Mark Sutton26 November, 2020
Cycling UK‘s head of campaigns Duncan Dollimore reacted with disappointment, once again calling in to question the path the UK’s ‘Green Revolution’ is taking: “The Government’s ‘Gear Change’ document released in the summer set out a bold vision for cycling and walking in England, but neither that nor the promised ‘Green Revolution’ can be delivered without substantially increasing investment.
Pedal Me cargo bike data proves urban efficiency and cost saving of smaller vehicles – Cycle Industry News
Mark Sutton25 November, 2020
Operating in London and expanding rapidly on the back of a second successful funding round, the cargo bike delivery network has shunted its model from carrying people to carrying largely cargo for businesses. The reason for this? The analysis, produced by Pedal Me Data Scientist Nicolas Collignon, does the talking when comparing the firm’s bike network against equivalent van deliveries.
‘Maak van het Nationaal Toekomstbeeld Fiets een daverend succes’ NL to create a “National Vision for the future of Cycling – Fietsersbond
“Making the National Future of the Bicycle a resounding success”
NL to create a “National Vision for the future of Cycling” to give cycling a more structural role in governmental plans and budgets as a viable form of mobility and a solution to a number of social challenges. Initial outline expected in March 2021.
Er komt een Nationaal Toekomstbeeld Fiets. Dat maakte het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat op vrijdag 27 november bekend na de bestuurlijke overleggen met de regio’s over de investeringsprogramma’s. De Fietsersbond is enthousiast over dit voornemen.
New briefing paper for active travel preps MPs for era of change – Cycle Industry News)
Mark Sutton
A new 40 page briefing document has been circulated to Members of Parliament informing on everything from the economic benefits of active travel and the workings of the Cycle to Work scheme right, through to incoming micromobility trends.
Designed to be a comprehensive covering of all the FAQs politicians may wish to gather information on in response to developments in their own constituency, the document puts in black and white a research-led investment case for growing cycling’s modal share. As active travel policy is a devolved issue, the target audience is English authorities, but the content remains applicable nationwide.
Putting everything in one place the paper starts off with a briefing on the wide-ranging health benefits, headlining with a reference to the positive net impact cycling for transport has on the National Health Service.
The physical and mental benefits of building active travel in a daily routine are given weight in this Public Health England paper that supports the idea of building exercise into a transport routine.
Dispute erupts over Richmond’s first protected cycle lane | richmond.nub.news
Sam Petherick
Richmond’s transport chief has made a passionate argument for the protected cycle lane on Kew Road after a petition was launched calling for its immediate cancellation.
Locals are said to be “furious” about the lane, saying the removal of parking outside Kew Gardens has led to visitors taking spaces outside their homes.
Residents of Kew Green, where coaches carrying visitors to the gardens are now being re-routed, have also expressed their worries about a rise in pollution.
The cycle lane consists of three sections roughly 500m each on both sides of the road. A system of raised posts (known as wands and armadillos) separates cyclists from vehicular traffic.
It was unveiled in late September as Richmond’s first protected cycle space and will last for 18 months with the first six acting as a consultation phase.
Cllr Alexander Ehmann (Lib Dems) is deputy leader of Richmond Council and chair of the Transport and Air Quality Committee.
Pop-up cycle lane from government cycling promo scrapped despite council backing | road.cc
Scheme had huge support from local schools with usage peaking at 3pm each day
A popular pop-up cycle lane that featured in a government video promoting cycling investment is to be scrapped – even after the council voted to keep it. Campaigners say the decision was taken before the project had even been completed.
As we’ve previously reported, the segregated cycle lane on Upper Shoreham Road in Shoreham-on-Sea as much as tripled cycling levels without impacting car journeys. The route serves a hospital and several schools.
Mail on Sunday peddling ‘alternative facts’ on impact of cycle lanes on emergency services, says Cycling UK | road.cc
Cycling UK says that the Mail on Sunday is peddling “alternative facts” on the impact of cycle lanes on the emergency services after it quoted a spokesman for the College of Paramedics claiming that cycling infrastructure and low traffic neighbourhoods were delaying ambulances and putting people’s lives at risk.
The claim, made in an article published today, is one that has regularly been employed in recent months by opponents of emergency active travel infrastructure, although it is not supported by facts, says the national cycling charity.
Camden Council review of parking permits and parking charges
Dates: respond by 18th December 2020; Decision by cabinet February 2021; Email to: Permitsreview@camden.gov.uk
Barcelona is redesigning 21 downtown streets to prioritize people, not cars – fast company
ADELE PETERS
It’s a light version of the city’s revolutionary car-free neighborhood superblock program, but in a more central area.
In central Barcelona, one in three streets will soon become “green axes” that prioritize people on foot and bikes instead of cars. On those streets, 21 intersections will be converted to public squares, so no one in the area is more than around 650 feet from a small park.
“We want Barcelona to be a sustainable city, to be a livable city,” Janet Sanz, the city’s deputy mayor for ecology, urbanism, and mobility said in a recent interview. “And we understand that today in our public spaces, we have a lot of social and community activities, but they are dominated by private transportation, both moving cars and parked cars.”
LTNs ‘send important signal’ to City Hall on tackling main road congestion, says transport chief – Hackney Citizen
Hackney Council’s transport chief has said that the imposition of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) “send an important signal” to City Hall on the need for the delivery of “radical solutions” to tackle congestion on London’s main roads.
The Town Hall announced four days ago that the introduction of the borough’s three LTNs in Hoxton West, London Fields and Hackney Downs have not caused a rise in traffic levels at its monitoring sites on five A- and B- roads, according to Transport for London (TfL) data.
Nevertheless, Cllr Jon Burke has argued that, in discouraging motor vehicles from travelling through residential neighbourhoods, the council is sending a message to London Mayor Sadiq Khan about the need to tackle congestion on main roads, and suggested road user pricing as one option.
Burke said: “It’s clear to me that LTNs are an important tool in ensuring that an overloaded main road network does not continue to be tolerated by policy makers. Our neighbourhoods have become pressure release valves for the main road network.
“We will no longer allow Silicon Valley billionaires to monetise the value of our residential roads by sending through-traffic along them which they were not designed to accommodate. A consequence is that a significant change to the way drivers now get around the streets of our borough.
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