"ONE LESS CAR!"
Here are the latest additions to the site:
- Minutes of Most Recent Campaign Meeting
- Latest Issue of Cyclomania! Newsletter
- Submit Feedback About Our New Family Ride Leaflets
NEWS IN BRIEF
Chester Granted Cycle Demonstration Town Status! - Chester is to receive £2.4 million funding for cycling initiatives. Cheshire County and Chester City councils made a joint bid for money for Cycling Demonstration Town status and was one of only 10 picked from 76 applications nationwide. See the latest (Summer 2008) issue of the Cyclomania! newsletter for more information.
Popular Family Ride Leaflets Reprinted - Thanks to generous support from Chester City Council the Campaign has been able to print 14,000 copies of our popular Family Cycle Ride Leaflets - 2,000 copies of each of the seven routes. These leaflets will be available free of charge in local libraries and cycle shops throughout the Spring and Summer. If they are not available in your favourite library or cycle shop, let us know and we will try to ensure that the leaflets are resupplied.
Get Yourself a Chester Cycling Campaign T-shirt! - We have just received a new order of Chester Cycling Campaign t-shirts. We now have a full range of children's sizes, as well as adult sizes in S, M, L, and XL. The shirts have the Campaign logo on the front, and our 'One Less Car' motto on the back. The shirts are priced at only £7.50 each and would make a great gift for any cyclist in your life. Contact the membership secretary for details.
ABOUT US
Chester Cycling Campaign is fighting for a better, greener city for all. Chester is choking with traffic
jams and pollution from cars , yet one in four of these car journeys is less than two miles. Cycling is
cheap, fast, and clean. It is one part of the solution to these problems.
We know that people want to use their bikes more, but they just don't feel safe
on the road. Chester Cycling Campaign is working with local councils to
get serious about encouraging cycling in Chester.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Chester Cycling Campaign supports the Government's aim to quadruple bike use by 2012, and to integrate cycling with walking and public transport.
The Campaign's overall aims in the longer term are to fight for:
- 100 kms of designated cycle routes
- 20 mph speed limits
- safe routes to schools
- better city centre access for cyclists
- bike contra-flows in one-way streets
- bike parking in every shopping area
- free carriage of bikes on trains
The Campaign's immediate objectives for 2008 are to:
- Write a letter to the press each month for publication
- Hold at least one Doctor Bike Session to assist with new membership
- Issue at least 6 press releases on cycling issues
- Provide comments on at least 20 planning applications or appeals to improve cycle facilities
- Encourage the City Council to maintain and improve cycle parking
- Actively support the Sustrans Connect2 project
- Campaign to improve Hoole Bridge/Railway Station access
- Improve North/South crossing of Chester City Centre for cyclists
- Reduce temporary closure of cycleways and to try to ensure that authorities take account of cyclists when planning roadworks
- Establish formal contact with the City and County Council for Cycling related matters
- Highlight the disparity of cycle mileage expenses paid by local major employers and the basis on which the rates are calculated
- Campaign for Cheshire West and Chester Council to have a dedicated team to promote the needs of cyclists
- Campaign for an application for Chester to be a Cycle Demonstration town
CYCLOMANIA NEWSLETTER
Cyclomania is the quarterly newsletter of the Chester Cycling Campaign. It includes campaign news and views, as well as details of upcoming actions, events, and meetings.
JOIN US
Read about how you can become a member of the Chester Cycling Campaign and support our work towards improving cycling facilities in Chester.
LINKS
This website has an extensive list of top internet cycle campaigning resources. We hope you find the list interesting and informative!
CONTACT US
Here are some other ways you can get in touch with the Chester Cycle Campaign:
Email us for more information, or to send us your comments:
You can also find out more about cycling in Chester by joining the Campaign's Cyclomania Egroup. Further
information about the Egroup can be found on the Cyclomania Egroup Webpage:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyclomania
The Cyclomania Egroup is unmoderated and membership is open to all. Subscribe
to the egroup and join in the lively debate about the future of cycling in Chester!
You can join the Cyclomania Egroup by visiting
our Yahoo groups website.
WEBMASTER
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