Venue: Rutland Arms, 15 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London W6 9DJ
Date & Time: Saturday 18 May 2019, 11.00am – 1.30pm
Book your place at the workshop here
Walking workshop organised by London Car Free Day
10.30am Meet in front of the Rutland Arms pub
11am – 12noon Walk across Hammersmith Bridge with local guides
12noon – 1.30pm Pub lunch at the Rutland Arms and presentations on what the bridge could be like as a permanent walking and cycling connection for London.
Hammersmith Bridge trial as a business-boosting walking & cycling link for summer 2019
Hammersmith Bridge could be London’s most impressive new walking and cycling provision. It has been traffic-free since early April and this meeting will bring together community, business, and local government stakeholders to discuss the bridge’s potential future as an example of world-class walking and cycling infrastructure.
With the Chelsea Flower just around the corner, Car Free Day London has invited the RHS and others to join the dialogue and share ideas for greening bridge over the summer months, showcasing what a permanent walking and cycling bridge could look like. Partners at Meristem Design and Abundance London have been invited to share their ideas for new parklets and native planting on the bridge and at the new public spaces that have been opened up at either end. The Hammersmith BID (Business Improvement District) and its members will also be invited to share views on the bridge’s future function as an attractive new piece of transport infrastructure and public realm.
Representatives from the neighbourhoods most polluted schools and the Hammersmith and Fulham Air Quality Commission will also be invited to participate in the discussion on how a pedestrian and cycling bridge could catalyse better air quality and more active travel across the borough.
Moderated discussion with:
David Chamberlain, Commissioner, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Air Quality Commission
Clare Wadd, Chair, London Ramblers
Casey Abaraonye, Chair, Hammersmith & Fulham Cyclists
Councillor Stephen Cowan, Leader, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (invited)
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Please see details on the proposal for a summer trial of the bridge for walking and cycling here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iMk7JSa_wTlihlVo13Y7Lpe33uOBqnbv8lz6-_Gog4U/edit
