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London Borough of Newham, GB

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London Borough of Newham, GB partners with See.Sense on trial of smart bike lights with sensors

Two hundred local cyclists received free See.Sense lights for the one-year pilot. See.Sense technology gathers data up to 800 times per second on bike speed, road conditions, and near-miss incidents. Council officials can identify heavily used bike routes, areas with frequent crashes, and other trends based on anonymized data. The borough will use pilot data to inform Romford Road Corridor improvements and design active travel initiatives.

Road & Traffic Management+4
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London Borough of Newham, GB installs sensors for progress updates on 15 Minute Neighbourhood work

The 15 Minute Neighbourhood Plan seeks the transformation of six town centers housing 175,000 residents. Vivacity will install multi-modal traffic sensors in targeted areas during the plan's implementation. IoT sensors focus on vehicle traffic and footfalls near project interventions like pocket parks and co-working spaces. Vivacity's cloud-based platform produces analytics important to the council's efforts in placing essential services within 15 minutes of each resident.

Road & Traffic Management+4
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London Borough of Newham, GB collects parenting resources on the Journey of a Child portal

The online resource explores the recommended steps for childrearing in Newham. An easy-to-use interface links to a parenting checklist for every age. For example, the 5 Years Old icon explains how this is the age of compulsory education and promotes free eye tests, dental checks, and flu vaccines. Additional resources on Journey of a Child include a cross-ages support section and a link for newly arrived families.

Health & Human Services+2
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London Borough of Newham, GB develops young entrepreneurs with Expressway Incubator Programme

The council's Our Newham Work team recruits entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30 for six-month cohorts. Each participant is partnered with an experienced professional who can assist with planning and idea development for startup concepts. Monthly Ideas Lab presentations by local founders include Q&A sessions useful for exploring the latest business trends. The Expressway Incubator Programme also opens networking opportunities to 162 member businesses.

Economic Development+2
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London Borough of Newham, GB demonstrates success of sustainability measures with clean air pilot

The two-year pilot started with the installation of air quality sensors throughout Stratford Town Centre. These sensors measured nitrogen dioxide and particulate levels throughout extensive road upgrades. Newham completed new bike lanes, extended sidewalks, and eco-friendly drainage in the pilot area. Borough officials concluded the study on National Clean Air Day 2021 with a call for residents to swap their cars for low-emission alternatives.

Road & Traffic Management+4
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London Borough of Newham, GB improves infrastructure for EV drivers with Allego on-street chargers

The borough worked with Allego to add 40 dual-socket chargers for on-street parking spots. Newham will add another 40 chargers as part of its Allego partnership. A plug-in car can recharge to full capacity in as little as two hours. EV drivers use the Smoov app to pay for their charges. The council provides a free parking permit for each resident's first EV. Newham is working with other London boroughs to encourage ultra-low emission commuting through EV ownership.

Electric Vehicle+2
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London Borough of Newham, GB upgrades its website to improve experiences for all users

The council's website includes a BrowseAloud link on every page that activates text-to-speech features. Users save text size, font, and color adjustments to the website on the accessibility settings page. Newham's website uses descriptive alternate texts for images that are compatible with screen readers. Borough staffers reduced barriers to understanding text with frequent section headers and simplified language.

Accessibility+3
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Collective urban planning in the London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham launched the Queen’s Market Good Growth Programme – a £4.1 million project aimed at including residents in urban planning decisions. Residents, businesses and shoppers have been consulted on four urban planning projects around Newham’s shared spaces. After consulting residents on their priorities, the Borough used its CitizenLab platform to collect feedback and input on the initial design briefs for the urban planning projects.

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