Mamdani's pledged free buses for New York - could London be next? @farefreelondon.bsky.social interviewed New York transport researcher Charles Komanoff about the benefits www.salamandernews.org/mamdani-pled...

🚽 World Toilet Day today and I’m off to join the @londonlooalliance.bsky.social at White Hart Lane to enjoy one of the new toilets installed by TfL. 💷 So glad that I eventually got the Mayor to put £3m a year for five years into improving toilet availability on the transport network.

More than 50 trees on Woolwich Common that were set to be chopped down have been given a reprieve - at least for now - after an application to widen a road was taken off a planning committee’s agenda. Plans for a new cycle lane had received over 500 objections. greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/14/w...

In France for a break. The sheer number of cargo bikes you see in cities and larger towns is really encouraging. It doesn’t seem to be a novellty or a fad.

Hey 👋 anyone who likes peering at civil engineering projects as they get underway. There's a new and helpful TFL update on the Cutty Sark Station escalators. They seem to have made decent progress in September and October.

These play centres are the beating heart of our communities “a "second home", a space where they feel seen and safe". www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We’ve launched #FightFlyTipping Fortnight to protect the places we love and stop unlicensed traders dumping our rubbish, ruining neighbourhoods & costing public services. Take 3 steps: 1️⃣ Ask for their licence 2️. Check it’s valid 3️. Get a receipt Read more here bit.ly/4odr65A

We need to change perceptions and change the narrative around street plants. Please engage with the campaign & share your experiences 🙏🏼🍃💚[email protected] . #BanGlyphosate thenortherneco.substack.com/p/campaigner...

Tomorrow, #AssemblyTransport will continue its investigation into road space, driving and congestion in London with questions about freight. Find out more: www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

You don’t have to ban cars everywhere to transform your city centre. But you do have to seriously rethink and redefine the car’s role. There are many ways to do that, from #completestreets to #sharedstreets, pedestrian priority streets & Dutch #woonerfs, that prioritize streets for people, not cars.

TfL may not be interested in taking on the foot tunnels but they are critical infrastructure providing a resilient way for people to cross the river east of tower bridge under their own steam. If TfL can build Silvertown Tunnel for people with cars then they can provide lifts for people on foot.

Please follow Save Greenwich Adventure Playgrounds for up to the minute consultation info!

"I want to make a country we can all afford to live in." @zackpolanski.bsky.social tells it straight on The Last Leg.

Tamasin's report back for Shooters Hill ward.

Join the Fight Against Fly-Tipping! 🚫 We’re excited to announce that Keep Britain Tidy’s first-ever national “Fight Fly-Tipping” campaign is launching on November 10!

“the same argument applies to the Woolwich tunnel and common sense would dictate that what’s good for Greenwich is also good for Woolwich.” Maureen O’Mara, former Labour councillor. Caroline Russell, London Assembly, has taken up the cause for both foot tunnels 🙌 @carolinerussell.bsky.social

Early morning at Woolwich Foot Tunnel today with our petition. *Commuters ’ reminded us it was the third anniversary 🎂 of the closure of the north lift (they asked for a ‘celebration’cake!). Another person cycles from *Bexleyheath’ to *Canary Wharf* via this tunnel. www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...

It really shouldn’t take awesome local campaigners like @escalatenow.bsky.social to provide updates on the lifts for people wanting to cross the river east of Tower Bridge on foot or wheeling bikes. TfL need to pick up the foot tunnels as strategic river crossings and make the lifts reliable.

Basics aren't being done. Complaints highlight failings that should be carried out as a matter of course. Council has been & continues to be, reactive. Barnfield made me think of this. Clearly the cameras placed by their offshoot firm are long gone now... www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/news/2022/ro...

Questions will likely be raised over whether TfL has the money to take on the tunnels, but Escalate Now has a potential solution. “Group member Karin Tearle said it could raise the funds needed from its new revenue stream from the Silvertown Tunnel tolls”.

Will be raising these #ArmsSales to UAE in #HouseofLords #Sudan #HumanRights #RuleofLaw @amnestyuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Thank you to @BELLEGREENWICH for sharing this rather lanky #FoxOfTheDay - a beauty !

You’d have thought this Labour- controlled Council would have cleaned up the Barnfield Estate before going out on the campaign trail. This includes not only that notorious fly-tip,but an open drain with overflowing raw sewage. I called Street Services but it took a while to resolve.

Questions will likely be raised over whether TfL has the money to take on the tunnels, but Escalate Now has a potential solution. “Group member Karin Tearle said it could raise the funds needed from its new revenue stream from the Silvertown Tunnel tolls”.

TfL should take over management of Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels - here's our plan'. @london.gov.uk www.mylondon.news/news/transpo...

