Good road design for cycling…in the UK Look at this for road design. On the right, two lanes for through motor traffic– two unencumbered lanes with no random parked cars to hold things up. So good for motorists. Then a…
Yearly Archives: 2014
Good road design for cycling…in the UK
Tagged with: cyclelanes, road design
Posted in Advocacy, Areas without through motor traffic, Protected Space for Cycling, Road design, Road Safety
Posted in Advocacy, Areas without through motor traffic, Protected Space for Cycling, Road design, Road Safety
Space for Cycling: action points for Sutton
Space for Cycling, an initiative from the London Cycling Campaign [1], [2], called on every candidate in the May 2014 London council elections to support one specific action that would help to begin the process of making their local streets…
The draft London Cycling Design Standards: making better and safer streets for all
The long awaited London Cycling Design Standards (draft for consultation) have been published today: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/cycling/draft-london-cycling-design-standards It’s great news, not only because these guidelines are about raising standards and delivering high-quality infrastructure, but also because there is the recognition that cycling…
Posted in Advocacy
Follow the rules, obey the signs, motorists!
Follow the rules, obey the signs, motorists! In the Oaks Park, in the London Borough of Sutton, there is a new shared path. It is a vast improvement over the previous rough, unmade surface on this stretch of National Cycle…
Posted in Advocacy
Even the USA is seeing the value in creating space for cycling
The home of GM, Ford, muscle cars and Indy500 is stepping ahead of the UK when it comes to making space for cycling. In this video you can see that local government and business are starting to see the value…
Tagged with: cars, segregation, usa, video
Posted in Advocacy, Cycling and business, Liveable Town Centres
Posted in Advocacy, Cycling and business, Liveable Town Centres
Celebrating Space for Cycling with a small ride
The sun shone brightly from a near-cloudless sky on Saturday morning, and it could not have been a better day to take a gentle meander by bicycle to a local park. And that’s exactly what we did, because Saturday was…
Space for Cycling presents a small ride with a big ambition
You are invited to join our ‘Small Ride’ on Saturday 3 May. Starting at 11am from the High Street in Sutton (by Trinity Square and Waterstones) we will be pedalling to Cheam Park and back, a round-trip of about three…
Posted in Events
Over to you
Today was a long day spent raising awareness of #space4cycling and #ridesutton by giving out leaflets, stickers and flags on Sutton High Street. We gave out hundreds of flyers and spoke to dozens of shoppers about cycling and what it’s…
Remove through motor traffic #Space4Cycling
“Get out of my way” #Space4Cycling This is Rochester Road, Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton – part of a regular cycle route for me and many others. It is a typical suburban road which ought to be 100% OK for…
Good advice. Nice design (?). Doesn’t work.
Lock the frame and both wheels to the stand. That is what the sticker says. It is good advice. No doubt about that. You don’t want to come back and find that you are missing a wheel or two. On…
Posted in Advocacy
Get Sutton Cycling 