GMCC Newsletter – Autumn 2015
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#space4cycling ?
Whilst browsing through my twitter feed one afternoon I had something of a moment of clarity. Clarity is a rare thing to me so I decided to pay attention to it. Cycle lanes should be 2m wide. ‘How wide?’, yes, that’s the recommended width that we hardly ever get to see. Instead we get a […]
Forward thinking in Wigan for active travel
Wigan Council plans to enable active travel and to lower speed limits in the town of Leigh.
Lancashire takes an innovative approach to speed limit enforcement
To tackle the problem of speeding, Lancashire County Council has taken the unusual step of involving school children in the re-education of law-breaking motorists.
How Poynton tamed its traffic with ‘shared space’
A discussion of a ‘shared space’ street design in Poynton, Cheshire. Authorised aggression at traffic lights and how Poynton tamed its traffic.
Trafford shows where there’s a will there’s a Way
When it comes to creating routes for leisure cycling, ‘where there’s a will, there’s a way’ – as shown by the project to resurface the Bridgewater Canal towpath between Altrincham and Trafford Park.
Spring newsletter 2013
Download GMCC Newsletter Spring 2013 (PDF 445KB) Love Cycling, Go Dutch – Manchester Oxford Road – Time to Go Dutch A Dutch view of Manchester 20’s Plenty for Manchester… but when? PopupBikes – Manchester’s first cycle café with secure indoor parking. Coffee Cranks Cooperative – A new social venture that aims to create more buzz […]
