http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Manchester makes a Beeline for new Dutch-style cycling network en Tue, 19 May 2026 11:26:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-321162 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:36:23 +0000 toomanybikes 321162@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Despondency not dissolution*</p> <p>Looks like that cycleway pre-dated the new administration.. <a href="https://www.trafford.gov.uk/residents/transport-and-streets/roads-highways-and-pavements/Stretford-Cycleway.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.trafford.gov.uk/residents/transport-and-streets/roads-highways-and-pavements/Stretford-Cycleway.aspx</a> Must not have been incorporated into the new branding/ vision for some reason </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-321153 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:57:22 +0000 CycleAlex 321153@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had a look too - I found this project but it doesn't seem to be from the same 'Bee Network' thing.</p> <p><a href="https://www.bikebiz.com/stretford-cycleway-opens-as-part-of-region-wide-cycling-investment-programme/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bikebiz.com/stretford-cycleway-opens-as-part-of-region-wide-cycling-investment-programme/</a> The junction looks good but the rest just seems to be some wands added to existing advisory lanes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-321151 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:43:43 +0000 toomanybikes 321151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Burnham/Boardman took over at the same time as the new Edinburgh Council administration, progress has been similarly slow. <a href="https://sa.mtate.me.uk/beenetwork/#/" rel="nofollow">https://sa.mtate.me.uk/beenetwork/#/</a></p> <p>only completed project I can find is a £200k canal surface/drainage improvement. (Wigan)</p> <p>Maybe a reason for hope(/dissolution)? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-321149 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:37:03 +0000 chdot 321149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.bikebiz.com/gms-cycling-and-walking-plans-praised-by-dutch-ambassador" rel="nofollow">https://www.bikebiz.com/gms-cycling-and-walking-plans-praised-by-dutch-ambassador</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285895 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 08:35:28 +0000 chdot 285895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Greater Manchester Combined Authority”</p> <p>Maybe a bit like Lothian Region. </p> <p>Or just for transport, SEStran (except with more powers and resources.)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sestran.gov.uk/meetings/category/sustainable-travel-forum/list/?tribe_paged=1&amp;tribe_event_display=past" rel="nofollow">http://www.sestran.gov.uk/meetings/category/sustainable-travel-forum/list/?tribe_paged=1&amp;tribe_event_display=past</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285894 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 08:31:53 +0000 chdot 285894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The proposals, announced by Greater Manchester’s Cycling and Walking Commissioner, Chris Boardman, are subject to formal approval by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) on Friday, June 29. </p> <p>Around 250 million car journeys of less than one kilometre are made per year in Greater Manchester; the equivalent of a 15 minute walk or a five minute bike ride. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/139/main-news/119955/make-a-beeline-for-the-beelines" rel="nofollow">https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/139/main-news/119955/make-a-beeline-for-the-beelines</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285862 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:02:46 +0000 paulmilne 285862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This follows the pattern of a strong mayor and trusted advisor pushing through policy, with bells on. Bolshie Burnham and Boardman boldly break bicycling barriers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285860 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:56:18 +0000 gembo 285860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boardman/Burnham's Beelines bicycle briefing builds buoyant buzz, b@x%*r, balance </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285854 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:24:35 +0000 dougal 285854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Brilliant!" - that Fast Show guy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285852 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:42:42 +0000 jdanielp 285852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boardman/Burnham's Beelines bicycle briefing builds buoyant buzz. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285840 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 09:09:17 +0000 chdot 285840@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Beelines is a vision for Greater Manchester to become the<br /> very first city region in the UK to have a fully joined up cycling and walking network; the most comprehensive in Britain covering 1,000 miles. We’ve outlined plans for over 75 miles of segregated cycling and walking routes, plus 1,400 new crossings that will connect every community in Greater Manchester</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/nv7y93idf4jq/6J11U1IT8kAq2oCISoEGYy/ae9e07dd0974abcfdb3434cdff46ab5b/Beelines.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://assets.ctfassets.net/nv7y93idf4jq/6J11U1IT8kAq2oCISoEGYy/ae9e07dd0974abcfdb3434cdff46ab5b/Beelines.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285835 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:22:35 +0000 Stickman 285835@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Beelines" - great branding. Will avoid some of the nonsense of "superhighways" and the like. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285834 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:08:56 +0000 gembo 285834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cambridge also building a roundabout where cyclists have priority, according to EBC post yesterday.</p> <p>Let's hope Burnham and Boardman keep their jobs and get this done.</p> <p>Boardman has no time for Balance I see. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18948#post-285833 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 06:59:48 +0000 Stickman 285833@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow.</p> <p><a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/27/manchester-makes-a-beeline-for-new-dutch-style-cycling-network" rel="nofollow">https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/27/manchester-makes-a-beeline-for-new-dutch-style-cycling-network</a></p> <p>"The network – named Beelines, in homage to Manchester’s civic symbol of the worker bee – includes 75 miles of Dutch-style segregated lanes and will be the largest joined-up network in the UK.</p> <p>The plans, published on Wednesday, have a combined cost of around £500m and represent a first step in £1.5bn planned investment.</p> <p>Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester’s mayor, has allocated £160m of the government’s Transforming Cities fund to the project’s first four years, bringing the total spend on cycling and walking in Greater Manchester to around £15 per head. This funding is at the levels seen in cycling Meccas such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam and higher than in any other UK city, according to Chris Boardman, the region’s walking and cycling commissioner.</p> <p>He said he was “absolutely unapologetic” that his plans would take space away from cars and could make motor journeys slower in what is already a traffic-snarled region.</p> <p>“If you want to make people change their habits you’ve got to give them a viable alternative and in some cases that’s reprioritising streets and that’s what we are doing,” he said in an interview with the Guardian.</p> <p>“We’ve given way too much priority to the vociferous minority,” said Boardman, referencing motorists. “We’ve wrongly prioritised road space.” Studies in New York found that 80% of people on roads were pedestrians on the pavement, which “gave engineers the courage to change street design” he said." </p>