Current Campaigns
Reallocating Road Space in Response to COVID-19
The behavioural changes forced on people by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and travel rules have drastically changed the demand for how the roads should be used in the near and longer term future.
Cycling and walking are likely to be much more popular forms of transport as lockdown restrictions are eased. It is important that changes are made to road space usage to allow for the increased demand from cyclists and walkers to be adequately provided for and encouraged.
A38 Junctions
The planned work to replace the A38 roundabouts with flyovers will cause massive congestion for the 3 years of development. We’ve been talking with Highways England and others about how to ensure good quality cycle facilities in the finished project and also how best to encourage people to cycle during the years of traffic congestion.
Learn moreOUR VISION & MISSION
A city where everyone wants to cycle and everyone can
We campaign for a cohesive cycle network in and around Derby and champion cycling to create an environment where it is safe, normal, convenient and fun.
Recent Campaigns
Riverside Path
There are longstanding problems with maintenance of the non-tarmac sections of the Riverside Path and we’ve had ongoing discussions with Derby City Council over many years.
The 2019-20 winter floods meant that portions of the path were destroyed. After discussions with the landowner for the worst affected section (Goodman) some basic repairs have been done (November 2020) to remove the dangerous sections. This restored those sections to the level of the rest of the path (generally poor on the non tarmac) but floods in January 2021 undid al the work. Goodman have now repaired some of the path again after the 2021 winter flood but have again used loose stone which will be swept away when next flooded.
We’ve regularly asked for a longer term improvement and maintenance solution to be put in place by the City Council for the whole of the non tarmac part of the path. However, Derby City Council have taken no action over many years despite the problems and despite discussions.
International Women’s Day
According to Love to Ride’s 2019 Cycle September report, in Derby just 22% of participants were female compared to a national average of 50%.
A small group of us at DCG wanted to change this and support, encourage and empower more girls and women to cycle, and beyond so we created a campaign for International Women’s Day 2020.
Borrowash Basin Birthday Party
After waiting a year for a dangerous hole on a cycle route in Borrowash to be fixed by the local developers (Taylor Wimpey), a small group of DCG members decided to commemorate the anniversary by holding a birthday party for the hole.
After some local and national press coverage, the hole was co-incidently fixed within a few days.
Air Quality
Derby City Council have addressed air quality issues by removing cycle facilities. We’ve been campaigning against this locally and nationally.
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News
Neither Derby nor Derbyshire secure any Active Travel Funding from the DfT
The Department for Transport (DfT) asked local authorities to bid for monies put aside for Active Travel. Bids were invited that showed ambitious plans to improve cycling and walking. After[…]
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Road Safety Questions for the Police
Update April 2022 – the meeting has now been held and all the questions and the responses from the Police can be found here. Derbyshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner regularly[…]
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Toucan Crossing over A61 near Breadsall now complete
The Highways England project to build a traffic light controlled (toucan) crossing for pedestrians and cyclists across the A61 near Breadsall is now complete (subject to a test period of[…]
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