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22.12.2006 |
Sustrans: Commuting by bike Particularly in congested urban areas, using your bike to commute can bring you all sorts of benefits.
Independence
Saying goodbye to restricted parking zones, irregular public transport, the last ... |
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21.12.2006 |
Green Awards for "you're better off by bike" Transport for London's (TfL) Summer Cycling Campaign, "You're better off by bike", has come top in two of the categories at the first ever Green Awards. The awards, which were held in London in the ... |
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20.12.2006 |
E-group for councillors Cycling England has been looking at ways in which it can offer support to elected members who act as 'cycling champions' in their local authorities, without necessarily having any direct ... |
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15.12.2006 |
Transport Security Conference 2007 Wednesday14th February 2007, Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London .This one day event will examine the issues of ensuring the security of the travelling public on passenger transport ... |
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07.12.2006 |
This Christmas, give cycling CTC is celebrating a year of impressive growth and record participation in its campaigns by launching a gift membership which directly supports cycling in the UK.
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06.12.2006 |
Book Review: Four Fifty-Plus Fools Flit Fru France We like it when new books come along. Gives us a chance to put our feet up and relax, and read about the adventures of yet another crazy cyclist deciding it would be a good idea to cycle around the ... |
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06.12.2006 |
This the season to...get on your bike! Stuffed full of festive food? Bored of watching Christmas TV specials with the mother-in-law? Children nagging to go out on the bikes they got from Father Christmas? Well this yuletide let the ... |
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06.12.2006 |
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28.11.2006 |
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24.11.2006 |
Local cycling and walking routes needs you! More volunteer Rangers are needed to help look after National Cycle Network Routes 45 and 54 in and around the beautiful Wyre Forest and the towns of Kidderminster, Bewdley, Bridgnorth and Dudley. |
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23.11.2006 |
Light-up initiative in Cambridge With the onset of darker nights, Cambridge Cycling Campaign has issued its latest cycle lighting poster, updated for the latest regulations and available for free download. This poster is a top hit on ... |
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21.11.2006 |
The Bike Doctor will see you now! What: Around 50 pupils from Grosvenor Park Primary School, taking part in Sustrans Bike It project, pick up some useful bike maintenance and mechanics tips from local experts Matt Wilson and Tim ... |
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16.11.2006 |
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15.11.2006 |
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14.11.2006 |
Saltford pupils gear up with Bike It Pupils from Saltford Primary School will be cycling to school earlier on Thursday 16th November to enjoy a bike breakfast in their playground and celebrate being selected for Bike It, the highly ... |
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10.11.2006 |
New Bike It school gets in gear What: Year 2 and 3 pupils at one of South Gloucestershire's new Bike It schools take to two wheels for playground cycle skills sessionsWhere: The Tynings Primary School, Eastleigh Close, Staple Hill ... |
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09.11.2006 |
Road Safety Act is “worthy but tepid” says CTC The Government’s new road safety legislation, which today passed into law as the Road Safety Act 2006, has been described as a “missed opportunity to make a real difference for all ... |
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30.10.2006 |
Together cyclists will tackle climate change The Government has awarded the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation, CTC, almost £300,000 to raise awareness of climate change amongst cyclists. At the heart of the project will be a thought-provoking ... |
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27.10.2006 |
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20.10.2006 |
More bikes and more roads in Northern Ireland The Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service is inviting applications to deliver a complete Cycle to Work package.Figures just published show cycle usage in Belfast has increased by 65% between 2000 and ... |
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18.10.2006 |
Rangers ride out in York What: Around 60 volunteer Liaison Rangers, in total, from across the UK set off on two mass bike rides along the 15-mile York to Selby Railway Path, National Cycle Network Route 65, prior to a ... |
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12.10.2006 |
Bike Week Media Coverage Worth £1.81M Bike Week events in June generated positive press coverage in more than one thousand publications with a combined circulation of 60 million, according to information released by Nick Harvey, the ... |
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06.10.2006 |
CTC membership highest since 1899 Over 10,000 people have in the last year joined the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation, CTC, boosting its membership to 55,516 - the organisation’s highest recorded membership since1899.
