Kidical Mass – Saturday 20th April – #SafeStreetsNow
Important Update **** Back to Plan A for North Tyneside #KidicalMass **** ****Back to Plan A!**** With huge thanks to various North Tyneside Council staff at all levels, we are …
Kidical Mass and #SafeStreetsNow
Last year, just after the international Kidical Mass rides in September, campaigners from across the UK organised protests in their towns and cities against the tide of road collisions that …
Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan – our call for better and on-going engagement
We wrote to North Tyneside Council early December 2022 and asked them to rethink their engagement to develop a cycling and walking network: “Having actively campaigned for North Tyneside Council …
Act Now for Walking & Cycling
October is make-or-break for Walking and Cycling in North Tyneside. Take Action Now. Construction on a new permanent cycleway along the coast, the Sea Front Sustainable Route, should have started …
Quality Matters
We’ve recently polled our members on a number of issues to decide how we take forward campaigning for ‘living streets’ in North Tyneside. One of the questions we asked was …
LCWIP Infrastructure Plan? What is it?
(Why haven’t we got one?) Back in 2017 the government introduced the idea of a “Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans” (LCWIP) and all local highway authorities should by now …
Better Junctions for Routes to Schools
The council has been looking at new crossings and a tighter roundabout at Farringdon Road / Broadway / Mast Lane Cullercoats. This is something that we think is a great …
Our call for action in Whitley Bay
On 7 April 2022, we wrote to the three Whitley Bay councillors asking them to urgently act to reduce motorised traffic in the ward, following two serious collisions in the …
Writing to your Councillor(s)
You’ve been following Living Streets North Tyneside for some time now, and you’ve been wanting to get involved, but you’ve been hesitant as to how you’ll take the next step …
Rake Lane – On Site
The council is currently on site delivering walking and cycling improvements along the A191 Rake Lane and New York Bypass. Living Streets campaigns for better streets, despite some imperfections there …