On Your Bike Cardiff Cycling Campaign News
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On Your Bike cardiff cycling campaign news Welcome to the Summer 2010 Issue No. 78 new Cycling Officer! Cardiff a Sustainable Travel City – the first in Wales You have probably the London Cycle noticed that the City Standard; traffic Centre is undergoing management to major reconstruction reduce traffic speeds to become Wales’ first on all junctions Sustainable Travel City. especially entry to Cardiff Cycling the City Centre from Jo Sachs-Eldridge Campaign is pushing Cowbridge Road joined Cardiff for restricting vehicle West and Newport Council’s Transport space & speed; the Road; the need for Policy section last need to establish the City Centre cycle month and is already direct & convenient routes to link with working on involving cycle routes into and the wider city cycle cyclists, communities across the city centre; network; strengthening and key stakeholders high quality cycle convenient modal in a new planned cycle facilities designed to network for the city. continued on page 3 We met in County Hall Inside: How long have you lived in 1+3 Sustainable Transport City: what’s for us? Cardiff? 2 The helmet issue; welcome to Jo Sachs On and off for 12 4 Bike Week events 5 Where are the links to Pont y Werin? continued on page 2 6 Opinion: manipulation of safety audits 2 years, I came to On Your Bike is published by Cardiff university & stayed on. Cycling Campaign at 33, The Balcony, What kind of cyclist are Castle Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1BY. you? Cycle campaigners may reproduce My bike is my main material from On Your Bike freely. means of transport To advertise in On Your Bike, please but I use it for leisure contact Ken Barker (Editor) at Ken. too. [email protected] or contact What do you think is the the Campaign at the above address. best thing about cycling? Can get pretty well The Helmet issue anywhere in Cardiff in about 20 minutes. About a quarter of safety benefit at the Why do you think cycling cyclists in the UK wear population level for road needs to be promoted? helmets and in our own using pedal cyclists – in surveys of cyclists in line with a number of It ticks every box – it’s Cardiff we’ve found a other non-UK studies. sustainable, energy similar proportion of Other researchers efficient, zero carbon, cycle wearers. have found that healthy, quick, easy, Cycle campaigners argue enforcement of helmet accessible, affordable! for free and informed use in countries such as What do you think about choice on whether Australia has deterred the increased budget for to wear a helmet, not people from cycling, cycling from Sustainable compulsion. When even that helmet wearing Travel City funding? others, including medical engenders change in the I think it’s an exciting practitioners, advocate behaviour of motorists opportunity to compulsion we point out and increase in risk- that the evidence doesn’t taking by the user. develop a joined-up support their case for In our publicity cycle network. We helmets. The two most material, we will use need principles and a detailed investigations both helmeted and coherent plan to guide of accident data in the unhelmeted cyclist what cycle routes are UK by Hewson found, images and, as a put in place. I think “the conclusion cannot Campaign, will not agree the key to getting this be avoided that there is to compulsory use of right is consulting with no evidence from the helmets in our events. a wide range of local benchmark dataset that people and tapping helmets have a marked Ken Barker, Editor into their knowledge. 