The latest meeting of the East Midlands Cycle Forum was held in Derby on the 22nd June 2019 and was well attended with approx 50 people from across the Midlands including representatives from Cambridge, Sheffield, Nottingham, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Leicester and elsewhere. The keynote speech from Phil Jones, chairman of Phil Jones & Associates, was… Continue reading East Midlands Cycle Forum
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Darley Park All user path – work starts!
Great news from Derby City Council that their contractors have started work on constructing the All User Path in Darley Park on Monday 10th June. Information on the works here. The work is planned to start from the southern end near the Rowing Club and then proceed northwards with a planned completion date of early… Continue reading Darley Park All user path – work starts!
Derby cycling Group 2019 AGM – minutes
The 2019 DCG AGM was held on Tuesday 21st May at the Friends Meeting House, Derby. The AGM was open to all DCG members. Minutes from the meeting are on the following link: As part of the meeting awards for Inspiring Cycling in Derby were presented. Details can be found here.
Write Again to defra: fRiar gate cycle lane removal
Derby Cycling Group have again written to DEFRA objecting to the removal of the cycle lane, shown here, on Friar Gate. We also object to the suppression of the amount of support for cycle transport which is expressed within the Clean Air Strategy consultation process, and we rebuff DEFRA’s excuses for why removing the cycle… Continue reading Write Again to defra: fRiar gate cycle lane removal
Friar Gate Cycle Lanes are Misrepresented by City CounciL
Object again to the removal of Friar Gate cycle lane as part of Derby’s Clean Air Strategy. Write again to DEFRA defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk (FAO Therese Coffey MP) Copy the minister responsible for Air Quality: therese.coffey.mp@parliament.uk MPs can only respond to their own constituents, but they will be aware of other correspondence as well. The Full Business… Continue reading Friar Gate Cycle Lanes are Misrepresented by City CounciL
Friar Gate Cycle Lanes are Misrepresented by DEFRA
OBJECT again to the removal of the Friar Gate cycle lane as part of Derby’s Clean Air Strategy. Write to DEFRA defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk (For Attention Of Therese Coffey MP) Copy the minister responsible for Air Quality: therese.coffey.mp@parliament.uk MPs can only respond to their own constituents, but they will be aware of other correspondence as well.… Continue reading Friar Gate Cycle Lanes are Misrepresented by DEFRA
Write to Michael Gove and Therese Coffey to urge that Friar Gate cycle lanes are retained.
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.
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