Details
We will be meeting online on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 at 19:00 via Jitsi at this link.
Agenda
- Welcome, introductions & apologies for absence.
- Update of actions arising from May meeting. See below.
- Borough Co-ordinator’s update. See below.
- Arrangements for Sunday’s (15 June, 11am-5pm) Cargo Bike Fair.
- Updates on Summer Solstice Ride (18 June) and Kew Summer Cycle (07 August).
- Cycle rides. Desire for more of them.
- Marshall training for cycle rides.
- AOB
- Close, date of next meeting and possibly AGM – 09 July 2025. We may need to re-think the meeting date and the AGM.
Update of actions arising from May
- Actions arising from last monthMICK to write to James Chard regarding ideas for Richmond Road, Rosslyn Road, St Mags Road junction.
- MONICA as (Acting) Membership Secretary to contact LCC regarding local data.
- TIM to share derails of the Cargo Bike ride ahead of the Cargo Bike Fair.
- MONICA/TIM to raise at the next ATAG the issue of cycle parking at fairs.
- TIM to confirm with Charles Campion use of Barnes Community Hall for our 11 June meeting.
- ALL to consider asks for council ahead of next year’s council elections to be discussed at future RCC meetings.
- ALL to consider possible alternate route ideas for twinning cycle ride.
- ALL (carried over from April meeting) to consider roads, typically no through roads, which would benefit from a Amyand Park Road/Arragon Road style cycle track, and pass their thoughts to Victor.
Borough Co-ordinator’s update
- We attended ATAG at the beginning of the month, and got quite a lot of info from the council, and a useful discussion on the Transport Strategy.
- Much of it may well be covered in Tuesday’s TAQ meeting: https://cabnet.richmond.gov.uk/mgChooseDocPack.aspx?ID=500000530
- I made these notes at ATAG:
- Intro to the A/T strategy
- TFL forecast is cars per household will fall slightly, but overall car journeys won’t change.
- 142-150k public transport journeys 2019-2041 forces
- Changes most wanted: trains, buses and cycling are top. Also Pavement conditions were above congestion.
- People with disabilities asked primarily for more safe and accessible spaces
- Mary making good point of cost of active travel for disabled people, and how hard this is to access.
- Alex “On the search for something that will convince people” … Need something game-changing for us to make the case
- Current programme
- Transport committee will have lots of this (not in priority order)
- Hampton Court Road progressing – with TfL at the moment, including network assessment. Should then get more money, and engage with Royal Palaces. Consult around January time
- Manor Road / Ferry Road – at Tfl technical approval. Looking to significant simplification of junction
- Looking to link to Broom Road.
- A310 Cross Deep. Lobbying for more funding for this. Some small changes also planned.
- June July. St James, Hampton House, St Mary’s. Next couple of months.
- Sheen Mount also to progress
- Looking at cycling network map. Will link to £16.5m bid sent in last year
- Bus partnership bid? 18 days’ time, in partnership with 2 other SW London boroughs. Includes traffic reduction in Richmond town centre. Up to £3.5m
- Kingston Bridge roundabout – successfully bid. Will be £5m at the moment. Will need to engage with Kingston on this.(Because they own one arm.)
- TfL has gone back to lots more modelling and network analysis, which is making schemes harder.
- We bid for 40 projects in LIP, 16 had modelling questions
- London Road – 2 zebras at end of June.
- Bike parking happening neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- locations coming up in next bike hangar consultation
- Members may also be aware:
- Council is extending the good moves scheme for businesses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWwvf5La1zQ
- Council considering big extension to idling fines: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/richmond-drivers-fined-leaving-engines-running-under-pollution-crackdown-b1230582.html
- Twinning ride was very popular, starting with around 20 riders.