3 Cardiff a Sustainable Travel City doing so. The Cycling Campaign feel there continued from page 1 Survey of Visitors to should not be ‘no go connections between the City Centre found areas’ for cycling. cycling, walking, trains (April 2010) that three We have proposed, and buses. quarters of the 1,000 or supported, specific Cycling in the bus people surveyed favour measures: lanes measures to encourage > Newport Road / We have said OK cycling, while more Dumfries Place junction; to this as the lane than half supported > Dock feeder path, provides more some degree of cyclist parallel to Boulevard de space between us access to pedestrian Nantes; and the moving areas. London Cycling > Pellet Street; traffic. However we Design Guidelines: > Central Station have proposed that cycling should only be Approach; bus and taxi drivers prohibited where there > Westgate Street; have training about are “overwhelming” > River Taff bridge / sharing lanes with safety reasons for Cowbridge Road. cyclists as they often underestimate how fast we are cycling and overtake unnecessarily and cut in too soon. ‘Pedestrian friendly’ Vehicle Restricted Areas These should be ‘cyclist friendly’ too and most cyclists would like to have access through every street. The huge majority of cyclists weave their way through or get off and walk if progress is too slow. A Council Public Day Event Location Route Price Contact details 4 Friday Dr Bike session for City Hall 9.30-12.30 Free Book [email protected] 18th June Council staff Friends of Hailey Park and Cardiff Bike Rides / Hailey Park 7 pm Free Council Ranger Service activities Saturday Pedal Power Pedal Power Brecon to Cardiff Brecon to Booking essential for application 19th June Sponsored Bike Pontcanna Fields Cardiff £10 forms ring Pedal Power 2039 0713 Rides & BBQ Caravan Park £50 to raise [email protected] Monday Dr Bike for Council County Hall 9.30- Free Book [email protected] 21st June staff 12.30 Tuesday Commute Challenge 4 starting points: Finish, Hayes Free No booking necessary just come & 22nd June / bus, car and cycle Ysgol Glan Taf, Island, hear the journey times & welcome the from E, W, S & N to Victoria Park, Willows commuters at Hayes Island from 9.00 city centre High & Cardiff Bay. till 10.15 am Tuesday ‘Bike It’ Pedal Picnic St Fagans Primary, Drope Park Free, for School event organised with ‘Bike It’ 22nd June Ely school only [email protected] Wednesday Bike It Bike Festival Cwrt yr Ala Junior School grounds Free, for School event organised with ‘Bike It’ 23rd June Caerau, school only [email protected] Thursday St Francis ‘Bike It’ St Francis Primary, Maindy Cycle Free, for School event organised with ‘Bike It’ 24th June Festival Ely Track school only [email protected] Friday ‘Ely Wheelies’ Ride 10.00 am Off road, , Ely Free Cycle hire available at Western Leisure 25th June to the Bay Western Leisure Trail to the Bay Centre, to book Tel. 2067 5060 No Centre booking required for ride. Sunday Healthy Living Day Hamadryad Park Stalls, Dr Bike Free Organised by Tiger Bay Unity in the 27th June & Bike Ride 12 noon – 6 pm etc. Community & Communities 1st Sunday Barrage Bike Festival Barrage park Free For all – organised by CTC and Bike 27th June 10 – 4 Club Day Event Location Route Price Contact details Friday Dr Bike session for City Hall 9.30-12.30 Free Book [email protected] 18th June Council staff Friends of Hailey Park and Cardiff Bike Rides / Hailey Park 7 pm Free Council Ranger Service activities Saturday Pedal Power Pedal Power Brecon to Cardiff Brecon to Booking essential for application 19th June Sponsored Bike Pontcanna Fields Cardiff £10 forms ring Pedal Power 2039 0713 Rides & BBQ Caravan Park £50 to raise [email protected] Monday Dr Bike for Council County Hall 9.30- Free Book [email protected] 21st June staff 12.30 Tuesday Commute Challenge 4 starting points: Finish, Hayes Free No booking necessary just come & 22nd June / bus, car and cycle Ysgol Glan Taf, Island, hear the journey times & welcome the from E, W, S & N to Victoria Park, Willows commuters at Hayes Island from 9.00 city centre High & Cardiff Bay. till 10.15 am Tuesday ‘Bike It’ Pedal Picnic St Fagans Primary, Drope Park Free, for School event organised with ‘Bike It’ 22nd June Ely school only [email protected] Wednesday Bike It Bike Festival Cwrt yr Ala Junior School grounds Free, for School event organised with ‘Bike It’ 23rd June Caerau, school only [email protected] Thursday St Francis ‘Bike It’ St Francis Primary, Maindy Cycle Free, for School event organised with ‘Bike It’ 24th June Festival Ely Track school only [email protected] Friday ‘Ely Wheelies’ Ride 10.00 am Off road, , Ely Free Cycle hire available at Western Leisure 25th June to the Bay Western Leisure Trail to the Bay Centre, to book Tel. 2067 5060 No Centre booking required for ride. 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