Ruth Kelly, MP for Bolton West is to decide whether the Sustainable Communities Bill, supported by the CTC and many other goodly organisations, becomes law. She has been invited to a Public Meeting on 30th March 2007 at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton.The Sustainable Communities Bill aims to reverse the decline of local economic activity, […]
This is Irlam Lock, a very convenient passage for walkers and cyclists who want to cross the Manchester Ship Canal between Salford and Trafford. Unfortunately, like the Gorsey Bank Bridge, Irlam Lock hasn’t made it onto the council produced CycleGM maps. Why this is we don’t know, and the omissions don’t end here… (to be […]
Another week and another GMCC letter in the local press, ever if this one is a bit down-market, but then so is the paper it’s printed in. The reference to Alzheimer’s may come from here.
picture courtesy & © Roger Vaughan GMCC attended the annual CTC conference in November in the genteel surroundings of Edwardian Cheltenham. Over a 100 cyclists from around the country attended the event to hear the latest in cycling policy, planning and campaigning. Featured at the conference was a new function on the CTC website to […]
…well actually in the M.E.N.’s Postbag section again. This letter appeared in the Manchester Evening News last Thursday. It was sent in by an “Active Member of the Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign” and shows why road pricing and cycle commuting go well together. It’s one of a series about road pricing that the M.E.N. has […]
Manchester City councillor Neil Swannick, Executive Member for Planning and Environment, at the Love Your Bike launch the other week. But where were any of his ninety five fellow councillors?
Manchester Friends of the Earth’s Love Your Bike campaign kicked off today with a 7am mass commute from Withington Library. Then a photoshoot at the the Mancunian Way roundabout. Lots of riders turned up. The campaign will run for the next few months. Look out for posters like this one on billboards and backs of […]
Manchester councils can be so eager to create new cycling routes – so as to be seen to be Doing Something To Encourage Cycling – that they completely forget the ones they already have. So it is with the Manchester Airport Orbital Cycle Route, which for part of the year turns into bramble-choked obstacle course. […]
Proposed Highway Code rule 58 may force cyclists to “use cycle routes when practicable and cycle facilities … where they are provided”. This rule will benefit drivers’ insurance companies fighting cyclists’ claim and will be to the detriment of cyclists choosing not to use dangerous or inadequate cycle lanes.
They say once you get a car, you never want to ride on a bus again. For some people that might be true. Given the cost of bus fares in Manchester, you can’t blame them.
