cssncl – Newcastle Cycling Campaign

Pesky subject of pavement pedalling

10th September 2014 NewCycling Uncategorised

City cycling advocates, Newcycling, are keen to find solutions to pavement cycling – one of the most grating subjects for improving cycling conditions: the misunderstanding over what cycle advocacy groups are campaigning for and how this can ultimately help other vulnerable road user groups. Pavement cycling is one of the most distracting discussions when ‘cycling at large’ is debated. Newcycling is co-organiser of the Cycling & Society Symposium (C&S), held in Newcastle, 14-16 September. One researcher, Hannah Delaney from Bristol, promises to give “An insight into cyclist and pedestrian interactions on shared use paths”. This is one reason why to[…]

Thinking cycling – Cycling & Society Symposium to be held in Newcastle

8th September 2014 NewCycling Uncategorised

Joint organisers Northumbria University, Newcastle City Council and Newcycling are welcoming leading cycling researchers from around the globe to Newcastle for the Cycling & Society Symposium, 14-16 September. The event starts with a cycling infrastructure safari hosted by Newcycling on Sunday to demonstrate Newcastle’s ‘starter city’ status, a day of talks presented by world-class researchers in the field of cycling on Monday – welcomed to Newcastle by Cllr Marion Talbot – and wraps up on Tuesday with organisational proceedings of the C&S group. Monday attendance is open to the public for a £5 fee, including lunch. Cllr Marion Talbot, Chair[…]

CSS2014 – infra safari

5th August 2014 Katja Uncategorised

As part of the Cycling & Society Symposium we are organising a cycle infrastructure safari along the planned SCR4 Gosforth, for a detailed route click here. We will meet outside Newcastle Civic Centre, Ceremonial Way, NE1 8PP, for a 15:30 start. Bring a bike! For those who would like to hire a bicycle during their stay, the Cycle Hub has kindly offered a discounted rate. Please contact them directly and mention that you are a C&S symposium participant to get your discount. Contact newcastle.cycling.campaign@gmail.com Background to the route Newcastle’s ten-year plan is to create the full set of all seven[…]

Cycling & Society Annual Symposium 2014

15th September 2013 Katja Uncategorised

Announcement The 2015 symposium is held on 14 and 15 September in Manchester and Salford. Please go to http://cyclingandsociety.org for more details and find out more. Cycling and Society 2014 in Newcastle Abstracts (all) [pdf] Programme (with hyperlinks to individual abstracts) [xls] Presentations (some may still be pending to be received): Aldred PDF 0.8Mb Delaney, Melia, Parkhurst PDF 1.9Mb Fitt PDF 1.3Mb Grassick, Wupperman PDF 6.9Mb Hickman PDF 3.9Mb Jensen PDF 0.9Mb Jones and Cycle Boom PDF 26.2Mb LeBris PDF 0.8Mb Lovelace PDF 0.7Mb Mullan et al PDF 3.8Mb O’Hare PDF 1.4Mb Parkin PDF 2.7Mb Popan PDF 8.0Mb Schliwa PDF[…]