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Part of the Breadsall Greenway (NCN 672), on the “new” section between Brookside Road and Lime Lane, has suffered from water damage for a number of years. This has previously been patched up by the Derbyshire County Council Countryside Service but I’m pleased to report that the problem has now had a permanent fix applied… Continue reading Breadsall Greenway improvements

The, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust led, consultation process for deciding on what should be part of the Allestree Park urban rewilding project continues and it is important that anyone who would like to make use of the Park in the future ensure that they submit their preferences. In particular, as Derby Cycling Group, we’re keen that… Continue reading Feedback now on the Allestree Park Urban Rewilding project

We’re very pleased to see the improvements to the canal towpath between Swarkestone lock and the Cloud Trail complete. This towpath forms part of National Cycle Network Route 6. The improvements have been implemented by the Canal & River Trust in conjunction with the Sustrans Paths for Everyone program and using funding from the DfT.… Continue reading Trent & Mersey towpath improvements

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

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

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.

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

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

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