On Your Bike Cardiff Cycling Campaign News

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 4

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Sunday 27 Sunday 27 has plenty of funding walking and cycling”. Max Wallis 6 Opinion: Manipulation of Cycling Safety auditing parking outside shops, At the recent meeting including reversing out of the Vale’s Pont y of echelon parking, as Werin ‘connections’ much more hazardous. group, the Head Cardiff Council’s Cycle Cardiff of Planning gave Safety Audit of the Rides full support to a new entrance to contraflow cycle lane Bute Park noticed Cycle Cardiff, a in the one-way Arcot the problematic left cycling group that Street scheme. He turn across the cycle encourages riders of commented that way and said there mixed abilities, runs Highways are not should be “sufficient” rides every Sunday morning and some favourable disposed, warning notices. Then Saturdays from the they believe it’s the Third Stage audit Pedal Power centre, “inherently unsafe”. declared all problems Pontcanna Caravan Sustrans says the had been addressed, Park, Cardiff, and “serious concerns” despite there being no social events. New members are of a Safety Audit are warning for the left welcome to join us. really minor, while turning traffic. Even a For more cyclists view the warning notice could information, see the alternative routing of scarcely be effective in website: the Sustrans route 88 this inherently unsafe www.cyclecardiff. webs.com through narrow Glebe design. Max Wallis street with on-street Bute Park & cycleway markaustin1@msn. com

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As the lighter evenings are now with us we shall be venturing a bit further afield. We always ride as a group and at a steady pace. These rides are definitely not races, but an opportunity to have a good ride with a sociable group of fellow cyclists. Rides start at 6.30pm (or soon after) from the one of the three starting points noted below (or 6.45pm from the secondary point). We shall also aim to arrive at the destination by 8.00-8.30 so that you can get a meal if you wish and if food is available, and to leave by about 10.00pm so that we do not arrive back in Cardiff too late. From some destinations we may leave earlier and call somewhere nearer Cardiff on the way back. Please note: You ride at your own risk.

The distance indicated is approximately the shortest route from the start point to the destination, but if the weather is fine and the group wishes, we usually make the outward journey a few miles longer. Equally, if the weather is bad we may shorten the ride, or change the destination to suit. ______Date Destination (Direction) Distance OS Grid Ref to destination 16/06 Llanfabon Inn, Llanfabon (N) 15 ST 108 938 23/06 Plough & Harrow, Monknash (W) 18 SS 919 705 30/06 Rudry Inn, Rudry (E) 11 ST 188 874 07/07 Brynffynon Hotel, Llanwonno (N) 16 ST 031 956 14/07 Golden Mile, Corntown (W) 20 SS 931 775 21/07 Tredegar Arms, Bassaleg (E) 12 ST 277 870 28/07 Coal Hole, Gellihaf (N) 14 ST 160 957 04/08 Turberville, Llanharan (W) 18 ST 002 831 11/08 Blue Anchor, East Aberthaw (S) 12 ST 035 667 18/08 Glan Taff, Quaker’s Yard (N) 16 ST 096 965 25/08 Cross Inn (nr Cowbridge) (W) 15 SS 979 743 01/09 Church House Inn, Bedwas (E) 9 ST 171 892

Rides leave from: (W) (Waungron Park station, Fairwater), & later (6.45 pm) at St Fagan’s crossroads (near cricket ground). (N) Llandaf station approach & later by Tongwynlais School. (E) outside Roath Park Community Centre / Library (corner of Ninian Road and Pen-Y-Lan Road). (S) main entrance to Cardiff Castle. ______Owen Rook 029 2062 0747 (Home) ; 07745 227440 (mobile – but not always on!) [email protected] Membership Application

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E-mail ………………………………………………… Cycle Shop Discounts available to members Membership Secretary, Cardiff Cycling Campaign, 33, The Balcony, Castle Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1BY. City Cycles 440, Cowbridge Road East For one year: Waged Unwaged 10% parts / 5% cycles Individual £8.00 £3.00 Cyclopaedia Joint £10.00 N/A 116, Crwys Road, Cathays Affiliation £30.00 10% non-discounted items Damian Harris Cycles For two years: Waged Unwaged 55b, Merthyr Road, Individual £13.00 £4.00 Whitchurch 10% parts / 8% cycles Joint £16.00 N/A Don Skene Cycles Please apply for Standing Order rates. Joint 769, Newport Rd, Rumney membership is for several people living at the 10% parts / 5% cycles same address (e.g families). Muddybum Bikes 5a, Beulah Road, Rhiwbina Monthly Campaign 10 % parts / 5% cycles Sunset Mountain Bikes Meetings 119-121, Woodville Road, Cathays Meetings are held at O’Neill’s, 10% parts / 5% cycles Trinity Street, Cardiff city centre, The Bike Shed on the 2nd Monday of each month 245, Cathedral Road, Pontcanna 7.30pm. - 9.30pm 10% parts / 5% cycles

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