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
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Allestree Park plans
There is currently an opportunity to give your views on how the plans for rewilding Allestree Park need to incorporate safe and high quality ways to walk, cycle and use public transport to reach the Park from all directions. We’ve been in discussions with the local Councils and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust to consider cycle routes… Continue reading Allestree Park plans
Critical Mass comes to Derby
The worldwide Critical Mass movement has reached Derby with the launch event in March 2023 and with events planned for the last Saturday in each month. More details and information on how to get involved at https://criticalmassderby.org.uk/ and on Facebook.
At last! Mickleover Gates opened up
Users of the Mickleover Greenway (NCN 54/68 from Mickleover to Etwall) will know well the totally pointless six gates that stop progress along the route. At three points there were 2 sets of gates labelled with “please shut the gate”. At each of these points there were also private gates to the fields on each… Continue reading At last! Mickleover Gates opened up
Derby and Derbyshire rating is 1/4 for Active Travel
Active Travel England (the Government body responsible for building Active Travel capabilities across the country) have rated each Local Authority on their capabilities (with regard to active travel). The scoring was out of 4 and no Local Authority has achieved the maximum. Both Derby and Derbyshire achieved a score of 1 out of 4 which… Continue reading Derby and Derbyshire rating is 1/4 for Active Travel
Motonormativity: How social norms hide a major public health hazard
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
Active Travel Summit – Sheffield
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
Road Safety Questions for the Police
Update Feb 2023 – a further meeting with the Chief Constable is set for 16th May with the deadline for questions to be submitted by 6th March 2023. Regular quarterly meetings focus on different topics and the May meeting is to discuss “Road Safety”. The questions and answers from March 2022 meeting focusing on road… Continue reading Road Safety Questions for the Police
Sheffield Cycle Infrastructure. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
All aboard the 10:10 EMR Service to Sheffield On a chilly Saturday morning in January a small group from Derby Cycling Group travelled by train to Sheffield for a guided tour of the city’s cycle infrastructure to experience the good, the bad and the ugly. Dexter and John, from Cycle Sheffield, kindly agreed to be… Continue reading Sheffield Cycle Infrastructure. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Spot the Difference
The Spot The Spot (not to be mistaken with the function venue seen from Lara Croft way…or the fictional yellow dog) is the area of Derby City Centre where London Road, Osmaston Road and St Peter’s Street meet like the confluence of three mighty rivers (Ed. Yes James). It’s open to motorised traffic in one… Continue reading Spot the Difference