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Chinese Lunar New Year in London 2026 Find out about London's Chinese New Year celebrations, including the parade, performances on Trafalgar Square and Chinatown, and other CNY events. 17 Feb 2026

This Sunday, 22 February, head down to the West End for London's Lunar New Year celebrations 🏮✨

The Trafalgar Square event will bring together communities from across our city for one of the biggest celebrations of LNY outside Asia.

So jumping red lights is not worth fining anymore?

Btw: how did you find out about the outcome?

YouTube video by Global Cycling Network This Is The Real Reason We Can't Have The Cities We Dream Of

A really good piece from #GCN here and especially the discussions at the end and the final point about needing some visions and plans - that really is the thing lacking in the UK.

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The yellow and glass panelled front of an IKEA with a roof overhang.

A blue sign saying cycle parking over three hoops in a tight spot with some bikes parked.

IKEA Croydon has loads of space for parking right by the store entrance.

Except they didn't put it there, they put it here in a cramped spot away from the entrance with bolt down hoops.

And we love it 💚

“The next Wandsworth Council administration will receive the worst financial inheritance of any incoming administration since the Council’s creation.

Before May 2022, Wandsworth Conservatives ran the Council for 44-years, setting the country’s lowest council tax“

Could these be related?

This crash happened yesterday on the same road, but in Wandsworth where there are no parklets. Sadly more of this is exactly what the Hammersmith tories’ demand would lead to - absolutely irresponsible

www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/2586161...

Loading bays (or busstops?) physical protection for cyclists etc.
Good solution + bad solution in 17 seconds:

YouTube video by Global Cycling Network This Is The Real Reason We Can't Have The Cities We Dream Of

The opening Voxpop in this video sums the problem up perfectly:
"It took us an hour to drive to the chip shop. We could have walked it quicker"
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Elderly woman crossing the road with a cane and an umbrella. Being stranded in front of a big puddle.

On a more serious note, it is unacceptable that a bit of rain consistently floods cycle lanes and pavements in Wandsworth. It affects cyclists and pedestrian, like this lady who has problems crossing the road due to a big puddle blocking her way

Large puddle across the cycle lane and large parts of the pavement. Reflection of the sky in the water

The new water feature on Balham High Road seems to be made permanent now. It looks great when the sun is shining ☀️
It is part of a series of similar water features that have appeared across the boroughs. Thanks to TfL and Wandsworth Council 🌊🚧

Take a tour of the new cycle parking below Berlin's Potsdamer Platz.

Designed for utility, sport, electric and cargo bikes, it enables a smooth transition to public transport, while taking a disused and uncomfortable private retail corridor and reimagining it as a safe and inviting community space.

One cycle lane, two types of loading bays
The first one allows for physical protection and even a truck does not impact any traffic
The second one is lazy design, incompatible with wand protection and blocks the whole lane when in use
Good design matters!
📍CS7 through Balham

YouTube video by Global Cycling Network This Is The Real Reason We Can't Have The Cities We Dream Of

An interesting and relevant analysis of the Liveable Neighbourhood Projects in Bristol youtu.be/y4pO1vS0gkc?...
The next six months is going to be very interesting.

Spot on, CS7 in Balham, right in front of Du Cane Court, but there are more puddles along the way

Flooded cycle lane in London

Does anything help against cycle lanes looking like this?

The Queenstown Road cycle infrastructure is progressing well - more of this please!

YouTube video by The Eager Cyclist How to Cycle with Children on the Road | 6. FOCUS: Promoting independence | SHOOTERS HILL TO ELTHAM

⛅ With the weather threatening to start improving, it might soon be time to get the kids bikes out again...

With that in mind, here's a good refresher from The Eager Cyclist, on how to cycle safely with them 👉 youtu.be/lU0i8KIAFJg?...

London's cycleway #C8 #CS8 getting much needed upgrades after (an eternity) of planning.
📹 @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social

While Q'town Road gets improved by #Wandswoth Council, the seg'd track stops at Chelsea Bridge managed by #RBKC where folk cycling must use bus lane.

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Private Eye cover: ANDY'S FRIEND RESCUES FERGIE! Epstein is prepared to give you £15,000 Is that for Eugenie or for both of them?

2011.

Victoria Embankment this morning. Why should hard working cyclists taxes go on these wide car lanes when motorists don't bother using them?

Yes this is a boring photo of asphalt at Fishponds Fields but thanks to a grant from Wandsworth Council it will soon be transformed into a thriving community garden. Email us if you’d like to get involved foreverfishponds@gmail.com @tootingnewsie.bsky.social #tooting #communitygarden

Responding to the DEFRA wood burning consultation — Mums for Lungs Read our guidance on how to respond to DEFRA’s wood burning consultation - deadline 19th March. This is a critical moment to get your voice heard by the government.

NEW: Have your say on DEFRA’s solid fuel burning consultation.

If you're affected by #WoodBurning, this is a critical moment to get your views across to the government. We've created some guidance to help you respond - the deadline is 19th March. Please share far and wide!

#AirPollution #Health

Can’t make that up 🙄 if drivers cannot avoid stationary well visible objects, imagine how safe it is for residents to walk down the street

Also how does it cost residents money? Are all these drivers uninsured? Or do they even flee the scene after the crash?

Hackney people - we need your help! Organised groups are trying to undermine safer streets in Hackney & some Cllrs are getting cold feet. Please join Low Traffic Hackney here & follow our accounts to build support for real change. www.lowtraffichackney.org/join-us.html

Photo of people cycling indoors in a hall. In the front of the image is a white girl with blonde hair on a red tricycle. To her right is a white woman with dark hair and wearing a high vis orange vest. She is also on a tricycle and is smiling. Next to her is a black man with a blue top and blue flat cap on a tricycle. In the background are a couple of people in high vis vests and some more cyclists.

Looking for something to do this half-term? Then come along to one of our inclusive cycle sessions at the Ladywell Centre in Lewisham.

Open to Disabled people of all ages and impairments, the sessions take place on Fridays at 10:30am, 11:30am or 12:30pm.

Good point. I never noticed 😅

How long should it take to cross a junction?
In suburban London it can take a while, like crossing the junction of Christchurch Road and Merantum Way to walk between two neighbouring shopping centres. Is it acceptable to let pedestrians wait this long?
@londonls.bsky.social
@willnorman.co.uk

Interesting. Cast iron with two concrete pillars added by the GLC in the 70s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_...

And likely super complicated to repair.

Bridges and flyovers getting a bit tired may be the nudge the Mayor needed to get him urgently reducing traffic in London?