September 2016 – Newcastle Cycling Campaign

Cycling & Society 2016 – our presentation

30th September 2016 NewCycling Uncategorized

Today, Sally Watson, Committee member, presented findings from our NewcastleGateshead assessment at the Cycling & Society symposium in Lancaster. It’s a conference organised by academia, however it also is very welcoming and fosters close contact with cycle advocacy. Sally talked to the conference audience about the Local Plan, NewcastleGateshead’s planning policy. By looking at “push and pull” measures, Sally concentrated particularly on the plans for cycling infrastructure (pull) and car parking (push). She concluded the presentation with useful tips for campaigners and activists, and spoke about how to help shape political debate towards a better city. Here are the presentation[…]

Newcastle council: can you deliver what you have promised – a better future city?

27th September 2016 NewCycling News, Press

Newcastle council has agreed to go back to the drawing board with the Blue House roundabout, and is hopefully rethinking the full corridor in the process. In the light of this, we would like to explore how the council might use the evident public support for doing things differently, getting away from outdated methods of transport planning, and show true leadership to deliver change. Having carefully studied the council’s policies, there is certainly ample scope for this change to happen. Here we pose some questions to the council to help them direct their efforts towards meeting policy mandates. We would[…]

Newcastle cycling campaigner says infrastructure is key

27th September 2016 Peter Press

Campaign for Better Transport (26 September 2016) – http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/newcastle-cycling-campaigner-says-infrastructure-key

After Blue House bungle, Patron Christian Wolmar writes to Newcastle leader Nick Forbes

23rd September 2016 NewCycling Press

Following the Blue House and Northern Access Corridor debacle Newcycling’s campaign patron the acclaimed transport journalist and writer Christian Wolmar sends on open letter to Leader of Newcastle City Council Cllr Nick Forbes: to inspire confidence at the council for the necessary transport transition ahead. Our patron explains and outlines what it feels and looks like to build worldclass cycleways looking at recent developments in London. Letter see newcycling website END

Open Letter from our patron Christian Wolmar to Cllr Nick Forbes

8th September 2016 NewCycling News

Dear Nick (cc Chi Onwurah MP and Catherine McKinnell MP) I am writing to you as patron of Newcycling, Newcastle’s cycling campaign, with the hope to give support and confidence, and to inspire positive action. I have been carefully briefed by the Newcycling Committee of recent road building plans for Newcastle. There are opportunities. If there were any remaining doubts that good facilities attract people to cycle, what has happened in London over the past few weeks will allay them. The opening of several major sections of the Cycling Superhighways has transformed parts of central London into safe places to cycle[…]

Five key tips for the first time (or veteran!) cycling infrastructure campaigner

2nd September 2016 Peter Press

Cycling Industry News (September 1 2016) – https://cyclingindustry.news/five-key-tips-for-the-first-time-or-veteran-cycling-infrastructure-campaigner/