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Trundley's Road with construction sites in background. School visible on left.

Deptford Park: 'Don't we deserve clean air and greener streets?'

In a ward where 63% of households have no access to a car or van, residents in an area that was excluded from Lewisham council's Sustainable Streets Programme ask why the council abandoned its vision.

Red single decker bus at bus stop on empty road.

Lewisham awarded £10m to improve bus network

Lewisham, Southwark and Haringey councils were awarded up to £10m each from Transport for London's new Better Bus programme.

3 cyclists riding along the C18 cycleway Waterlink Way, in 2008.

Lewisham's cycleway network has trebled in size (or has it?)

Transport for London hailed the increase in cycleways in Lewisham, but large parts of the "new" routes already existed.

Repair person and cyclist with bike inside Glass Mill atrium.

Free walk-in bike health clinic starts at Glass Mill, Lewisham

GLL/Better has teamed up with local charity XO Bikes to offer the monthly bike health checks at Glass Mill leisure centre.

Large SUV parked at roadside.

London is Europe's most congested city - experts advise more rail

The London Assembly transport committee heard about the varied issues causing road congestion, including SUVs, on-line shopping and Uber. And that the solution lies in "building rail in all its forms".

Cloud of fumes disappearing through narrow vents in the road, with green edging.

Unproven and "unbelievable": why is Lewisham rolling out Roadvent?

The council plan to install the innovation at a highly polluted site near a school or nursery, but Salamander found no real-world evidence that it works.

MTA New York bus in blue livery

Mamdani has pledged free buses for New York, could London be next?

"If New York City can consider making buses free, so can London and other big world cities", say campaigners Fare Free London.