active travel with all the associated physical and mental benefits
• Fewer car journeys reduces harmful pollution and road danger

If you do the wrong thing, it flies in the face of your policies on safer streets

• LTNs provide 54 km of safe active travel routes
• LTNs prohibit dangerous rat running
• LTNs enable and encourage kids and their parents to safely walk and cycle to school

If you do the wrong thing, it flies in the face of the Equalities Act

• You have not done an equalities assessment on the LTNs’ removal
• How can the removal of the filter at Culmington Road not have a large negative impact on the daily safety of thousands of children and their family members?
• How can the removal of 54 km of active travel routes not have a negative impact on the most vulnerable members of society?

If you do the wrong thing, you are putting at severe risk, £48m of active travel funding over five years.

• The government and TFL have said they will not provide future funding to councils who have unreasonably removed active travel infrastructure

If you do the wrong thing, based upon the disgraced consultation process, which your own independent report criticises, how can the decision be considered logical or legally robust?

• In the Interim Report the council promised proper professional demographically representative consultation process but went back on its promise.
• The government requires 12 months of verifiable published data upon which such a decision is to be made. Where is this 12 months of verifiable published data upon which you are making this decision?

If you do the wrong thing, what is next as far as active travel in Ealing?

• The removal of 54 km of active travel schemes and replacement with 1.6 km of cycle way is not the way forward
• The removal of 54 km of active travel schemes and the introduction of school streets is not to be an acceptable political fig leaf
• And how are you going to fund it?

If you do the wrong thing, how can Ealing Labour be considered to be a progressive party looking after the interests of the most vulnerable members of society – those children and families that do not own cars for example

• If Labour is not a progressive party it has no fundamental values

If you do the wrong thing, and listen to your truth twisted by knaves and liars your decision will not be forgotten by the electorate, government, TFL or by history

• It will be seen as cowardly
• It will be seen as retrograde
• All polling shows that active travel measures are popular

Those opposing LTNs have provided no constructive alternative to them – they are only campaigning for the right to drive anywhere on short journeys for their own perceived convenience with no consideration for others around them.

If you do the wrong thing, and there is an incident that would have been prevented by the LTNs, how will you deal with your consciences?

If you do the wrong thing, it will be heart-breaking to the members of Better Ealing Streets and the many of the most venerable members of society who have now witnessed what benefits that LTNs bring and for which there is frankly little or no alternative.

We at Better Ealing Streets urge our council:

• To force your collective hearts and nerves and sinews to serve your turn long after your opponents are gone, to be brave, do the right thing and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them “Hold On”
• Make the decision to retain the LTNs for the entire length of the temporary traffic orders
• Collect and publish the data relating to pollution, bus travel times, scoot data into the future including the end of furlough. This is including giving the necessary instructions, manpower and financial resources to do so
• Change the whole communications of the council to be about reducing car journeys and what we all need to do to tackle climate change
• Market and professionally engage with the public, selling the undoubted virtues of the LTNs and that we as a society have to do more than this to reduce car usage not less

DO THE RIGHT THING

DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE IN

BE PRINCIPLED POLITICIANS

MAKE THE DECISION TO RETAIN THE LTNs

Better Ealing Streets Writes to Labour Councillors Ahead of the Council’s Cabinet Meeting

• Post date September 14, 2021

Dear Ealing Labour Councillors

We at Better Ealing Streets are a large group of Ealing residents that are passionate to see safer and better streets in Ealing; streets no longer dominated by motor vehicles thus enabling more people to walk, cycle and scoot rather than drive for many journeys – this is desperately needed in this time of climate emergency.

We are aghast at the prospect that at the forthcoming cabinet meeting Ealing Borough Labour Party could be going backwards on its active travel and climate change policies and approve the removal of many of the LTNs.