This evening at Woolwich Front Room

Unbelievable that the Greenwich Foot tunnel has been left out of the equation! The rotunda/ cupola entrance is right next to the Cutty Sark Ship is clearly visible! If @willnorman.co.uk is visiting Greenwich then we’d like to meet him to show him the physical obstacles ppl face every day.

@willnorman.co.uk. Greenwich Foot Tunnel is the missing link! And let's not forget Woolwich either so please impress on Commissioner Andy Lord and @london.gov.uk to adopt the #GreenwichFootTunnel #WoolwichFootTunnel. @sebdance.bsky.social #ActiveTravel #London

💯 with you on that. Our UNESCO heritage site certainly does need urgent improvements! Greenwich foot tunnel is also of great historical value & an *invaluable asset* for commuters.Struggling up & down steps with a bike, pram (no chance for wheelchairs) is unacceptable. @inclusionlondon.bsky.social

5 adventure playgrounds in Greenwich are at risk. Why not re-allocate the s. 106 money earmarked to GLLaB [£2,007,111] and keep the playgrounds going instead? @royalgreenwich.bsky.social

The findings of the International Court of Justice are clear. Israel has no right to block aid to Gaza. Israel's allegations against UNRWA have not been substantiated. Israel must cease obstructing the UN and its agencies. Stop blocking aid.

“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies." Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration. #Peston

Something is amiss with the lift contractor appointed by RBG *seven*years ago.There’s been no accountability, no recognition of this crucial transport link where no others exist for active travel east of Tower Bridge. Please sign the petition www.change.org/p/transfer-g...

Please see my comment here: www.linkedin.com/posts/karin-...

Why our petition matters 👇 Please sign and share 🙏🏼 www.change.org/p/transfer-g...

The Green surge is breaking limits! 😲 Together, we can make hope normal again! 💚

This weekend we reached 100,000 Green Party members - and we're not stopping there. In fact... we've already passed 105,000 members. Be part of the Green surge. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

Grateful the Mayor made time to meet Avi who came to watch MQT and look forward to hearing what improvements TfL can make to the care and support provided for workers whose future has been so suddenly interrupted by the changes to the skilled worker visa scheme.

It’s great that the Mayor is pushing government to address the impact on people affected by skilled worker visa changes, but he also needs to look at and improve the support TfL offers to these workers caught in an abrupt limbo as the sudden visa system changes kick in.

Lewisham's Brookmill Park offers an urban sanctuary for wildlife. Photographer Karin Tearle shares her pictures. www.salamandernews.org/brookmill-pa...

“Asked about the issue by the Green Party's London Assembly leader Caroline Russell at Mayor's Question Time, Sir Sadiq accused the government of "moving the goalposts". Reassuring the London Assembly works collaboratively with open communication & mutual respect.

It goes without saying this petition is for the Woolwich foot tunnel too (north lift broken since 2022!). #FixTheLifts #GreenwichFootTunnel #WoolwichFootTunnel #ActiveTravel www.change.org/p/transfer-g...

Today I visited the Woolwich Foot tunnel with Fiona, Greenwich Green. South lift broke down while we were there & north lift has been broken since 2022.I chatted with people in the tunnel & on the ferry (not always reliable). One thing is clear, people are desperate for a reliable crossing.

🖋️ And if you agree the Greenwich foot tunnel is a useful transport connection for people getting around London and that the lifts should be properly managed and that TfL should take this role on then sign here: c.org/rhMk9MgJgY

Great campaign from the @escalatenow.bsky.social team who got TfL to fix the escalators at Cutty Sark. Now pushing TfL to fix the lifts in Greenwich foot tunnel built by London County Council 113 years ago for dock workers to cross the river. When TfL was set up they got road not foot tunnels. 🤦‍♀️

What is right for Greenwich must also apply to Woolwich (north lift broken for FOUR years!. Watch the video of Woolwich resident, Alison Turner. greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/04/25/w... Sign the petition! www.change.org/p/transfer-g...

Please sign & share the petition calling on TfL to take over management of Greenwich Foot Tunnels 🙏🏼 www.change.org/p/transfer-g...

I raised the devastating impact of sudden visa rule changes with the Mayor – over 200 TfL workers are at risk of deportation.   These are people who trusted the system, built lives here and are now left in limbo.   I'm glad the Mayor has committed to lobby the Government and support these workers.

Amber in the shadows . Thanks to @BELLEGREENWICH for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay

Not only are we at record numbers of members and growing every day - this is our highest ever poll rating. We're just getting started. This is the politics of the 99% Vs the 1% for a country we can all afford to live in - plenty of room to grow. Join.greenparty.org.uk