Author: Ken Timmis

The government, under the auspices of Active Travel England (ATE), provided an update on the 19 May 2023 entitled “Millions of people to benefit from £200 million to improve walking and cycling routes”, identifying the funding allocations of the scheme announced on 6 February 2023, £200 million to improve walking and cycling routes and boost local… Continue reading Active Travel Funding Announced

Recently I listened to an episode of The War on Cars, podcast posted on 31 January 2023, surprised to hear Dr Ian Walker talking about his latest research paper Motonormativity: How social norms hide a major public health hazard. A search on the internet produced the paper and several articles commenting on this paper. The… Continue reading Motonormativity: How social norms hide a major public health hazard

Yet again a small group boarded a train heading for Sheffield, this time to attend the Active Travel Summit that had been arranged by Cycle Sheffield. With a full day ahead the first presenter on stage was Councillor Julie Grocutt, describing the projects underway and the plans for further work to encourage active travel in… Continue reading Active Travel Summit – Sheffield

The rising cost of living has eaten into everyone’s incomes over recent years, household food bills rising exponentially, heating and energy costs astronomically high and the monstrous cost of filling the family car. Household expenditure for just living a normal existence is now escalating at unprecedented rates. We can only respond by modifying our lifestyles… Continue reading Cycling and the Cost of Living

A DCG member recently informed me that work has started on upgrading the canal towpath between Swarkestone and the Cloud Trail. This path has been challenging to ride along, a narrow gravel track cut into the grass with frequent muddy puddles that spread as cyclists and pedestrians negotiate their way around the dirty water. When… Continue reading Canal Towpath Upgrade

Derbyshire County Council held a community engagement event on Wednesday 28th September, to launch the consultation on the proposal to transform the former Little Eaton branch railway line to a multi-user greenway. Representatives from Derbyshire County Council described the plan and explained the finer details of the plan to visitors, including a class from the… Continue reading Little Eaton Branch Line Transformation

The BBC recently reported on a German protest where 8,500 cyclist rode along an autobahn between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden demanding climate neutral transport and cycle lanes by 2030.  Previously, on 12 June, some 30,000 cyclists had gathered in Berlin riding along autobahns and across the city to congregate at the Brandenburg Gate on their annual… Continue reading German Bike Protests

The City Council is asking for feedback on their Ambitions for the City Centre to help them define what should be in the Vision document that they are working on. Amongst the background explanation is the statement “Tinkering around the edges is no longer enough and we need to develop a clear, bold and importantly… Continue reading Derby City Ambitions