Click on the link below, watch the 2 minute video and then ask your local councillors to make “Space for Cycling” one of their election manifesto pledges. Space for Cycling Please use your voice to help us make a case for more and better places to ride a bike in Derby. Say that: You support… Continue reading Ask Derby City Councillors to Make Space for Cycling
Category: Campaigning
Safer not bigger lorries
The See Me, Save Me campaign is encouraging people to write to their MEP to say yes to safer but no to bigger trucks in the vote in the European Parliament on 18th March (Ref Revision of directive 96/53 HGV weights and dimensions). More details and suggested points to make here.
Cycling and the Derby City Core Strategy
You may have seen that the City Council has published its ideas for how Derby should develop over the next 15 years. This is called the draft Core Strategy and is available at this link. It includes maps of proposed housing development, maybe including your neighbourhood. There are also policies covering various topics including cycling… Continue reading Cycling and the Derby City Core Strategy
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
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.
Let’s improve our roads!
It’s easy to grumble about the pot holes, overhanging branches and – in wet weather – drains that aren’t taking the water away. It’s almost as easy to do something about it. On the routes I use, I’m trying to improve the situation for all cyclists (and others), by reporting the worst examples… Continue reading Let’s improve our roads!
A petition to get EU wide 20mph limits
Please add your support to the petition at this link If we can collect 1 million signatures from across the EU then the Commission have to consider the proposal seriously.
Petition to get government to improve cycling
The All Party parliamentary cycling group has published a report entitled “Get Britain Cycling” (report can be accessed here) which makes a number of recommendations to improve cycling. The focus is now on getting the government to implement the recommendations – help with this by signing the petition by clicking on this link.