With recent changes to the health landscape, we've written to the three Directors of Public Health in Tyneside alerting them to how cycling's contribution to health will help towards their goal of a healthier Tyneside. For cycling to truly thrive, spending on infrastructure is vital, and we look towards health directors to use their new influence over council spending. Here's the letter:
On Wednesday locals came flocking to the Cricket Club to discuss getting around safely in Jesmond, walking and cycling. The bike racks were parked up with thirty local people attending and keen to make their view heard.
Tony Waterston, Transition Jesmond, set the scene "Jesmond is ideal cycling territory but at present there is heavy traffic and no safe spaces for cyclists. So few children cycle to school, few ladies cycle to the shops and not many older gents cycle to work. We plan to change this.
This month YOU need to take action on...
4C = City Chiefs Cycling Challenge
Our Frenchie Goes Dutch
Red Route Audit
All Hands On Deck In JESMOND TONIGHT
Newcastle aspires to get more people on the bike. Yet cities rarely turn to their world class cycling neighbours such as the Netherlands for learning and expertise.
Claire Prospert from the Newcastle Cycling Campaign however self-funded a study tour to Assen and Groningen - where up to 40% of all trips are made by bike - to sample their recipe for success and see what it really is that makes Dutch people leave the car at home and joyfully jump on a bicycle instead.
NOTE - CHANGE OF VENUE workshop now at Brunswick Methodist Church NE1 7BJ
You are invited to the very first Cyclists Awareness Workshop with bus drivers organised jointly by the Newcastle Cycling Campaign and Newcastle City Council. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, 27th June, between 12 and 2pm.
We changed our venue! On 12 June 2012, we are meeting at the brand new Cycle Hub. You can find it on the Newcastle Quayside where the Ouseburn meets the Tyne, it's that lovely building - old boathouse, with the wavey roof.
