Save Our Safer Streets - Tower Hamlets
@saveoursaferstreets.org
A community that is fighting the council's plans to bring back traffic and pollution across Bethnal Green and Shoreditch
Pinned
Court of Appeal just ruled Tower Hamlets DECISION to remove the Bethnal Green LTN is UNLAWFUL.
Councils can't remove without going through proper process & getting Mayor of London's approval.
This is a MASSIVE precedent for London. Years of work vindicated.
#SaveOurSaferStreets
#LTN
Councils can't remove without going through proper process & getting Mayor of London's approval.
This is a MASSIVE precedent for London. Years of work vindicated.
#SaveOurSaferStreets
#LTN
After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour.
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
Evening Standard covers the news here:
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
Evening Standard covers the news here:
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes
London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan
www.standard.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour.
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
Evening Standard covers the news here:
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
Evening Standard covers the news here:
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour.
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes
London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan
www.standard.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour.
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
The full Court of Appeal judgment is here:
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our LTN without Mayor of London's approval through a revised Local Implementation Plan.
A massive win for community power and safer streets across London.✊
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our LTN without Mayor of London's approval through a revised Local Implementation Plan.
A massive win for community power and safer streets across London.✊
Oliver Hawes, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets -
Find Case Law
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caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The full Court of Appeal judgment is here:
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our LTN without Mayor of London's approval through a revised Local Implementation Plan.
A massive win for community power and safer streets across London.✊
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our LTN without Mayor of London's approval through a revised Local Implementation Plan.
A massive win for community power and safer streets across London.✊
Court of Appeal just ruled Tower Hamlets DECISION to remove the Bethnal Green LTN is UNLAWFUL.
Councils can't remove without going through proper process & getting Mayor of London's approval.
This is a MASSIVE precedent for London. Years of work vindicated.
#SaveOurSaferStreets
#LTN
Councils can't remove without going through proper process & getting Mayor of London's approval.
This is a MASSIVE precedent for London. Years of work vindicated.
#SaveOurSaferStreets
#LTN
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Court of Appeal just ruled Tower Hamlets DECISION to remove the Bethnal Green LTN is UNLAWFUL.
Councils can't remove without going through proper process & getting Mayor of London's approval.
This is a MASSIVE precedent for London. Years of work vindicated.
#SaveOurSaferStreets
#LTN
Councils can't remove without going through proper process & getting Mayor of London's approval.
This is a MASSIVE precedent for London. Years of work vindicated.
#SaveOurSaferStreets
#LTN
Great coverage of our appeal hearing here: www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
www.standard.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Great coverage of our appeal hearing here: www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
We're at the Court of Appeal today for our hearing! Huge thanks to all our supporters for helping us get this far - we wouldn't have made it here without you.
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We're at the Court of Appeal today for our hearing! Huge thanks to all our supporters for helping us get this far - we wouldn't have made it here without you.
📣APPEAL HEARING CONFIRMED
We are appealing the result of our judicial review at the Court of Appeal, Royal Courts of Justice on Weds 26 Nov.
Please join us for a photocall at 8.30am at the pedestrian area near St Mary-Le-Strand. We'd love to see you there, DM if you're coming!
We are appealing the result of our judicial review at the Court of Appeal, Royal Courts of Justice on Weds 26 Nov.
Please join us for a photocall at 8.30am at the pedestrian area near St Mary-Le-Strand. We'd love to see you there, DM if you're coming!
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
📣APPEAL HEARING CONFIRMED
We are appealing the result of our judicial review at the Court of Appeal, Royal Courts of Justice on Weds 26 Nov.
Please join us for a photocall at 8.30am at the pedestrian area near St Mary-Le-Strand. We'd love to see you there, DM if you're coming!
We are appealing the result of our judicial review at the Court of Appeal, Royal Courts of Justice on Weds 26 Nov.
Please join us for a photocall at 8.30am at the pedestrian area near St Mary-Le-Strand. We'd love to see you there, DM if you're coming!
