From the Grauniad (London) Bike Blog thingy:
Summer of Cycling is also summer of love between bike organisations
This summer could be a breakthrough for the cycling world, not least because it has seen an outbreak of co-operation
The world of organisational cycling is famously fractious, riven with splits, some of them with amazingly ancient roots. Trying to get bicycle organisations to agree on something, on anything, is like herding proverbial cats.
Which makes a meeting last November all the more amazing: twenty three cycle organisations agreed on something.
In 2012, these organisations will go into a digital huddle to promote the Summer of Cycling. Details for exactly what this promotion will entail are still being worked out, but to get such a consensus is big news. And, unlike previous attempts at joint promotions, all the major organisations were present.
Among those present were executives from British Cycling, CTC, Sustrans, London Cycling Campaign, Cycling Scotland, the Bicycle Association, Bike Week, Transport for London, the Association of Cycle Traders, Halfords, the Tour of Britain and Cyclenation. Chairing the meeting was Julian Huppert, Liberal Democrat MP and co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group, a cross-party bunch of bicycling MPs and peers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2012/jan/09/summer-of-cycling-bike-organisations
Interesting to see Cycling Scotland involved.
Also note that no fewer than TWO Edinburgh MPs are members of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group: Mark Lazarowicz and Sheila Gilmore (my constituency MP, so it happens). Also tickled that one of the Vice Chairs is LD MP Tom Brake. Pity there's no Lord Derailleur sporting a handlebar moustache too.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/cycling.htm
Should CCE be link farming to the Summer of Cycling web site? Should we 'organise' an 'event'?
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