Transport & Environment

Once registered, the app or website lets you put in a street name or postcode, add photos and use a drop-down menu to select categories for reporting. These reports are sent immediately to the local council or Transport for London who deal with them, including enforcement action when appropriate. It’s particularly helpful if you include the street name and number in your report to help street cleaners or City Inspectors, for example, find things more easily. The more reports you lodge the more action you’re likely to see sooner. And the app and website work all around London and elsewhere! https://www.fixmystreet.com/ .

There is an on-going debate as to whether The Royal Parks should close South Carriage Drive and stop through traffic using West Carriage Drive; and the outcome of current monitoring is awaited.  Better pedestrian crossings, with countdown timers, raised tables and other improvements and the 20mph speed limit should help to reduce deaths and serious injuries from road traffic collisions.  Knightsbridge residents are likely to be impacted by conditions attaching to the Government’s financial bailout of TfL, which could increase congestion charges and remove free travel on public transport for over 60s and under 18s.

The extension of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the North and South Circular starts from 25 October 2021, a measure announced in June 2018 that targets the oldest, most polluting diesel and petrol vehicles i.e. roughly pre-2014 and pre-2005 vehicles respectively.  It is a ‘clean air’ not ‘congestion’ measure so there’s no charge if you meet the standards.  Most vehicles already comply with the new standards  but please check TfL’s website for details https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone .