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Chisenhale Primary School from the corner of Chisenhale Road and Vivian Road, showing its outside play space with bollards and fences.
Environment Local News 

How the Chisenhale Play Space became the symbol for saving School Streets

November 12, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 2 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

After scenes of schoolchildren seeing off the council’s attempt at removing the Chisenhale Play Space went viral, local residents and

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School Streets restrictions sign on Chisenhale Road, Bow.
Environment Local News 

Mayor Rahman removes Chisenhale School Streets today ‘without consultation’

October 27, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 0 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

A scheme to close the roads around Chisenhale Primary School during drop off and pick up is to be removed

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Caroline Meadows, Shaheena Parvin, Jane Harris, Simon Ramsay and Nathalie Bienfait outside council meeting debating Save our Safer Streets petition outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall.
Environment Local News 

Petition to reinstate Liveable Streets Scheme rejected by Tower Hamlets Council 

October 7, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

Save our Streets petition of 3,094 people rejected by Aspire Councillors who cite ongoing consultations, vowing to be an administration

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a large group of protestors holding up placards saying 'save our safer streets' on Antill Road, Bow, East London
Local Local economy News 

Consultation receiving six objections led to removal of Antill Road traffic filter

September 30, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

Freedom of Information request reveals Liveable Streets reversal was based on six individual objections, amid residents’ growing frustration at a

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Teasdale Street with road block
Local Local economy News 

Liveable Streets: The case for reversal

September 23, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 5 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

We hear from those supporting Mayor Rahman’s plans to reopen our roads Since its inception in 2021 Liveable Streets has

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Old Bethnal Green road after liveable streets scheme
Local Local economy News 

TfL says reversing Liveable Streets threatens future funding for Tower Hamlets

September 19, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 6 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

With the final decision date fast approaching, lack of consultation threatens future TfL investment in Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets council

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Old Bethnal Green Road pocket park with cyclist
Environment Local News 

Liveable Streets campaign group launch crowd funder for legal challenge to Tower Hamlets Council

September 7, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 4 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

Save Our Safer Streets is preparing for a potential legal challenge to Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s pledge to reverse Liveable Streets

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protestors walking with placards 'No to a12 traffic' walking along Tredegar Road, Bow, East London
Environment Local News 

Protest and petition: Bow residents protest against the council’s desire to reverse liveable streets

July 18, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 0 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

Hundreds of residents voice their concern at the council’s proposal to reverse the Liveable Streets schemes. Bow residents took to

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CGI image of Old Ford road for one of the schemes proposed by the council's Liveable Streets programme.
Environment Local News 

The grassroots campaigns for and against Liveable Streets

July 16, 2020November 27, 2022 Francesca Lister-Fell 5 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

Tower Hamlets Council’s Liveable Streets proposals have sparked many different responses in the community. We dive into the two main grass-roots campaigns that sprang up overnight in support of or opposing Liveable Streets.

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3D model of pedestrianisation of Roman Road by Liveable Streets Bow
Environment Local News 

Consultation opens for Liveable Street’s ‘bold plans’ for Bow

July 1, 2020October 18, 2022 Francesca Lister-Fell 42 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

The Council’s Liveable Streets programme is proposing to pedestrianise parts of Roman Road, Bow, and to close Old Ford at Skew Bridge – have your say on it.

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Liveable Street Workshop traffic jam
Environment News 

Bow Liveable Street Workshops: What was said and what happens next

December 8, 2019October 18, 2022 Roman Road Bow Neighbourhood Forum 4 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

Missed the recent Liveable Street workshops? These sell-out events got everyone talking about the best way to address rat-running and

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Liveable Neighbourhood visualisation of Roman Road, Bow, East London
Environment Local News 

Bow’s Liveable Streets scheme invites local feedback in upcoming workshops

November 12, 2019October 18, 2022 Scarlet Hannington 0 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

Tower Hamlet’s Council are revisiting Bow’s Liveable Streets scheme with a trio of group workshops inviting residents to consider new

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