More gaps in the maps
The new CycleGM route maps which replaced the old CycleCity Guides map show another omission on Heaton Golf course, where a right of way is missing.
Sustrans Connect2 – your vote needed !
This UK-wide project aims to improve local travel for everyday journeys in 79 communities and is competing for a grant of £50 million in the Big Lottery Fund’s Living Landmarks: The People’s Millions competition. The winner will be decided by a TV vote in December 2007. Visit www.sustransconnect2.org.uk and leave them your details so they […]
Transport & Climate Change
Road transport accounts for a fifth of the UK’s entire carbon emmissions. This public meeting will discuss how road stransport can stop causing climate change and help instead to tackle it.
Our Future Transport
The front page of yesterday’s Independent shows just why Manchester’s Our Future Transport proposals are so important. Some time ago we pointed out that when it came to leaving the car at home, public transport in Manchester currently offers much less value for money, and the only economic alternative to driving is to travel on […]
Critical Commute
Manchester’s Critical Commute happens on the last Friday of every month. The next one is Friday 29 June 2007
M.E.N. in denial
A couple of weeks back, the M.E.N. carried the large and rather inaccurate front page headline: Congestion charging You say NO. Inaccurate because on the same page was the sideline: But 59 per cent back move – if it brings cash for Metrolink. Since bringing cash for Metrolink is exactly what’s on offer, that sounds […]
Love Your Bike 2007 – March 30th
To celebrate the anniversary of the launch of the Love Your Bike campaign Manchester Friends of the Earth are holding an event with three main elements on Friday March 30th: several rides from points around Manchester culminating at Albert Square a press call with Cllr Neil Swannick at 8:30 at Albert Square to demonstrate our […]
AGM – Monday 12th March
The guest speaker at GMCC’s AGM on 12th March is Manchester-based sustainable transport expert Richard Armitage who’ll talk about the city of Groningen in the Netherlands, probably the most bicycle-friendly city in the world. This will follow the brief AGM formalities, including the annual reports by officers, and the election of a Secretary, Treasurer, Membership […]
Upper Chorlton Road
The GMPTE is proposing changes in parking and cycling provision for Upper Chorlton Road and Brooks’s Bar Junction. Upper Chorlton Road is used by large numbers of cyclists, particularly in the morning and afternoon peak periods and Brooks’s Bar is one of the busiest junctions in the area.
