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Women’s Festival of Cycling 2021
The Women’s Festival of Cycling 2021 is here and it runs until Sunday 1 August. There are many ways you can get involved, including virtual events and a chance to win prizes. For more information visit the festival website: www.cyclinguk.org/womensfestival
Can you help Bristol Bike Project fund their new workshop?
Our friends at Bristol Bike Project are fundraising to transform their new home in Easton into a workshop fit to serve thousands of Bristolians and their bikes. The Bristol Bike Project (BBP) is a brilliant part of the cycling community in Bristol and we are delighted to see that they have managed to secure their own new premises on Stapleton Road. They need to raise £35,000 through a crowdfunding appeal to turn a former fishmonger into a bike workshop fit for the thousands of bikes that pass through each year. We at Bristol Cycling Campaign want to sponsor one of their six workstand stations. This…
News Round-up – May 2021
Local elections dominated the headlines across the country this month, with Bristol Cycling making a few headlines of our own in the local media. Bristol News Elections, elections, elections: Bucking the national trend, Labour did well across the region with Marvin Rees returning for another term as Bristol mayor, and Dan Norris taking the WECA mayoral top spot from Conservative incumbent Tim Bowles. What will this mean for cycling and active travel over the next 3 years? In pre-election responses to Bristol Cycling’s mayoral manifesto, Marvin Rees emphasised his ‘support’ for the ‘principles’ of the LCWIP (the local cycling and…
Bicycle Mayor for Bristol is announced
Bristol now has a Bicycle Mayor to accelerate the city’s approach to cycling. Leah DeHaan joins an international network of change-makers to accelerate the adoption of cycling. Leah joins an influential network of independent city leaders that is now active on every continent, all working to make their cities more human-centric and fit for the future. Passionate about cycling and creating a more liveable city, Leah takes up this voluntary role beside her job as a bicycle courier. The Bicycle Mayor network was established and is coordinated by the Dutch social enterprise BYCS, which works to create and scale new…
What do Metro Mayor candidates say about cycling?
There are elections on May 6th for the regional West of England Mayor, the Bristol Mayor, and many local councillors. We’ve met most of the mayoral candidates to discuss our Cycling Manifesto for West of England, and Cycling Manifesto for Bristol. Here are the responses to our challenges from the main candidates for WECA Mayor (and here for Bristol Mayor). We use their own words where provided, or our understanding from meeting them. These are our challenges: Create an annual £10m Active Travel Challenge Fund, committing £90m until 2030. Use the highest standards for cycling infrastructure in all WECA does (LTN…
Responses from candidates to our Bristol Mayor cycling manifesto
We’ve challenged the main candidates for Bristol Mayor to commit to measures that will double cycling rates in Bristol by 2024. Below we list the responses we’ve had from the candidates to the five challenges in our cycling manifesto for the Bristol Mayor (and here for WECA Mayor cycling manifesto). Start implementing the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP), incorporating the improvements suggested by the Campaign, with three key strategic routes completed by 2024 Implement a minimum of six Liveable Neighbourhoods Extend the School Streets programme to all schools and suitable road Install 1,000 bike hangars across the city, in addition…