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Ask your MP to attend Cyclists Safety debate tomorrow

Written by . Posted on February 22, 2012. Filed under news. No comments.

Please ask your MP to attend tomorrow’s debate and sign the EDM  - http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=170&ea.campaign.id=13580

Heading East – Train assisted

Written by . Posted on February 14, 2012. Filed under news. No comments.

East is Easy. There is one train route heading directly East, going to Worksop, Gainsborough and Lincoln and some smaller stations.

xx.44 Lincoln. Northern service normally 2-car trains. 2 bikes per train, not reservable and as the trains are often busy it is wise to assume that you won’t get a third bike on, although the guards will normally accommodate you if they can.

Note that the first service on this route on a Sunday leaves at 13:42, express to Worksop. The first stopping train is 13:37. We’re working on this.

Join us for the Friday Night Ride Stations – East Ride on March 9th

Cycle Sheffield support #cyclesafe

Written by . Posted on February 9, 2012. Filed under news. No comments.

CycleSheffield supports the Times “Save our Cyclists campaign http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3306950.ece

Sheffield City Council Supports Times Campaign #cyclesafe

Written by . Posted on February 3, 2012. Filed under news. No comments.

From the Times today:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3307439.ece

Liverpool, Birmingham, Leicester, Bristol, Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Sheffield and Belfast city councils all threw their weight behind calls to reform urban areas.

Julie Dore, the leader of Sheffield council, said: “We fully support the Times campaign. We are keen to make Sheffield a cycle-friendly city.”

Naturally we will be contacting Julie to discuss what this really means.

 

Here come the next batch of new cyclists

Written by . Posted on January 27, 2012. Filed under news. No comments.

Buses hit by 2_4m cuts. 

Cycle Campaigners meet with Minister for Cars

Written by . Posted on January 27, 2012. Filed under news. No comments.

See http://www.bikebiz.com//news/read/cycle-organisations-meet-with-minister-for-cars

Good News Week for Sheffield Cycling

Written by . Posted on January 6, 2012. Filed under news. No comments.

We had a good day on Thursday. The news that commuter cycling has doubled in Sheffield over the past ten years made the front page in the Sheffield Telegraph:

Read the story here.

We’re not resting on our laurels though, there’s still a lot to do.

The Star ran with the story that mobile bus lane cameras are to be introduced, something we’ve been pushing for for a while:

Read the story here

Hopefully these can be used to catch taxi drivers who queue in bike lanes as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cycling & Walking on the up in Sheffield

Written by . Posted on December 13, 2011. Filed under news. No comments.

Preliminary analysis of the city’s cordon counts reveals that in the 2001 – 2011 period, cycling is now up by 91% and walking is up by 46%.

Lots of other modes have lost passengers over the past year, including bus and tram. Number of car passengers hasn’t changed, but the number
of cars has reduced – i.e. higher car occupancy.

Click here for more information.

 

 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajc_UD9YniuqdHdwU01SZUsxM0p1SkZ6S0ZrZFNuOFE

Folk train rides again!

Written by . Posted on December 13, 2011. Filed under news. No comments.

On a dark and rainy december night, the good folk of the Hope Valley were out celebrating getting an extra train – the 1814, which is just about the right time for getting home for many folks.

And of course there was some music…

 

There were 4 bikes on the train – 2 folders and 2 encumbrances (name the folder crew give to regular bikes, bit of a play on recumbents – mind you these people are probably hooded monks of the Mac order as well)

The real Folk Train runs on the fourth Tuesday of each month (not necessarily the last Tuesday!).The next one being the 20th December.