Camden Cyclists e-Newsletter February 2015
Dates for your diary:
Monday 16 February 7.30-9.30pm
Members’ Meeting will be held as usual at Primrose Hill Community Association, 29 Hopkinsons Place, NW1 8TN.
Our Guest Speaker is Amy Aeron-Thomas, executive Director of RoadPeace, the national charity for road crash victims,. She will talk on ‘Presumed liability and justice’. What are the implications of presumed liability for cyclists involved in incidents with motor vehicles or with pedestrians?
We hold a Business/Committee meeting at the same place at 6.30pm. All interested members are welcome!
Our meetings clash/overlap with the
Stop Killing Cyclists Vigil and Die-In
Monday 16 February 6.00 for 6.30pm, Vernon Place
Federica Baldassa was killed on Friday 6 February, at the junction of Vernon Place and Bloomsbury Square. https://tinyurl.com/pklsuag Share your anger, grief and respect!
Monday 2 March 2015 6.30 – 8.30pm
Kentish Town Bike Workshop
Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Road, London NW5 2AJ
Bring your bike for a check up and advice as to how to fix it. You’ll work on your own bike with help from an experienced mechanic.
Workshops are held in association with Transition Kentish Town. They are free, but donations are welcome. More details on our website.
Join us for drinks at the Abbey Tavern nearby, after the Workshop.
Wednesday 4 March 2015 6.30 for 7.00pm
Active Travel Hustings at The Sidings
With the General Election in only two months’ time, we are holding hustings, to which we have invited prospective Parliamentary candidates at the Sidings Community Centre 150 Brassey Road NW6 2BA
Monday 16 March 2016 7.30 -9.30pm
Members’ Meeting will be held as usual at Primrose Hill Community Association, 29 Hopkinsons Place, NW1 8TN.
Alix Stredwick will talk about ‘Getting Women Cycling’. Women are still a minority amongst London cyclists; Alix will discuss tackling the issues that deter them.
We hold a Business/Committee meeting at the same place at 6.30pm. All interested members are welcome!
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For the Data Freak
We have links to maps and data sets outlining collisions, traffic levels, roads, routes and infrastructure, Space4Cycling and more on our website at
where you can see details of crashes and road schemes over much of the land, in great detail.
Want more Bikehangars?
Camden is looking for locations where these are needed. If you have nowhere safe, accessible and weather-proof to store your bike, but there might be room to install one of these on the street, contact Angela Hobsbaum (angela.hobsbaum@gmail.com), who will pass your request on to Camden.
https://tinyurl.com/qcrsa9m will show you more about the Hangars
Need Better Bike Parking?
Ever needed to leave your bike outside a shop, cafe, or cinema but there are no racks nearby? Camden are putting in a lot more racks on the street, but if you know a place which could do with more, please email Angela Hobsbaum with precise details of the location.
Near Miss?
Report incidents that almost result in a collision on https://collideosco.pe
That way the local authority can be informed and statistics can be reported. The Bespoke project is a partner in this scheme.
Camden Cyclists on the web and Twitter
Those of you with Twitter accounts may wish to follow Camden Cyclists @camdencyclists. Our website as ever is camdencyclists.org.uk Our new website is now live. It is easier to use and easier on the eye than the old site, which served us well for many years.
We also discuss infrastructure issues on Cyclescape http://www.cyclescape.org
Helen Vecht
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