{"id":2042,"date":"2016-04-18T21:28:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T20:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2017-02-11T22:47:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T22:47:18","slug":"space-for-cycling-pledge-for-councillors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2016\/04\/space-for-cycling-pledge-for-councillors\/","title":{"rendered":"Space for Cycling Pledge for Councillors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Any councillor can download the space for cycling pledge from the link below, fill in the form and return it to <a href=\"mailto:campaigns@derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\">campaigns@derbycyclinggroup.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Councillor-Pledge-Form-.ppt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2043\">Councillor Pledge Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will publicise your support and you can talk to us about ways to help develop cycle transport in your ward and more widely across Derby.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing from, and speaking to, as many councillors as possible.<\/p>\n<h1><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2016\/09\/liberal-democrats-leader-ruth-skelton-signs-space-for-cycling-pledge\/logo-small-space-for-cycling\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2189\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Logo-Small-Space-for-Cycling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Logo-Small-Space-for-Cycling.jpg 175w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Logo-Small-Space-for-Cycling-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>Why the \u00a0Space for Cycling campaign?<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Derby Cycling Group has had enough of new projects and city council departments 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><strong>Letters Derby Cycling Group have written to city councillors: \u00a0 \u00a0 Unless you are a new councillor since May 2016, you<\/strong><strong>\u00a0know 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 the\u00a0<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 the leaders to sign our Space for Cycling Pledge . 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>Matthew Holmes and Ranjit Banwait \u2013 both regular, everyday, urban cyclists \u2013 have not pledged their support for better conditions for cycle transport; why are they not supporting Space for Cycling? We look forward to you and all other city councillors taking up the challenge to make the council and the city a genuinely cycle friendly place to live and work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any councillor can download the space for cycling pledge from the link below, fill in the form and return it to campaigns@derbycyclinggroup.org.uk Councillor Pledge Form We will publicise your support and you can talk to us about ways to help develop cycle transport in your ward and more widely across Derby. We look forward to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2016\/04\/space-for-cycling-pledge-for-councillors\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space for Cycling Pledge for Councillors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space4cycling","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions\/2386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}