💚 Inspiring talk at Brick Lane Mosque from Dr. Rachel Bower
@livingstreets.bsky.social on the health benefits of walking & cycling - including lowering blood sugar levels.
Many said they want to cycle but several feel unsafe. This is why we need to protect our LTNs: they save lives.
@livingstreets.bsky.social on the health benefits of walking & cycling - including lowering blood sugar levels.
Many said they want to cycle but several feel unsafe. This is why we need to protect our LTNs: they save lives.
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
💚 Inspiring talk at Brick Lane Mosque from Dr. Rachel Bower
@livingstreets.bsky.social on the health benefits of walking & cycling - including lowering blood sugar levels.
Many said they want to cycle but several feel unsafe. This is why we need to protect our LTNs: they save lives.
@livingstreets.bsky.social on the health benefits of walking & cycling - including lowering blood sugar levels.
Many said they want to cycle but several feel unsafe. This is why we need to protect our LTNs: they save lives.
🐴 Police horses calmly sharing the road with cars in the Bethnal Green LTN. This is what 'liveable streets' means - calm, safe and shared spaces where everyone can coexist. From children walking to school to mounted police patrols.
This is what we're fighting to keep.
This is what we're fighting to keep.
July 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🐴 Police horses calmly sharing the road with cars in the Bethnal Green LTN. This is what 'liveable streets' means - calm, safe and shared spaces where everyone can coexist. From children walking to school to mounted police patrols.
This is what we're fighting to keep.
This is what we're fighting to keep.
📉 Tower Hamlets falls to 10th place in Healthy Streets Scorecard after mayor's threats to 'rip out active travel schemes.' 😞
The good news? 'No LTNs, cycle tracks or School Streets removed' 😄
Our legal challenge is working! 💪
www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/your...
The good news? 'No LTNs, cycle tracks or School Streets removed' 😄
Our legal challenge is working! 💪
www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/your...
Tower Hamlets – Healthy Streets Scorecard
www.healthystreetsscorecard.london
July 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📉 Tower Hamlets falls to 10th place in Healthy Streets Scorecard after mayor's threats to 'rip out active travel schemes.' 😞
The good news? 'No LTNs, cycle tracks or School Streets removed' 😄
Our legal challenge is working! 💪
www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/your...
The good news? 'No LTNs, cycle tracks or School Streets removed' 😄
Our legal challenge is working! 💪
www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/your...
📉 Tower Hamlets falls to 10th place in Healthy Streets Scorecard after mayor's threats to 'rip out active travel schemes.' 😞
The good news? 'No LTNs, cycle tracks or School Streets removed' 😄
Our legal challenge is working! 💪
www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/your...
The good news? 'No LTNs, cycle tracks or School Streets removed' 😄
Our legal challenge is working! 💪
www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/your...
https://healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/your_b…
July 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📉 Tower Hamlets falls to 10th place in Healthy Streets Scorecard after mayor's threats to 'rip out active travel schemes.' 😞
The good news? 'No LTNs, cycle tracks or School Streets removed' 😄
Our legal challenge is working! 💪
www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/your...
The good news? 'No LTNs, cycle tracks or School Streets removed' 😄
Our legal challenge is working! 💪
www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/your...
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Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London reduce road traffic injuries: a controlled before-and-after analysis (2012–2024) injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl... So why does @lutfurrahman.bsky.social want to get rid of them? Does he want more injuries? @saveoursaferstreets.org
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London reduce road traffic injuries: a controlled before-and-after analysis (2012–2024)
Background Between 2015 and 2024, 113 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) were implemented across Greater London, with 27 subsequently removed. We investigated their impacts on road traffic injuries ins...
injuryprevention.bmj.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London reduce road traffic injuries: a controlled before-and-after analysis (2012–2024) injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl... So why does @lutfurrahman.bsky.social want to get rid of them? Does he want more injuries? @saveoursaferstreets.org
🚗 BREAKING: Largest study yet shows LTNs prevent 600+ road injuries across London, including 100 deaths/serious injuries - with no displacement to main roads.