We urge you not to let this happen. We have written to Deirdre Costigan Peter Mason and Josh Blacker in a similar vein and this open letter / email sets out our concerns but also, and more importantly, our passion as residents to work with and champion the London Borough of Ealing, if, but only if, the council does the right thing by its people, both present and future generations to come, this being expand and encourage active travel, not dismantle infrastructure that the council’s own data shows is proven to work.

• Our aims are aligned with your party’s stated policies but to be frank the only actions we see so far, from Mr Mason as leader, is the dismantling of active travel schemes. Surely Ealing Labour Party is not going to approve the dismantling of more? Consequently, we do not and cannot support any more active travel measures being removed; we are steadfast in our opposition to their removal. Statistics prove that they work in making our streets safer, and hence encouraging active travel and thus helping with climate change and other major societal problems such as bad health due to inactivity etc… We support them being modified in situ (and the reinstallation of parts of what was the West Ealing South LTN) whilst a plan is drawn to make alterations and rebrand them. The communications mess that the Council is in started when the LTNs were installed, but we feel Mr Mason has compounded the problems since he became leader, rather than solved them. He referred to there being a CPZ style vote and used a Survey Monkey exercise rather than a professional consultation process. We told him not to do it and the consequences if he did; we have been proven correct. Using the car less and addressing the climate emergency should be the central messages for communications from the council.
• Some believe that there is clear case for a judicial review if the LTNs are removed. Their removal cannot be considered in any way to help the disadvantaged in society. Others too are very concerned about the loss of funding from Central Government that would ensue, making any active travel improvements to the borough financially unviable in the future. This would be a disastrous position to arrive at. Ealing’s and Labour’s reputation as a London Borough and a party that promotes healthy lives and is tackling the Climate Emergency would be in tatters. We cannot see how your stated objectives can be achieved without increased rather than decreased active travel infrastructure. The removal of LTNs will not only embolden anti-active travel groups in Ealing but throughout London as a whole and Ealing will be seen as a pariah (akin to RBKC). We welcome school streets and the benefits of order outside the schools they bring, but evidence suggests they do not have a great impact on increasing cycling / active travel; they do not provide safe corridors of travel as LTNs do. They cannot and should not be used as a fig leaf to hide the real damage that would be caused by the LTNs’ removal.
• It is very important to keep all the LTNs but we want to particularly emphasise the importance of retaining the modal filter on Culmington Road between Lammas and Walpole Parks. This we believe is the most central and significant of all. As well as being a long-standing cycle route (LCN 68), It makes it immeasurably safer for children’s accessing recreation in the parks, Will To Win sports activities, council events as well as accessing Ealing Broadway schools and shops from Northfields and vice versa. The difference that this barrier has made to children’s safety, their quality of life and their ability to walk and cycle is absolutely clear.  We think it is essential we flag this up now as a major safeguarding concern, which needs a full risk assessment carried out before any modifications are made. 
• Finally, we are keen to promote through the available channels what this administration has achieved, not to be criticising poor decisions such as removing LTNs which are proven to work. We see a great advantage in working together promoting with the LB of Ealing the existent Climate Emergency and the need to change our habits. We do not want to be fighting you in the courts (that is not constructive) but we will if you do what is palpably the wrong thing. Instead, we want to be in a position to champion the London Borough of Ealing, holding it as a beacon for other authorities to emulate. There simply is not the time to wait! Action on transport and climate change must happen now. It cannot wait months and certainly not years. Defending people’s rights to drive polluting cars on short city journeys where and when they like is not going to put you on the right side of history. Being brave and making the right decisions for your people and retaining the LTNs and going further with active travel schemes will be both popular in the polls and put you all on the right side of history.

Please ensure that your views are reflected in the forthcoming cabinet meeting.

Yours Sincerely

Better Ealing Streets’ Complaint to the BBC

• Post date March 18, 2021

We have serious concerns about a broadcast from the BBC Science and Environment Unit on 17 March 2021.

Environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt’s report was often factually incorrect, incendiary, and we believe broke BBC guidelines on impartiality.

