For a City with Space for Cycling. We lobby. We campaign. We publish. We inform.
Armelle is a campaign member who has previously reported on cycling in Copenhagen, in Denmark, and Nantes and Bondy in France. Here, she describes her new school run and explains, while there are some things to enjoy, our streets are not…
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Watch Sally Watson, chair of our Jesmond branch, speak to Jesmondlocal here We would have liked Jesmondlocal to have mentioned the presence of a Councillor and council’s assistant director, and perhaps given a wider angle of the benefits and necessity…
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For many years parents, and school officials, have asked council to address inconsiderate and aggressive driving behaviour outside schools, particularly relating to school drop-off and pick-up times when road space is at a premium. Due to constantly worsening traffic situations…
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road.cc (5 July 2015) http://road.cc/content/news/156258-newcastle-campaigner-says-parents-experience-abuse-while-cycling-children-school
Newcycling is concerned about the transition to a better city with a resilient transport system, and says council is not doing enough for a better future for city people, families and children. Council looks after most of our public space…
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JesmondLocal (18 September 2013) £1.5m-worth of funding for cyclists could come to Jesmond http://jesmondlocal.com/2013/09/1-5m-worth-of-funding-for-cyclists-could-come-to-jesmond/
Our local group ‘Jesmond Safe Cycling’ met with staff of West Jesmond Primary School to discuss the road environment along Tankerville Terrace, such as congestion during the “school run”, inconsiderate car parking (school drop-offs) and intimidating cycling conditions. There is…
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BBC Look North (17 August 2012) Cycling to school? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaFDAYvNLPI [youtube] Background http://newcycling.org/cycling-school-no
We recently obtained a copy of a status report for sustainable travel at sixteen Tyneside schools. Kids usually want to walk or cycle, and the majority lives in walking or cycling distance to the school. There are some heart-rendering comments…
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We’ve signed the Charter of Vancouver because we think children have the right to cycle. It reads: As the UN stresses in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (*): • Childhood is entitled to special care and assistance…
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