https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/tag/cycling/ Working to preserve and enhance our architecture and urban environment since 1962 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:47:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cropped-hammersmith-society_founded1962.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/tag/cycling/ 32 32 141086131 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/white-city-underpass-approved-now-for-holland-park-roundabout/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:11:46 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=34916 We’re pleased to note that yesterday, LBHF and RBKC simultaneously approved the proposed pedestrian and cycle underpass underneath the Overground (Mildmay Line), linking the Imperial White City North Campus to North Kensington’s Latimer Road.  Modelled on continental schemes by Dutch architects West 8 of Rotterdam, the D&A statement includes images from several similar schemes –]]> 34916 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/rivercourt-road-a-new-two-way-ltn/ Sun, 24 Nov 2024 10:30:22 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=33525 Last year, we were contacted by residents of Rivercourt Road concerned about the increased traffic they said they were experiencing. Rivercourt is the road formerly running one-way towards King Street from the Great West Road as shown adjacent, with its twin – Weltje Road – running one-way towards the A4. On Thursday, Rivercourt road became]]> 33525 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/danish-cycling-culture/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 18:38:59 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=33122 Will Norman, London’s cycling Czar, has been promoting Danish cycling culture for a decade, usually without mentioning it by name. So, on a recent trip to Copenhagen, it seemed worth making an ad-hoc study of the cycling scene. Back in 2017-18, when the whole CS9 debate got going in Hammersmith, in addition to a proposal]]> 33122 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/a-permanent-cycleway-9/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:30:52 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=29835 The council’s short-notice decision to make C9 permanent was reported in HammersmithToday in March. That would be less significant if the January to June Key Decisions List had mentioned it, or if the cycle and walking commission had been in the loop. This key decision was made on 6th March – on the cusp of]]> 29835 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/taking-a-view-hammersmith-avenue/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:00:25 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=30692 In this article, our member Dr. Alex Reid revisits the work done on the original Flyunder proposal, and in recognition of the times we live in, looks at how the essence of it could be reworked into a vision for the 2020’s, recognising a much-prolonged lifespan for the flyover, and the longterm declining pollution levels]]> 30692 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/60th-anniversary-awards-evening-and-agm/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:15:31 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=27744 (AGM Photos: Franco Chen. Click for full-size versions) We were delighted to announce our 2022 Awards at the AGM at Latymer Upper School on Wednesday 22nd June, introduced by committee member Derrick Wright and kindly presented by our patron, Cllr Emma Althorp, the new Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham. The large number of members and]]> 27744 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/cycleway-9-update/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:30:03 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=25528 The temporary cycle path or Safer Cycle Pathway as the council denotes it, is not without controversy.  At the extremes, Cycle Twitterati heap praise on the council for going though with it, and at the other end of the scale, there are a couple of petitions with well over 3000 signatures asking for it to]]> 25528 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/cycleway-cw9-and-e-scooter-trial/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:08:51 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=24541 Over the last year or so, we’ve been participating in the Council’s resident-led  Cycling & Walking Commission, via our membership secretary, along with residents including representatives of one or two affected resident’s associations, such as affiliates SPRA & SBRA. Due to the pandemic, meetings were held as online workshops, the process being chaired by Cllr.]]> 24541