Proposal to create a schematic, strategic cycle route map for Greater Manchester. I’ve been a GMCC member for quite a short time (since October 2013), however at monthly meetings there was something which kept cropping up in different discussions; here, there and everywhere. A strategic map of cycle routes across Greater Manchester. At June’s GMCC […]
A year to the day since she won gold for Britain in the velodrome, Paralympic cycling champion Dame Sarah Storey DBE launched a ride through Greater Manchester to keep the legacy of London 2012 alive. The ride was part of a 1,000 mile UK-wide cycle tour and series of community festivals called Pedal On UK, […]
Some years ago Sustrans acquired part of the trackbed of the disused Bolton-Bury railway from the former British Rail Property Board, along with leases on two major viaducts at Darcy Lever and Burnden. This was to help with, and to encourage the councils in developing a greenway between the two towns as part of the National […]
New bridge and traffic-free cycle path to open in Bury, re-linking Bury and Tottington
Cyclists and disability campaigners demand ramp to preserve access to national traffic-free route at Didsbury where a Metrolink station is under construction.
CycleGM route maps show some significant omissions when compared to the CycleCity Guide maps they have replaced.
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 […]
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. […]
Years of campaigning by GMCC activist Paul Thomson have finally paid off now that Trafford Council have started vital maintenance work on the neglected Kickety Brook section of the Trans-Pennine Trail. The Sale and Urmston Messanger reported Paul’s successs. Click here to read the full article.
