Friar Gate Cycle Lanes – Write to Michael Gove & Therese Coffey Derby City Council have submitted their outline business case for their clean air strategy to the Dept for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) – and it still includes the removal of cycle lanes on Friar Gate as part of the plan. DEFRA… Continue reading Write to Michael Gove and Therese Coffey to urge that Friar Gate cycle lanes are retained.
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Open letter to Michael Gove – Save Friar Gate Cycle LaneS!
DCG have written an open letter to Michael Gove and a number of his government colleagues asking that they reject the part of Derby City Council’s clean air outline business case, which plans to remove cycle lanes from Friar Gate.
Media Coverage of Stripping away our safety protest
Great media coverage for the protest on Friargate objecting to Derby City Council’s ridiculous approach to improving air quality by removing cycling infrastructure. Derby Telegraph gave some publicity for the event the day before and then reported on the actual event a week or so later – see here (and ignore the normal moronic comments… Continue reading Media Coverage of Stripping away our safety protest
Keep the Friar Gate Cycle Lane
The safety of vulnerable road users must be paramount This cycle/bus/taxi lane on Friar Gate is to be removed by Derby City Council and turned into a second, faster, lane for cars and lorries as part of their Air Quality Preferred Option. These changes will increase the risk to cyclists using this route into Derby… Continue reading Keep the Friar Gate Cycle Lane
Stripping away our Safety
Derby City Council are planning on degrading and removing cycling infrastructure on Friargate between Brick St and Bridge St. The plans will see the removal of a bus/ cycle lane to create space for two lanes of cars. The plans will increase the number of cars, increase pollution and increase the danger to road cyclists.… Continue reading Stripping away our Safety
Submit video footage to the Police
Derbyshire Police are now encouraging people to submit dash cam or other video footage of road traffic offences for them to review and process as appropriate (warning, prosecution, etc.). More details here It’s good see in the police information that “It’s vital to remember that the vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and… Continue reading Submit video footage to the Police
Derby Clean Air Proposals – Where is the Cycling and Walking?
Derby’s Clean Air Preferred Option was out for consultation until today. The proposal failed entirely to provide any new infrastructure for cycling which, by enabling more people to cycle, would have helped reduce car travel and improved air quality. But it went further than that. It proposes that two pieces of cycle-specific infrastructure be removed: a permissive… Continue reading Derby Clean Air Proposals – Where is the Cycling and Walking?
New cycling offences: Government plans and consultation
New cycling offences: causing death or serious injury when cycling In August 2018 the Government announced the consultation Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy safety review: proposal for new cycling offences. To address the few high profile incidents of cyclist causing the death of pedestrian, the Government propose to introduce new offences for causing death or… Continue reading New cycling offences: Government plans and consultation
Derby Air Quality consultation
Derby City Council in currently in the process of consulting on their proposals to meet their legal requirements for air quality in Derby. The Derby Cycling Group have provided the following response to the consultation. Members are also encouraged to provide their own feedback. We are writing from Derby Cycling Group in response to the… Continue reading Derby Air Quality consultation
Derby telegraph report on DCG support for ebikes
The Derby Telegraph published a recent article quoting Tony Roelich as calling for the Derby ebike hire scheme to be extended beyond the city centre. Find the article here.