BBC Editorial Guidelines state, “Where our content highlights issues on which others campaign, we must take care not to endorse those campaigns, or to allow ourselves to be used to campaign to change public policy.” 

The inflammatory tone of the piece blatantly broke these guidelines.

The report also broadcast falsehoods and failed in the BBC’s remit to inform and educate. 

Mr Rowlatt did not explain what LTNs are or what they are designed to achieve. He used none of the readily available facts on traffic volume or air pollution. He presented anti-LTN opinions as fact. Worst of all, he failed to fact check a claim that taxis would not drop women to their doors at night. A quick series of calls to local cab firms would have told him that all Ealing’s taxi cab services drop passengers to their door.

The incendiary nature of the piece was shocking. It was clearly designed to inflame fears about women walking alone at night. It was heavily weighted in favour of anti-LTN views, and did not give the pro-LTN argument sufficient air time. Mr Rowlatt happily claimed that the scheme was a cash cow for councils without any context. He broadcast instances of law breaking and road rage without question. Dangerous illegal behaviour was also described on social media by Mr Rowlatt as “brilliant.”

The BBC Science and Environment Unit has jumped into this issue without adequate research. Worse still, they have used a high profile broadcast to encourage dangerous illegal behaviour.

We believe the BBC should issue a correction and a full apology for the false information and the distress caused by this piece.

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Interim LTN Report Released

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• Post date November 30, 2020

Ealing Council’s interim assessment of the LTN trials has been released. Important stuff, good to see ANPR access for blue badge holders is being recommended.

Read the full report here .

Ealing Travel Charter

Ealing Labour are determined to shape Ealing for the better and tackle the big challenges we know we face now and in the years ahead. The climate emergency is one of the defining issues of our time. And it is already affecting Ealing. This year, London hit temperatures of 40 o for the first time in recorded history, and we also saw devastating fires. This came only a few short months after Storm Eunice brought the worst winds in 30 years. London’s air pollution already causes 4,000 deaths a year, and is having real impacts on children’s health, with the poorest communities being hit hardest.

But the good news is that in Ealing we know what we need to do and we have a plan to deliver this. The evidence is clear – the greatest contributor to filthy air in our borough is from transport, including petrol and diesel cars, trucks and buses. As well as de-carbonising our own fleet and working with TfL on theirs, we need to support residents to choose cleaner, sustainable, and active ways to travel. We also need to work with TfL and lobby the Government for decent funding to make public transport accessible and attractive to everyone. And we need to have safe, well maintained roads for those who have no option but to drive.

That’s why our manifesto committed to investing at least £10m to increase cycling, walking, running, and scooting and reduce polluting vehicles through active travel schemes. Since the election, we have already made progress on our ambitious target to rapidly expand our popular School Streets programme to 50 schools by 2026. Recent TfL research , which included Holy Family school in Ealing, has shown the value of school streets, not only for children’s safety and health but also in fostering an increased sense of community. With great support from schools and local families, we have implemented 17 school streets so far, with more to come in January, delivering schemes only where we have the support of local residents.

We’ll be investing £35m in improving our roads, tracks and pavements, and just after the election we boosted funding for our highways programme by £6.25m for this year alone. Work is rapidly progressing on the Uxbridge Road cycle lane, including a key section between Southall and Hanwell, improving safety on this key route. The Greenford Road cycle lane has now been completed, with plans also in place for cycle lanes in Northolt, expanding active travel options to all parts of the borough. And straight after the election we announced we were slashing the cost of bike hangar permits so that they are now the lowest in London!

We know that the best way to deliver on our promises is not to make top down decisions but to work in partnership with local people and businesses to co-design solutions to the challenges we face. We’re committed to being open, transparent, and inclusive in doing this. We’ve listened and learned, and are committed to improving how we engage with local people, including on transport and active travel projects.

In August, we launched our ambitious, resident-focused Travel in Ealing Charter. We worked with hundreds of residents and stakeholders from across all seven towns to produce this Charter, and to reset our relationship so we can move forward together.

