12 February 2025
A petition signed by people living in the Bowes Primary Area Quieter Neighbourhood demanding an additional access point by car to their streets was debated at Monday's meeting of Enfield Council's scrutiny committee.
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11 February 2025
In the face of a significant spike in pedestrian deaths on London's roads, road danger reduction campaigners are calling on the Metropolitan Police to pay significantly more attention to reducing road danger and eliminating casualties on the capital's roads. You too can join them in responding to a consultation on crime and policing which ends this Wednesday.
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04 February 2025
After encountering a particularly badly parked car, the editor of Enfield Dispatch is asking readers to send photographs of antisocial parking iwith the aim of shaming the culprits and persuading the council to take action.
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01 February 2025
The Bike Project is a charity that supports refugees and asylum seekers by providing them with a refurbished bike. They're setting up a collection point at a church not far from Turnpike Lane station that will be open to accept donations between 27th February and 1st March.
All sizes and types of bikes will be accepted! Children’s bikes are especially appreciated.
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18 December 2024
'Micromobility bays' for rental e-bikes are being installed in streets in Enfield borough south of the North Circular Road, to support a trial in Haringey. The bays form part of a drive by Transport for London to tackle the problem of hire bikes littering pavements and causing obstructions and hazards.
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27 November 2024
The statutory consultation phase for the next leg of the Enfield Town to Ponders End walking and cycling route runs until 8th December.
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19 November 2024
The 'Go Slow' Cycling Project, currently raising funds via a crowdfunder, is designed to allow participants to take as long as they need, at minimal cost, on their personal journey towards switching to a healthier and more environmentally sustainable mode of transport.
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30 October 2024
Campaigning group Better Streets for Enfield are holding a public online meeting at 8pm on Tuesday 19th November under the title 'Is Twenty Plenty in Enfield?'' to discuss the case for a 20mph limit on most Enfield roads.
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01 October 2024
The founder of the 20s Plenty campaign sets out a convincing case for 20mph to be the default speed limit on urban roads in the UK
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30 September 2024
The Mums for Lungs campaign argues that controlled parking zones (CPZs) are good for children's health because by reducing traffic they protect developing lungs from exposure to air pollution from engines and tyres. The campaign urges parents to support CPZs near their homes and schools even if they themselves do not drive.
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07 September 2024
The Metropolitan Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a fatal collision in Palmers Green on 1st September.
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28 August 2024
Local residents have expressed their support for the proposed Palmers Green East controlled parking zone (CPZ). The council's preliminary consultation about the scheme runs until 13th September.
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14 August 2024
A reminder about a petition started by Gina Sone-Demetrious calling for improved safety measures on the A10 in Edmonton, where in January her sister Laura was killed while using a pedestrian crossing.
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13 August 2024
Enfield Council has launched a preliminary consultation on proposals to introduce a permit parking scheme in Palmers Green to the east of Green Lanes, extending as far as New River Crescent.
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12 June 2024
The national charity Living Streets is calling on the public to write to election candidates asking them to support policies that will create child-friendly streets. They have designed a door hanger for people to download that will help get the message to candidates and political parties.
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22 May 2024
A dental surgery in Palmers Green has been forced to suspend operations after a collision yesterday evening between two drivers resulting in a car crashing into the building.
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24 April 2024
On Sunday 28th April people young, old and in between will meet up at Silver Street Station for a bike ride exploring Enfield's cycle routes and parks, setting out to have some fun but with a serious message for the next mayor of London.
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10 April 2024
Quentin Given from Friends of the Earth reports on this week's climate hustings, held in Wood Green, to which four of the candidates for the post of Assembly Member for Enfield & Haringey were invited.
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23 March 2024
The 20's Plenty for Us campaign has published its response to recently issued government guidance on setting local speed limits, accusing the Department for Transport of misrepresenting data on pedestrian fatalities when hit by a vehicle travelling at speeds between 20 and 30mph. The 'Plan for Drivers', it says, will discriminate against pedestrians, cyclists, children, the elderly and the disabled.
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05 March 2024
Women from Palmers Green were among more than a thousand participants in last Sunday's Women's Freedom Ride, organised by the London Cycling Campaign as part of a campaign calling on the Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police and London boroughs to take stronger measures so that women can cycle on London's road without facing the levels of danger and abuse that they do currently.
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