The Manchester Evening News and Channel M both gave a lot of space to GMCC’s latest Commuter Challange between a cyclist, a train passenger, a bus rider and a motorist commuting from Heaton Chapel to Manchester Town Hall in the morning rush hour last Tuesday. The results were First: bicycle 20 minutes Second: train 35 […]
We very much suspect that you will already have heard about this, but if not read this and this. In addition to the benefit of having the seriousness of cycle theft being raised in the consciousness of a potential future Prime Minister, there are some points to note. We all need to make sure that […]
GMCC has a new structure, to improve communication with members and the wider public, and to make sure that each campaign and issue we’re working on has someone monitoring it and pushing it forward. So as well as the existing elected roles, we’ve introduced faciliators, each one focussing on a specific area of campaigning. Honorary […]
2008 meeting re-establishes the Cycling Campaign Network as an organisation to ‘Empower, support and coordinate’ the 60 cycle campaigns who are members.
We recently linked up with Manchester Friends of the Earth to meet representatives of Manchester City Council to remind them who we are and who does what at GMCC. We talked about the need for a more strategic approach to promoting cycling in Manchester, rather than the somewhat piecemeal approach at the moment. One barrier […]
Steve Bowater has been contacting GMPTE about their cycle lockers, highlighting where improvements can be made. This positive approach is producing results, with GMPTE now asking Steve for information on preferred sizes and types, and for advice with a trial of new lockers at the recently rebuilt Salford Central station.
GMCC regularly monitors council plans. This month Dick Venes looked at ten Traffic Management Unit schemes presented by Manchester City Council Traffic Management Unit, including three related directly to cycling: a proposed new off-road cycling facility along the Princess Parkway from Wilbraham Road to Claremont Road (looks good); an extension to part of the Manchester Cycleway […]
Steve Bowater has been contacting new Metrolink Director Philip Purdy, telling him about the past history of Metrolink consultations which in 2002 showed convincing public support for cycle carriage on the Metrolink and resulted in a policy change to accept cycle carriage in principle on new Metrolink lines at off-peak times. And Steve has brought to […]
Dick Venes went to Manchester City Council’s TIF-bid seminar. GMCC raised the issue of bikes on Metrolink and lack of detail on cycling measures. We were told that funding cannot be moved from one spending area to another. GMCC will champion cycling as an essential congestion reduction strategy, and ensure that whatever funds are allocated […]
GMCC are highlighting the inadequate cycle parking provision that exists in Trafford, and pointing out the urgent need for proper guidelines to specify the type of cycle parking provision required for Long-Stay (Lockers) and Short-stay (Sheffield stands) at new developments. The 2002 Greater Manchester Cycle Parking Guidelines, which Trafford MBC would have helped produce, included […]