It starts with a simple principle, that we want to work with residents to identify the problems that need fixing, and come up with solutions together. Local people know their area best, and our schemes will be all the better for having local input.

This is already happening across our seven towns. From Let’s Go Southall to Visions for Northolt, we are trialling new, innovative ways to involve residents through the life of a project and beyond. We know that we need to listen to what local people tell us the problems are, and invest time and resources into coming up with solutions together.

Another great example of this is the Southall Wellbeing Way. This is a £1m project to transform the towpath and green spaces in Southall. All the proposals were developed with local people, facilitated by the great team and volunteers at Let’s Go Southall and the Canal and Rivers Trust.

We know that rebuilding trust on active travel will take time. Going forward, we’ll be honest about the goals and objectives of a scheme, and how we will judge success. We need to be prepared to change our minds, to change or remove a scheme where we know it hasn’t worked. This means that those schemes which do stay are clearly justified and we can demonstrate are making a difference.

We have made tackling the climate emergency one of the top three priorities of Ealing council, and as part of this commitment I’m proud to be our first ever cabinet member for climate action. In the face of a government that is back tracking on climate promises, Ealing Labour will deliver our pledge to achieving net zero by 2030, ensuring clear air for our children to breathe. But we need to work with local people to solve real world problems where they live, and that’s exactly what we will do.

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2nd November, 2022

Ealing Labour are determined to shape Ealing for the better and tackle the big challenges we know we face now and in the years ahead. The climate emergency is one of the defining issues of our time. And it is already affecting Ealing. This year, London hit temperatures of 40 o for the first time in recorded history, and we also saw devastating fires. This came only a few short months after Storm Eunice brought the worst winds in 30 years. London’s air pollution already causes 4,000 deaths a year, and is having real impacts on children’s health, with the poorest communities being hit hardest.

But the good news is that in Ealing we know what we need to do and we have a plan to deliver this. The evidence is clear – the greatest contributor to filthy air in our borough is from transport, including petrol and diesel cars, trucks and buses. As well as de-carbonising our own fleet and working with TfL on theirs, we need to support residents to choose cleaner, sustainable, and active ways to travel. We also need to work with TfL and lobby the Government for decent funding to make public transport accessible and attractive to everyone. And we need to have safe, well maintained roads for those who have no option but to drive.

That’s why our manifesto committed to investing at least £10m to increase cycling, walking, running, and scooting and reduce polluting vehicles through active travel schemes. Since the election, we have already made progress on our ambitious target to rapidly expand our popular School Streets programme to 50 schools by 2026. Recent TfL research , which included Holy Family school in Ealing, has shown the value of school streets, not only for children’s safety and health but also in fostering an increased sense of community. With great support from schools and local families, we have implemented 17 school streets so far, with more to come in January, delivering schemes only where we have the support of local residents.

We’ll be investing £35m in improving our roads, tracks and pavements, and just after the election we boosted funding for our highways programme by £6.25m for this year alone. Work is rapidly progressing on the Uxbridge Road cycle lane, including a key section between Southall and Hanwell, improving safety on this key route. The Greenford Road cycle lane has now been completed, with plans also in place for cycle lanes in Northolt, expanding active travel options to all parts of the borough. And straight after the election we announced we were slashing the cost of bike hangar permits so that they are now the lowest in London!

We know that the best way to deliver on our promises is not to make top down decisions but to work in partnership with local people and businesses to co-design solutions to the challenges we face. We’re committed to being open, transparent, and inclusive in doing this. We’ve listened and learned, and are committed to improving how we engage with local people, including on transport and active travel projects.

In August, we launched our ambitious, resident-focused Travel in Ealing Charter. We worked with hundreds of residents and stakeholders from across all seven towns to produce this Charter, and to reset our relationship so we can move forward together.