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29.09.2006 |
A Bicycle made for Two Simon Clayton and Rachel Mockridge have taken a year off to travel. Ken Kershaw met them sitting in the evening sunshine at a campsite near Bastia, Corsica with 2,870 km on the clock of their ... |
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28.09.2006 |
Women’s Road Riding Coaching Day Women’s Road Riding Coaching Day www.shecycles.com and the Surrey League will be hosting a women’s road riding coaching day on October 15th 2006 at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit, the first in a series ... |
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27.09.2006 |
Sustrans calls for locals Sustrans is organising a special bike ride in Milton Keynes to improve the signs which guide cyclists and walkers safely along National Cycle Network Routes 6 and 51 around the city.
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26.09.2006 |
Jon Snow new CTC President Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow is to succeed Phil Liggett as President of CTC – the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation. Announcing the appointment, which will take place from January 2007, CTC ... |
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21.09.2006 |
Aberdeen gears up for Ranger event What: Around 15 volunteer Rangers set off for mass bike ride around Aberdeen before training eventWhere: Ride leaves Aberdeen Railway Station, Guild Street, Aberdeen AB11 6LXWhen: 10am, Saturday 23rd ... |
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20.09.2006 |
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11.09.2006 |
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11.09.2006 |
CTC welcomes Bikeability CTC is delighted to welcome the arrival of Bikeability, Cycle Proficiency for the 21st century, which was officially launched in Merseyside today. Bikeability is the new award scheme for National ... |
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09.09.2006 |
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25.08.2006 |
Summer cycling gets another boost in the Capital The Mayor of London today launched Transport for London's (TfL's) latest cycling campaign to get more Londoners on to two wheels. The summer marketing campaign, which will include TV, radio, poster ... |
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25.08.2006 |
Sustrans calls for locals to 'sign up' Sustrans is organising a special bike ride in Northampton to improve the signs which guide cyclists and walkers safely along National Cycle Network Routes 4 and 24 from Bath to Monkton Combe and ... |
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23.08.2006 |
Mission accomplished for volunteer path builders! What: Around 30 cyclists join John Grimshaw Where: On National Cycle Network Route 3 When: 4pm, Friday 25th August 2006
Sustrans is celebrating the official opening of a new traffic-free cycling and ... |
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21.08.2006 |
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11.08.2006 |
A new approach to travel tackles congestion Households in two UK cities have proved that choosing greener and healthier transport options just once or twice a week can significantly reduce car traffic.
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10.08.2006 |
Cycle campaign in York: How fare will you go?.. Continuous cycling marketing is a vital element of the strategy to encourage people to cycle. Providing the infrastructure on its own is unlikely to have as great an effect. In York marketing ... |
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09.08.2006 |
New green link for Gloucester What: Around 30 cyclists join Sustrans' Chief Executive John Grimshaw and the Mayor of Gloucester at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open a new cycling and walking route between Gloucester and ... |
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09.08.2006 |
Paul Smith Designs Bicycles for Mercian Cycling to work will have fresh appeal once Paul Smith's personalised bicycles hit his boutiques in November. As a youngster, designer Paul Smith wanted to be a professional racing cyclist. When a ... |
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08.08.2006 |
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28.07.2006 |
Help build a new route into Gower The Gower is to benefit from a new route for cyclists, walkers and horse riders to celebrate the peninsula's 50th year as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Sustrans, the sustainable transport ... |
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26.07.2006 |
New cycling opportunities in Winchester The Bikeabout scheme offers free loan of bicycles. It currently operates from two locations, offering a service to commuters, local residents and visitors. 50 MIRACLES branded bicycles are distributed ... |
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25.07.2006 |
As one route closes another opens... As drivers are forced to take a long diversion between Bristol and Bath due to A4 roadworks, cyclists and walkers are enjoying a more direct route between the two cities. A 500 metre section of the ... |
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12.07.2006 |
Luton youngsters create new artwork on cycle route The piece is a 1.5 metre long, one metre tall, metal and timber flip chart acrostic - a poem where the first letter for each line forms a word. The piece marks the source of the River Lea on the river ... |
