"ONE LESS CAR!"
Here are the latest additions to the site:
- Draft Agenda For Next Campaign Meeting
- Minutes of Most Recent Campaign Meeting
- Latest Issue of Cyclomania! Newsletter
- Submit Feedback About Our New Family Ride Leaflets
NEWS IN BRIEF
Annual General Meeting Coming Up - Join us for the Campaign's Annual General Meeting at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, 4 February 2009, in the upstairs meeting room at the Custom House. Refreshments will be served. Get active and help Chester Cycle Demonstration Town become a success story. Everyone is welcome!
Get Yourself a Chester Cycling Campaign Fluorescent Tabard or T-shirt! - We have just received a new order of Chester Cycling Campaign t-shirts and tabards, including a full range of children's sizes. Both items feature our 'One Less Car' motto. The t-shirts are priced at only £7.50, while that tabards are £9.00. Either would make great gift for any cyclist in your life. Contact the membership secretary for details.
New Improved Meeting Facilities at the Custom House - Monthly Campaign meetings now take place in the newly refurbished upstairs meeting room at the friendly Custom House pub. Reduced background noise and a more comfortable setting add to the pleasure of meeting with fellow campaigners and Chester cyclists.
ABOUT US
Chester Cycling Campaign is fighting for a better, greener city for all. Chester is choking with traffic
jams and pollution from cars , yet one in four of these car journeys is less than two miles. Cycling is
cheap, fast, and clean. It is one part of the solution to these problems.
We know that people want to use their bikes more, but they just don't feel safe
on the road. Chester Cycling Campaign is working with local councils to
get serious about encouraging cycling in Chester.
The main focus of the coming year will be on maximising the benefits for local cyclists following an incredible
year in 2008 which saw Chester benefit from over £6 million in cycle funding from Connect2 and
Cycle Demonstration Town status.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Chester Cycling Campaign supports the Government's aim to quadruple bike use by 2012, and to integrate cycling with walking and public transport.
The Campaign's overall aims in the longer term are to fight for:
- 100 kms of designated cycle routes
- 20 mph speed limits
- safe routes to schools
- better city centre access for cyclists
- bike contra-flows in one-way streets
- bike parking in every shopping area
- free carriage of bikes on trains
The Campaign's immediate objectives for 2008 are to:
- Write a letter to the press each month for publication
- Hold at least one Doctor Bike Session to assist with new membership
- Issue at least 6 press releases on cycling issues
- Provide comments on at least 20 planning applications or appeals to improve cycle facilities
- Encourage the City Council to maintain and improve cycle parking
- Actively support the Sustrans Connect2 project
- Campaign to improve Hoole Bridge/Railway Station access
- Improve North/South crossing of Chester City Centre for cyclists
- Reduce temporary closure of cycleways and to try to ensure that authorities take account of cyclists when planning roadworks
- Establish formal contact with the City and County Council for Cycling related matters
- Highlight the disparity of cycle mileage expenses paid by local major employers and the basis on which the rates are calculated
- Campaign for Cheshire West and Chester Council to have a dedicated team to promote the needs of cyclists
- Campaign for an application for Chester to be a Cycle Demonstration town
CYCLOMANIA NEWSLETTER
Cyclomania is the quarterly newsletter of the Chester Cycling Campaign. It includes campaign news and views, as well as details of upcoming actions, events, and meetings.
JOIN US
Read about how you can become a member of the Chester Cycling Campaign and support our work towards improving cycling facilities in Chester.
LINKS
This website has an extensive list of top internet cycle campaigning resources. We hope you find the list interesting and informative!
CONTACT US
Here are some other ways you can get in touch with the Chester Cycle Campaign:
Email us for more information, or to send us your comments:
You can also find out more about cycling in Chester by joining the Campaign's Cyclomania Egroup. Further
information about the Egroup can be found on the Cyclomania Egroup Webpage:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyclomania
The Cyclomania Egroup is unmoderated and membership is open to all. Subscribe
to the egroup and join in the lively debate about the future of cycling in Chester!
You can join the Cyclomania Egroup by visiting
our Yahoo groups website.
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