It starts with a simple principle, that we want to work with residents to identify the problems that need fixing, and come up with solutions together. Local people know their area best, and our schemes will be all the better for having local input.

This is already happening across our seven towns. From Let’s Go Southall to Visions for Northolt, we are trialling new, innovative ways to involve residents through the life of a project and beyond. We know that we need to listen to what local people tell us the problems are, and invest time and resources into coming up with solutions together.

Another great example of this is the Southall Wellbeing Way. This is a £1m project to transform the towpath and green spaces in Southall. All the proposals were developed with local people, facilitated by the great team and volunteers at Let’s Go Southall and the Canal and Rivers Trust.

We know that rebuilding trust on active travel will take time. Going forward, we’ll be honest about the goals and objectives of a scheme, and how we will judge success. We need to be prepared to change our minds, to change or remove a scheme where we know it hasn’t worked. This means that those schemes which do stay are clearly justified and we can demonstrate are making a difference.

We have made tackling the climate emergency one of the top three priorities of Ealing council, and as part of this commitment I’m proud to be our first ever cabinet member for climate action. In the face of a government that is back tracking on climate promises, Ealing Labour will deliver our pledge to achieving net zero by 2030, ensuring clear air for our children to breathe. But we need to work with local people to solve real world problems where they live, and that’s exactly what we will do.

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£28 million investment proposed for Ealing’s roads

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Plans to invest more than £28 million in streets across the borough are due to be considered by Ealing Council’s cabinet next week (17 April), as part of the council’s commitment to improve roads and pavements and invest in active travel.

From re-surfacing roads and footpaths to creating new cycle lanes and introducing rain gardens to improve natural drainage, the funds will be used where the evidence shows they are most needed and where there is resident support.

Roads earmarked for resurfacing have been prioritised based on an independent condition survey of all roads in the borough.

The council has also set out plans to encourage active travel such as walking, running, cycling or scooting, to create more greenery and inspire more people to use public transport, reducing the number of short car journeys and cutting harmful emissions. Plans include the next section of the Uxbridge Road cycle lane from Hanwell to Iron Bridge, along with more bike hangars, bike stands and free cycle training for residents. 8 more school streets are also planned for this year, helping children to get to school safely, reports Around Ealing.

The £28m proposed investment includes separate plans for roads and pavements in each of Ealing’s seven towns, with new walking routes to link parks in Northolt, improvements to the canal tow path in Hanwell and Perivale and work to make a better, more connected town centre for Greenford.

There are also a number of FUN (free-range urban neighbourhoods) pilot projects planned where local residents will influence improvements on their street. Areas that could see changes such as wider pavements, additional trees, parklets, and ‘play on the way’ include Kelvin Gardens in Southall, Brassie Avenue in Acton and Culmington Road in Ealing.

The council will use the Travel in Ealing Charter, which residents helped to create, to ensure there is detailed engagement and consultation with residents and businesses before any changes are made to local roads.

Councillor Deirdre Costigan, deputy leader and cabinet member for climate action, said: “We said we would invest £35m in improving roads and pavements over four years, but we’ve gone way beyond that with a whopping £28m investment planned in just this year alone.

“In London we spend so much of our time on streets that are grey, unattractive and don’t feel safe for people who want to walk or cycle. That’s why in Ealing we are doing things differently. Our new approach is not just about resurfacing roads and pavements, it’s also about changing our streets to provide more green areas, more shade from trees, more natural flood defences, and more space for people to walk, cycle and even play.

“We want to create streets that are beautiful and balance the needs of all road users, while helping us to tackle the climate emergency and reduce air pollution – and, if approved, £28m will go a long way towards achieving this goal.”

The funding is made up of money from sources including the council and section 106 (developer funding).

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Ealing is one of the London boroughs to successfully bid for TfL’s Liveable Neighbourhoods programme . This has been created to fund projects that will help make streets more attractive, healthy and safe. Together with TfL we are investing up to £8.6 million in West Ealing.

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