Evidence is clear: these schemes save lives.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Evidence is clear: these schemes save lives.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚗 BREAKING: Largest study yet shows LTNs prevent 600+ road injuries across London, including 100 deaths/serious injuries - with no displacement to main roads.
Evidence is clear: these schemes save lives.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Evidence is clear: these schemes save lives.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
UPDATE: Our Court of Appeal hearing is set for 25-26 November 2025!
🚌 TfL are joining us as an 'interested party' in proceedings
💰 We have less than £6k left to reach our goal.
Can you help us get over the line?
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
🚌 TfL are joining us as an 'interested party' in proceedings
💰 We have less than £6k left to reach our goal.
Can you help us get over the line?
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
Save Our Safer Streets in Tower Hamlets
We are a group of Tower Hamlets residents who want to keep and improve the newly built pedestrian-friendly streets in Bethnal Green, Wapping, Bow and Brick Lane.
www.crowdjustice.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
UPDATE: Our Court of Appeal hearing is set for 25-26 November 2025!
🚌 TfL are joining us as an 'interested party' in proceedings
💰 We have less than £6k left to reach our goal.
Can you help us get over the line?
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
🚌 TfL are joining us as an 'interested party' in proceedings
💰 We have less than £6k left to reach our goal.
Can you help us get over the line?
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
The Evening Standard covers our appeal victory.
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
The Court will examine if mayor's consultation was fair & if he can legally ignore London's transport strategy.
Please support our appeal here:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
The Court will examine if mayor's consultation was fair & if he can legally ignore London's transport strategy.
Please support our appeal here:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
Row over Bethnal Green LTNs rages on as appeal will be heard in court
‘Going to court is a last resort for us, after all our attempts to engage constructively with the council failed,’ campaigners say
www.standard.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Evening Standard covers our appeal victory.
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
The Court will examine if mayor's consultation was fair & if he can legally ignore London's transport strategy.
Please support our appeal here:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
The Court will examine if mayor's consultation was fair & if he can legally ignore London's transport strategy.
Please support our appeal here:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
🔔 UPDATE! The Court of Appeal has granted permission for us to challenge Tower Hamlets LTN removal!
Three judges will consider if the consultation was fair & if the mayor can legally ignore London's transport strategy.
We need £20k for our appeal:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
Three judges will consider if the consultation was fair & if the mayor can legally ignore London's transport strategy.
We need £20k for our appeal:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
Save Our Safer Streets in Tower Hamlets
We are a group of Tower Hamlets residents who want to keep and improve the newly built pedestrian-friendly streets in Bethnal Green, Wapping, Bow and Brick Lane.
www.crowdjustice.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🔔 UPDATE! The Court of Appeal has granted permission for us to challenge Tower Hamlets LTN removal!
Three judges will consider if the consultation was fair & if the mayor can legally ignore London's transport strategy.
We need £20k for our appeal:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
Three judges will consider if the consultation was fair & if the mayor can legally ignore London's transport strategy.
We need £20k for our appeal:
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
Claims about LTNs delaying emergency services are often made without evidence. It's important to hear directly from those responsible for emergency response, such as the London Fire Commissioner, that this isn't true.
A very clear response from London Fire Commissioner, Andy Rowe to a question at Fire Plenary last week from Emma Best AM about the impact of LTNs on fire brigade attendance times.
"We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".
"We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".
February 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Claims about LTNs delaying emergency services are often made without evidence. It's important to hear directly from those responsible for emergency response, such as the London Fire Commissioner, that this isn't true.
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
We welcome the appointment of government envoys to oversee Tower Hamlets council until 2028.
We need your help to protect our safer, healthier streets from costly and reckless decision-making.
Support our campaign here:
opencollective.com/save-our-saf...
We need your help to protect our safer, healthier streets from costly and reckless decision-making.
Support our campaign here:
opencollective.com/save-our-saf...
Save our Safer Streets Tower Hamlets - Open Collective
Save Our Safer Streets is a group of Tower Hamlets residents and business owners who want safer, cleaner and greener streets in the borough
opencollective.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We welcome the appointment of government envoys to oversee Tower Hamlets council until 2028.
