Category: Politics
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Newcastle’s active travel schemes – progress and funding – update September 2022
Last year the government published Gear Change: One Year On, featuring Newcastle’s own Queen Victoria Road. It stated that ‘plans are underway to make the temporary changes permanent, following positive […]
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2021 Council Elections – Newcastle City Council
Council elections take place on Thursday 6th May this year. You can find out who is up for election in your ward here. We have written to the transport leads […]
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Streets for People – updated September 2022
Newcastle City Council launched their Streets for People programme in 2016 as part of Cycle City Ambition Fund Round 2 (CCAF2). The aim was to make safer, cleaner and more […]
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Our 2021 New Year message to city leaders
In January we wrote to the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members for Transport & Air Quality and Climage Change & Communities. We commended them on their work to […]
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Local organisations back Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
The Newcastle Cycling Campaign is one of 10 community groups in Newcastle and North Tyneside who, along with around 120 other organisations from across the UK, have signed a national […]
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A ‘gear change’ for walking and cycling: UK government announces ambitious plans
On 28th July, the government published its plans to get Britain cycling Gear change: A bold vision for cycling and walking. Successive governments have made such announcements, but this time […]
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Action you can take! Campaign: Safe streets for social distancing
Newcastle City Council has announced ambitious plans to make more space for walking and cycling in response to Covid-19. We need your help to let them know how urgent and […]
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Cycle Safari: Elswick and Benwell
It is with great pleasure that this year we were able to start running our cycle safaris again. For those who don’t know what this means – no we are […]
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Open letter to Cllr Arlene Ainsley, cabinet member for Transport and Air Quality
Newcastle’s new cabinet member for Transport and Air Quality, Cllr Arlene Ainsley, has now been in post for over a year. On 7th November 2018 she delivered a report on […]