.Hackney Council released their borough-wide LTN plans last year. Looking forward to seeing more & more boroughs showing how they are preparing to implement their people-friendly neighbourhoods.

Amsterdam’s plan to remove 11,200 parking spaces from its streets by the end of 2025 is even more inspiring when we realize the kind of people places that are possible where cars used to be. Example — #Amsterdam’s Elandsgracht between 2014 & 2019, via Thomas Schlijper’s great pics.

Calling for #asummerofplay suggest Department for Education reads Tim Gill timrgill book. When playgrounds were shut - photograph #johnsturrock summer 2020 originally for The Developer

Set children free: are playgrounds a form of incarceration. Fantastic piece on why radicalism is needed in rethinking children’s lives. We already had an epidemic of childhood unhappiness #streetparksforstmarks theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Would you support a campaign to take back 25% of London’s streets from cars by 2025?

"Looking at our climate targets, our air pollution targets, the first stage of our 21st C Streets programme removes 100m of hard standing and replaces it with a public park immediately in front of a primary school that is deficient in outside space"

"We are building in 40% canopy cover for the street, and building in EV charge points, secure and semi-secure bike parking, and provision for car clubs so people can still have access to cars without needing to own one"

"Once we build them in, these things will be so popular with residents that nobody will want to go back to giving up the space for car parking"

"One of the things we have discovered in Hackney during covid is that in a lower mobility world where people are staying closer to the places where they live, you need to provide good amenities!"

"Now they are leading to more - parklets became a catalyst for something much bigger in Hackney. Colvestone Community is to become the borough's first 21st Century Street!"

"So a re-grouping of us have set up the @LondonParklet campaign. We want a simple, bottom up approach that lets people repurpose their streets for things other than storage of cars. We would love you to join us!"

Sun's out, ramp's out. Local kids doing what they should be doing: hanging out in the street after school without fear of being driven at. Next to a filter in De Beauvoir, it's a safe space. Hackney Living Streets Mete Coban MBE  Hackney LCC Polly Billington

We recently redesigned our #Idling flyer. You can download a digital version 👇. Please share widely! #AirPollution #NO2Idling bit.ly/3803zA6

Can someone please INTERVIEW THE CHILDREN rather than the olds on their opinion of #LTN's, how they would like the roads and their concerns about the ability to walk and cycle to school safely? It is their future Justin Rowlatt Carlton Reid Tom Edwards

The sooner @Hackneycouncil introduces its pro-health scheme for Colvestone Crescent in #Dalston, the better for the health of pupils at the nearby primary school, not to mention passers-by of all ages

Thanks Hackney Council enforcement offices for working to reduce traffic congestion and pollution on our street. Great to see action on this after our meeting with Mete Coban MBE

The usual shouting and tooting this morning as several vans and around ten cars are all jostling fir space down the middle of our street. Where is our 21st Century Street? 😥Hackney Living Streets Mayor of Hackney

Our friends at Playing Out have written in support of our parklets campaign. Their guide shows us how we can reclaim street space from cars, for people to enjoy. Check it out ⬇️📍 playingout.net/blog/from-play…