Author: NewCycling
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New cycleway to be built outside Newcastle’s RVI next year in major upgrade to ‘dangerous’ route
Chronicle – 28 September 2022 (Daniel Holland) Work to install a permanent, segregated cycleway on Queen Victoria Road is due to begin in the new year A permanent redesign of […]
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Heaton junctions to be shut off to cars as council reveals latest crackdown on rat runs
Chronicle – 27 September 2022 (Daniel Holland) City transport bosses have confirmed that ‘low traffic neighbourhood’ plans to stop drivers cutting through a series of residential streets will come into […]
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Cyclists’ fury as Gosforth High Street bollard removal plans branded ‘massive backwards step’
Chronicle – 23 September 2022 (Daniel Holland) Campaigners have claimed the plans “won’t help reduce pollution” or bring in more shoppers Long-awaited plans to redesign Gosforth High Street have been […]
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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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Consultation response: Concerns about new Grey Street plan only showing one-way cycling
Newcastle City Council are consulting on a permanent scheme for Grey Street, but unlike the current temporary scheme, there is no protected northbound cycleway in their plan and northbound cycling […]
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ECF Letter to governments at COP26
More than 300 organisations including Newcastle Cycling Campaign have signed a letter requesting world leaders to commit to boosting cycling levels to reduce carbon emissions and reach global climate goals […]
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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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Heaton Streets for People update – Tintern Crescent
In 2017 a new cycleway was built on Heaton Road, between the junctions of Cardigan Tce and Meldon Tce, as part of Cycle City Ambition Fund Round 1 (CCAF1). A […]
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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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Emergency Active Travel schemes – updated September 2022
Last summer the Council implemented a number of experimental and temporary Government-funded Emergency Active Travel schemes intended to improve space for walking and cycling in response to the pandemic. The […]