{"id":45518,"date":"2019-04-23T21:17:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?p=45518"},"modified":"2019-04-23T21:17:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:17:33","slug":"write-again-to-defra-friar-gate-cycle-lane-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2019\/04\/write-again-to-defra-friar-gate-cycle-lane-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Write Again to defra: fRiar gate cycle lane removal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Save-Friar-Gate-Cycle-Lane4-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45519\" width=\"292\" height=\"298\" \/><figcaption>An everyday cyclist in the Friar Gate cycle lane<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <strong>suppression <\/strong>of the amount of support for cycle transport which is expressed within the Clean Air Strategy consultation process, and we rebuff DEFRA&#8217;s excuses for why removing the cycle lane &#8220;is OK&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190416-Derby-Full-Business-Case-Response-to-DEFRA-.pdf\">DCG Open Letter to DEFRA regarding Derby Local Air Quality Plan Full Business Case<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please write again, yourself, to object to the removal of the Friar Gate cycle lane as part of Derby\u2019s Clean Air Strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Use your own story <\/strong>and maybe back it up with information from our letter and our two website posts below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2019\/04\/friar-gate-cycle-lanes-are-misrepresented-by-city-council-and-defra\/\">                Friar Gate Cycle Lanes are Misrepresented by DEFRA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2019\/04\/friar-gate-cycle-lanes-are-misrepresented-by-city-council\/\">                Friar Gate Cycle Lanes are Misrepresented by City Council<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Write to DEFRA\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk\">defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (FAO Therese Coffey MP)<\/li><li>Copy the minister responsible for Air Quality: <a href=\"mailto:therese.coffey.mp@parliament.uk\">therese.coffey.mp@parliament.uk<\/a><\/li><li> Subject:  Derby Local Air Quality Plan \u2013 Objection to Removal of Friar Gate Cycle Lane <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that MPs can only respond to\ntheir own constituents, but they will be aware of other correspondence as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s excuses for why removing the cycle&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2019\/04\/write-again-to-defra-friar-gate-cycle-lane-removal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Write Again to defra: fRiar gate cycle lane removal<\/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":[7,24,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campaigning","category-space4cycling","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45518","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=45518"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45531,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45518\/revisions\/45531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}