{"id":2256,"date":"2016-09-27T21:08:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T20:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?page_id=2256"},"modified":"2016-09-27T21:15:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T20:15:27","slug":"space-for-cycling-bulletin-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/space4cycling\/space-for-cycling-bulletin-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Space For Cycling Bulletin Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"AWD_facebook_likebutton\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/space_for_cycling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1173\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/space_for_cycling.jpg\" alt=\"space_for_cycling\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><strong>Derby Cycling Group have had enough of city council departments and new projects failing to deliver even the most basic facilities for cyclists. Our Space for Cycling campaign wants to get Derby City Councillors to recognise\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The benefits that cycling can bring to Derby and it\u2019s citizens,<\/li>\n<li>That much more must be done to make cycling a really attractive means of transport for everyone in the city<\/li>\n<li>To create policies that will deliver a cycle network worthy of the name.<\/li>\n<li>To get the city council to deliver real changes to enable more people to cycle more often and more safely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can help in this campaign by writing to, e-mailing, phoning and talking to your local councillors and making the case for more Space for Cycling.<\/p>\n<p>The materials below are there to inform and assist you with your own campaigning in order to help us to achieve these goals:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DCG-S4C-Info-Sheet1.doc\">DCG Space for Cycling Information Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Link to the CTC, National, Space for Cycling Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctc.org.uk\/campaign\/space-for-cycling\">Link to CTC, National, Space for Cycling page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Letters Derby Cycling Group have written to city councillors: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>They know what we want and why:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Councillors-No-1.doc\">Letter 1 \u2013 Space for Cycling in Derby<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Councillors-No-2-.doc\">Letter 2 \u2013 Why Space for Cycling is Needed?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Councillors-No-3-.doc\">Letter 3 \u2013 What Councillors Can Do for Cycle Transport<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Councillors-No-4-.doc\">Letter 4 \u2013 A Guide for Local Decision Makers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctc.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/1404-space-for-cycling-guide-local-decision-makers.pdf\">PDF of Guide for Local Decision Makers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PRESENTATION to PARTY LEADERS: We invited the leaders of the four political parties on Derby City Council to face to face meetings with us so we could present to them the issues facing cyclists in Derby, how we think these can be overcome and the benefits for councillors from supporting our campaign. See for yourself what we said by watching<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2015\/02\/space-for-cycling-bulletin-board\/s4c-councillor-meeting-1-party-presentation\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2242\">Council Leaders Presentation<\/a>\u00a0(unfortunately only Powerpoint).<\/p>\n<p>We asked them to sign our Space for Cycling Pledge\u00a0 What happened?\u00a0To see\u00a0councillor\u2019s responses to our campaign, look at the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/space4cycling\/space4cycling-current-political-support\/\">Current Political Response<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what do Matthew Holmes and Ranjit Banwait \u2013 both regular everyday, urban cyclists \u2013 have against supporting Space for Cycling? \u00a0Maybe you can ask them yourself? Ask them to sign our pledge at :\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2016\/04\/space-for-cycling-pledge-for-councillors\/\">Councillors Pledges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PETITION: \u00a0To support our campaign with councillors, we have set up a petition. The details for it can be read here\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Petition-1-Header-.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2047\">Petition 1 Header<\/a>\u00a0 . You can sign it here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2016\/04\/space-for-cycling-campaign\/\">DCG Space for Cycling Petition<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Please do!<\/p>\n<p>RIDE: Our first campaign, to enable ordinary cyclists and would be cyclists to demonstrate their desire for better cycling conditions in Derby will be held on Saturday 1st October 2016 at 11:00 outside the Council House on Corporation Street<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derby Cycling Group have had enough of city council departments and new projects failing to deliver even the most basic facilities for cyclists. Our Space for Cycling campaign wants to get Derby City Councillors to recognise\u2026 The benefits that cycling can bring to Derby and it\u2019s citizens, That much more must be done to make&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/space4cycling\/space-for-cycling-bulletin-board\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space For Cycling Bulletin Board<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2000,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2256","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2256\/revisions\/2263"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}