CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
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CCE is 14years old!
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It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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They want to get more people cycling.
They want to:
* Build capacity and confidence
* Promote and provide information about cycling
* Train and support cycling and walking champions
* Provide training and support to families and communities who have low levels of physical activity
Think that it's of interest that there are 0 helmets in the artwork.
Hmm, publicity, advertising and lack of awareness of Cycle Chic is all that's holding them back in Newcastle?
Wanders off to check the cycle network.
Google's view of their cycle network
I'm guessing that their publicity will show little increase in cycling.
Robert
Ah, the old "telling people to ride a bike" gambit. Never fails.
Oh wait, it always fails.
I assume from the rest of the mumbo jumbo that the capacity the are planning to build isn't of the infrastructure type.
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Bike campaigners say a new scheme to encourage more people to take to two wheels will fail unless more is done to make cycling safer.
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Newcastle is one of those rare cities that may be more hostile than Glasgow to those not in a car.
Similar use of urban motorways, flyovers, multi-lane roads, and other exciting stuff.
And its such a small place too it should be fine.
The rivers Tyne & Derwent look well covered by cycle track. Looks possible to get from the centre to Whitley Bay mostly off road too.
They did also secure a fairly big chunk of cash in the form of a City Cycling Ambition grant a year or so back. From what I saw of it (at the Cycling Embassy AGM infrastructure safari), the plans weren't bad, with some fairly hefty routes planned, including a copenhagen style track along at least one major route. I think they've since got a bit bogged down in the politics of actually doing it, plus trying to make the UK design guidelines actually work with segregated infrastructure. All complicated by the fact that the grant money has to be spent in a very short timescale.
There appears to be a reasonably active Cycling Campaign in Newcastle (see Katja Leyendeker in chdot's link above) who are doing their best to point out that paint under parking bays etc etc etc is not cycling infrastructure... (thanks to the CEoGB blog for links to this...)
Don't know how new it is but spotted and interesting roundabout with tiger* crossings on.
A tiger crossing is like a zebra but also has a cycle path going across it.
Interesting. The Great North Road was one of the areas where the City Ambition grant was supposed to be improving. The roundabout looks nice enough but 30 yards down the road you're dumped onto a dual carriageway with nothing but a dotted line - and then nothing - for protection. Can't imagine that's done much for 8-80 cycling. When we did the tour for the Cycling Embassy, the plans were much more ambitious than that
We may get a tiger crossing in Edinburgh in due course. It ison the proposed design of the new road layout at RBS Gogarburn as part of the Hermiston Village development, and would bring people across Gogar Station Road from the bike path through the development onto the existing bike path network.
Sally, they now have a series of Orcas and wands protecting the strip on/alongside the dual carriageway*
I wonder if they built it by only narrowing the carriageway.
*this is not a formal infra safari as I'm in a coach and have no control of our route and I don't have the window seat
Greenroofer - sounds exciting.
“We’re also being extremely cost-effective by using our own council vehicles, which travel all over the city every day, to help promote the project.”
How many people are likely to be inspired to cycle by what they see on the side of a (possibly badly driven) council vehicle?
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