Disappointingly, a bike ban on trams is maintained. Further losses of train lines carrying bikes may be likely but future tram adaptations for cycle carriage are not ruled out. Review campaign milestones 2009-2011 .
Cyclists and disability campaigners demand ramp to preserve access to national traffic-free route at Didsbury where a Metrolink station is under construction.
Is there hope for cycling outside London? Vincent Walsh reports on the ‘Going Up a Gear’: Urban Cycling Beyond London’ Conference, March 2011
Olly offers tips favoured by London Cycle Campaign: be seen clearly, wear suitable clothing, and consider pedestrians on shared routes. He also advises on overtaking motor vehicles and cycling near lorries and HGV’s.
Urge your GMITA councillors to raise the issue of the ban of cycles on trams by February 12th.
Integrated transport publications Bikes on trams campaign (2009) 2009/11 Cycle Carriage News November 2009 (PDF): 2009/10 Cycle Carriage News October 2009 (PDF) 2009/09 Cycle Carriage News September 2009 (PDF) 2009/08 Cycle Carriage New August 2009 (PDF) 2009/07 Cycle Carriage News July 2009 (PDF) 2009/06 Cycle Carriage News June 2009 (PDF) 2009/05 Cycle Carriage News May […]
John Franklin, Cycling Skills and Safety Consultant considers how to plan for a safe cycle friendly city.
Car traffic in the UK has rise in all but two years since 1958, along with congestion and pollution. Campaigners are running a Tour de TIF bike race to highlight the need for a YES vote to congestion charging and the Transport Innovation Fund in Greater Manchester.
The deadline for responses to the public consultation (but not the referendum) on the TIF (Transport Innovation Fund) bid, for the introduction of congestion charging after substantial investment in public transport enhancements, closes on Friday, 10th October. Make sure you respond to have your say, on something which seems to have stirred passions on both […]
Taking your bike on public transport and cycling from where you get off to your final destination beats the car almost every time in terms of door-to-door speed and convenience, no matter how long the journey. This is the reason so many cities around the world have public transport systems that take bikes. But on […]