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11.07.2006 |
Cycling levels – a truer picture? Government figures now confirm an increase in the number of cyclists, finally reflecting the positive trend recorded by sustainable transport charity Sustrans in its monitoring of usage of the ... |
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07.07.2006 |
CTC welcomes new cash for cycle training. CTC welcomed a major government injection of funding for cyclist training announced today by Transport Minister Douglas Alexander. £15 million is to be given to Cycling England to boost cycling for ... |
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15.06.2006 |
Pedalling picnic to celebrate Bike Week What: Cyclists heading out for a 'Pedalling Picnic' to celebrate Bike Week on the Aire Valley Towpath are joined by local school childrenWhen: 11.10am, Sunday 18th June 2006Where: Canal towpath ... |
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14.06.2006 |
Six London Boroughs get a boost from Bike It Bike It, an acclaimed national project that encourages more children to cycle to and from school is expanding to six London boroughs thanks to funding from Transport for London (TfL). The hugely ... |
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09.06.2006 |
Revolution! Britain embraces the bicycle Britain is in the grip of a cycling revolution as clogged roads, concern at global warming caused by air pollution and the quest for improved fitness persuade millions to opt for pedal power.
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08.06.2006 |
Help build the National Cycle Network Get your hands dirty for a good cause and join Sustrans, the UK's leading sustainable transport charity, on a Summer Workcamp from 5 to 26 August 2006 to build a vital route for cycling and walking ... |
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22.05.2006 |
Tea and tips for Bath pupils Afternoon tea, with scones and jam is in store for pupils at Widcombe CE Junior School, one of the newly selected Bike It schools in Bath, on Thursday 25th May. The 'Bike Tea' is organised by Sustrans ... |
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16.05.2006 |
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10.05.2006 |
Sustrans seeks Rangers in Gloucestershire More volunteer Rangers are needed to help look after the National Cycle Network Route 45 in and around the beautiful Cotswold towns of Stroud and Cirencester. Leading sustainable transport charity ... |
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04.05.2006 |
Darlington gears up for Ranger event What: Around 50 Volunteer Rangers set off for mass bike ride around Darlington before training eventWhere: Ride leaves Darlington Station, Bank Top Station, Darlington DL1 4AAWhen: 9.50am, Saturday ... |
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28.04.2006 |
Straight from the heart; ride to improve cycling Places remain on CTC’s Heart of England Challenge Ride, which takes place on 20th May in Meriden and helps raise vital funds for safer cycling. Proceeds from the ride go towards the campaigning work ... |
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27.04.2006 |
British Waterways appeals to cyclists CTC today welcomed a move by British Waterways to involve cyclists in making the waterway network safer. British Waterways has always asked waterways users to report any incident, accident or ‘near ... |
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26.04.2006 |
Volunteers of the Year honoured The work of thousands of local volunteers that helped to promote cycling in 2005 has this week been recognised by CTC – the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation.
Roy Spilsbury, a tireless ... |
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13.04.2006 |
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11.04.2006 |
Explore Shakespeare country by bike Wednesday 12th April, 12 noon, Gates of Charlecote Park, Charlecote, Warwick, CV35 9ER . Around 50 cyclists from the local community will be taking part in a celebration ride through Shakespeare ... |
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05.04.2006 |
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31.03.2006 |
Awards to celebrate the Capital's 999 cycle teams The hard work and dedication of London's emergency service cyclists were recognised on Thursday 23 February at Transport for London's (TfL) annual 999 London Cycling Awards at City Hall. TfL is fully ... |
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29.03.2006 |
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24.03.2006 |
Make cyclists count; a time for real road safety As the Road Safety Bill finally entered the House of Commons, there were calls from MPs this week for several of the measures that CTC is campaigning for. These included widespread 20mph speed limits ... |
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08.03.2006 |
Cambridge hosts Ranger Day Volunteer Rangers throughout the east of England will come together for a mass bike ride and training event on Saturday 11 March in Cambridge. The event organised by leading sustainable transport ... |
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07.03.2006 |
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