The Transport Panel
The Transport Panel looks at the needs of all travellers by road, rail and river, including cyclists and pedestrians. It studies traffic plans and road schemes as well as aircraft noise and pollution.
Convenor: Stephen Luxford, Stephen.luxford46@gmail.com
The Air Quality Group meets on an ad hoc basis to plan Citizen Science projects and to liaise with organisations such as Breathe London as well as lobbying Wandsworth Council and TfL. Because it meets irregularly it is not included in our list of regular panel meetings, but we would like to welcome new members to this group. If you are interested in joining – or just finding out more – please email judith.chegwidden@gmail.com and your details will be passed to the convenor.
New air quality monitor on Putney Hill.
In May 2022 Wandsworth Council installed a state-of-the-art Breathe London air quality monitor at the junction of Carlton Drive and Putney Hill. As well NO2 levels the monitor also measures PM2.5 particulates. It is hoped that this will be the first of several installations in Putney. The results can be viewed at Breathe London Monitor.
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In order to make improvements to Waterman’s Green road closures were been in place to facilitate the works, essentially making the road traffic free. The Council received positive feedback on this arrangement.
It is therefore proposed to install a short pedestrian and cycle zone between the junction with Lower Richmond Road and Thames Place and a trial closure is in place.
Your comments and experiences during this trial will be valuable in assessing whether to make the trial arrangement permanent.
Click here to go to the Consultation
(closes 14/5/2024)
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Posted on Oct 04, 2023
At the September 2023 Putney Society meeting the speaker was Jim Trimmer, Director of Planning and Development at the Port of London Authority (PLA) who spoke about the roles and responsibilities of the PLA for the River Thames.
To listen to the audio recording of the meeting please click this link:
Note: There was no visual material presented at the meeting
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Measuring pollution in Putney. Our continuing citizen science work.
Posted on Sep 29, 2023
Because of concern over the levels of atmospheric pollution in Putney, especially in the High Street (PHS), the Society has over the past 10 years or so carried out a series of citizen science exercises to measure the level of NO2. However, these have been one‐off exercises, measuring pollution for one month at a time. But now, with the generous help and support of the local Environmental Health team, we have been able to mount a series of monthly tests, enabling us to see what levels look like in the longer term. We have just completed the first full year of these, at seven locations on or around PHS: see the table below.
The highest level was found, not surprisingly, at the northern end of PHS, where it was 62.9 and 57.6 μg/m3 outside Simmons bar and the Odeon cinema respectively; in Putney Bridge Road it was almost as high at 50.7. Putney Cross and the Upper Richmond Road were both in the mid‐40s. To put the results in context, we need to bear in mind that, although agreed the statutory maximum level is 40 μg/m3, this is essentially an interim target level when the agreed WHO safe level is 10 μg/m3. Consequently, the levels we have recorded are still disturbingly high (though lower than when they were at their worst in 2016, thanks to TfL’s introduction of hybrid buses).
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Posted on Dec 14, 2022
The meeting with Leonie Cooper (London Assembly Member for Wandsworth & Merton) on 28th November 2022 when she talked about local transport issues was recorded. To listen to the recording please click of the link: