The City of London today voted for a 20mph limit for all roads. The square mile’s landmark vote will raise safety and the quality of life for thousands working in, or visiting, London’s financial hub. Now just to get the same agreed in Derby! More information at this link
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Derwent Valley cycle path (north of Derby)
During the recent Parliamentary debate on Cycling (2nd Sept), local MP Pauline Latham called for “some funding to enable the extension of the proposed cycleways down through the world heritage site, via the historic mills at Belper, Milford and Darley Abbey, to the Silk Mill museum in Derby”. This comment was referring to the already… Continue reading Derwent Valley cycle path (north of Derby)
Parliamentary Debate on Cycling – 2nd Sept
On the 2nd September, Parliament will debate the motion: That this house supports the recommendations of the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group’s report ‘Get Britain Cycling’; endorses the target of 10 per cent of all journeys being by bike by 2025, and 25 per cent by 2050; and calls on the Government to show strong political… Continue reading Parliamentary Debate on Cycling – 2nd Sept
DCG joins Twitter
We’ve now got a Derby Cycling Group twitter account so, if you are part of the twitter network, please consider following us. The account is @DerbyCycling. Any new posts on the website will automatically be tweeted under the @DerbyCycling name.
Derby Rights of Way plans for 2013 to 2017
Derby City Council have published their plans for rights of way within the City until 2017. The plan is currently open for comment. There are a number of positive cycling related actions in the plan which you may wish to comment on or to suggest additional cycling related activities. The plan and instructions for commenting… Continue reading Derby Rights of Way plans for 2013 to 2017
Successful DCG stall in Derby Market Place
The DCG held a stall in Derby Market Place in conjunction with the local police publicising security for cycles. This was very successful with a constant stream of people wanting to discuss local cycling issues and a number of new members signed up. Well done to JennyS for organising the event. The general feeling was… Continue reading Successful DCG stall in Derby Market Place
Derby Market Place Bicycle Security event (24th Aug) 10am-4pm
Derby Police and DCG are running a bicycle security event 10am-4pm Saturday 24th August. Halfords will be there with a stall to demonstrate their best bicycle security locks. Please pop down if you have a bicycle trailer to show off. Shopping is easy by bicycle! DCG and Derby Police will be on hand to answer… Continue reading Derby Market Place Bicycle Security event (24th Aug) 10am-4pm
Cyclenation and CTC Campaigning national conference – Leeds, October
The CTC (the national cycle campaigning organisation) and Cyclenation (federation of local UK cycling campaigns) joint annual cycle campaigning conference will be in Leeds on Saturday 5th October 2013. More details on the event and booking details can be found at this link. The DCG is a member of Cyclenation and thus all members of… Continue reading Cyclenation and CTC Campaigning national conference – Leeds, October
Closed cycle circuit consultation
If you are free, please try and visit Pride Park stadium on Thursday 25th July in order to give your views on the closed cycle circuit planned to be built next to the multi-sports stadium.
Cyclenation national newsletter
Cyclenation, the national umbrella organisation for cycling campaigning groups (of which the DCG is a member) produce a regular newsletter and the latest edition can be found at this link Historical newsletters can be found here