We need your help to protect our safer, healthier streets from costly and reckless decision-making.
Support our campaign here:
opencollective.com/save-our-saf...
We need your help to protect our safer, healthier streets from costly and reckless decision-making.
Support our campaign here:
opencollective.com/save-our-saf...
London hits record 101 hours stuck in traffic per year, costing the capital £3.85bn.
This is why we need safer streets that give people real alternatives to driving. In Bethnal Green, LTNs have helped more people walk & cycle without worsening congestion.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is why we need safer streets that give people real alternatives to driving. In Bethnal Green, LTNs have helped more people walk & cycle without worsening congestion.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
London is Europe’s most congested city, with drivers sitting in traffic an average 101 hours last year
The capital beats Paris and Dublin, in second and third place, as traffic congestion gets consistently worse
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
London hits record 101 hours stuck in traffic per year, costing the capital £3.85bn.
This is why we need safer streets that give people real alternatives to driving. In Bethnal Green, LTNs have helped more people walk & cycle without worsening congestion.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is why we need safer streets that give people real alternatives to driving. In Bethnal Green, LTNs have helped more people walk & cycle without worsening congestion.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"Serious road injuries have been virtually eliminated, more people are walking & cycling and air quality is better. There hasn't been any long-term worsening of congestion on boundary roads or emergency service response times."
Read our letter in The Times on why we're appealing:
January 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Serious road injuries have been virtually eliminated, more people are walking & cycling and air quality is better. There hasn't been any long-term worsening of congestion on boundary roads or emergency service response times."
Read our letter in The Times on why we're appealing:
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“At the moment we have a very consistent, non-evidence-based, negative narrative to stop any change. It is stopping people wanting to put their heads up & do difficult things. It needs people with courage to stand up & say: ‘This isn’t in the public interest.”— @chrisboardman.bsky.social. Well said.
Anti-cycling stories are bad for the UK’s health, says Chris Boardman
Racing champion turned active travel advocate criticises parts of the media for safety scaremongering
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 7:56 PM
“At the moment we have a very consistent, non-evidence-based, negative narrative to stop any change. It is stopping people wanting to put their heads up & do difficult things. It needs people with courage to stand up & say: ‘This isn’t in the public interest.”— @chrisboardman.bsky.social. Well said.
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I asked the Mayor at MQT for an oral update on the High Court ruling on the decision-making process over the removal of LTNs in Tower Hamlets, and the potential implications for delivery of the Mayor's Transport Strategy targets.
youtu.be/er29GcSVQss
youtu.be/er29GcSVQss
Mayor's response to High Court ruling on Tower Hamlets LTN decision making | Caroline Russell
YouTube video by Caroline Russell
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 3:13 PM
I asked the Mayor at MQT for an oral update on the High Court ruling on the decision-making process over the removal of LTNs in Tower Hamlets, and the potential implications for delivery of the Mayor's Transport Strategy targets.
youtu.be/er29GcSVQss
youtu.be/er29GcSVQss
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Sad news from Bethnal Green but inspiring to see the community rally round to continue the fight. Remember, this is a procedural ruling on whether the Mayor has the power to remove NOT a ruling on the schemes themselves. The evidence mounts to show how effective LTN’s are.
📢 Disappointing court news today, but the fight for safer streets continues!
With support from schools, GPs, Met Police & TfL, our legal team advises there are grounds for appeal.
Can you help us raise £30k?
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
With support from schools, GPs, Met Police & TfL, our legal team advises there are grounds for appeal.
Can you help us raise £30k?
www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ou...
Save Our Safer Streets in Tower Hamlets
We are a group of Tower Hamlets residents who want to keep and improve the newly built pedestrian-friendly streets in Bethnal Green, Wapping, Bow and Brick Lane.
www.crowdjustice.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Sad news from Bethnal Green but inspiring to see the community rally round to continue the fight. Remember, this is a procedural ruling on whether the Mayor has the power to remove NOT a ruling on the schemes themselves. The evidence mounts to show how effective LTN’s are.