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Made in Tyne & Wear (2 March 2015) Katja and Cllr Nick Forbes were both interviewed by Made in Tyne and Wear (Sky Channel 117) on 2 March for the 18:30 bulletin about the Cycle City Ambition budget extension. No…
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Evening Chronicle (2 March 2015) http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-campaigners-welcome-extra-10m-8745591
Bike Biz (5 February 2015) http://www.bikebiz.com/index.php/news/read/newcastle-city-centre-to-gain-1m-cycle-superhighway/017437
[PDF] CampaignGroupsCCAGLetterToDfT_20141210 Mr Robert Goodwill MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport Department for Transport Great Minster House 33 Horseferry Road London SW1P 4DR 10th December 2014 Dear Mr Goodwill Feedback on the first phase of the Cycle City…
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Bike Hub (10 December 2014) http://www.bikehub.co.uk/news/sustainability/heres-how-to-spend-cycling-money-wisely-campaign-groups-tell-roads-minister-in-joint-letter/
This is a short account of our infrastructure safari through Heaton, code name: SCR6 Benfield. The concept of Strategic Cycle Routes (SCR) in Newcastle is well established and monies from the Cycling City Ambition Fund (CCAF) have been earmarked to…
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Journal (26 June 2014) Campaigners claim Newcastle city centre cycle plans are off track http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/campaigners-claim-newcastle-city-centre-7328254
Road.cc (24 June 2014) Campaigners warn Newcastle risks losing millions of pounds in DfT cycle funding http://road.cc/content/news/121741-campaigners-warn-newcastle-risks-losing-millions-pounds-dft-cycle-funding
Newcycling warns this week that Newcastle council risks serious ridicule. This comes after the group have carried out a progress assessment of the Cycle City Ambition Fund, see (1 and 4). Many projects are more than a year behind schedule…
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About a year ago Newcastle was granted £5.6m from DfT to make the city fit for cycling, or at least make a good start towards it. The City Cycling Ambition Fund (CCAF) was awarded to cities which demonstrated the ambition…
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