CYCLE PARKING – Retail infrastructure survey (draft)
posted in: Active Travel, Campaigning
CLICK – Cycle Parking Guidelines (CyclingUK) Town or village Retailer Cycle Parking Infrastructure? … Read More
Denbigh & the Vale of Clwyd – Cycling demands much better than this!
posted in: Active Travel, Campaigning, Cycleways
True Active Travel – failure to deliver. The above ‘Active Travel’ shared use route (BLUE) has recently been completed (August 2020). The potential AT route with significant potential (GREEN) has a history.. In 2015 Denbighshire Planning Committee rejected … Read More
Wales votes to make 20mph the default urban speed limit.
posted in: Campaigning
Plans to change the default speed limit for most urban roads in Wales from 30 to 20mph were supported by all the major political parties in the Welsh Parliament. Wales makes the first move. Wales looks likely to become … Read More
‘Why Cyclists Enrage Some Drivers’ by Tom Stafford
posted in: Campaigning
We reprint this unedited article by Tom Stafford from 12th February 2013. We believe it makes a valuable contribution to an understanding of why, for some drivers, the mere sight of a cyclist ahead is a reason for disapproval, or … Read More
A55 Expressway(J19) Pinch point improvement work to begin 17th June 2020
posted in: Active Travel, Campaigning
Work to improve A55 Expressway (J19) to make it safer for drivers and non-motor users. Welsh Government Press Release 16/6/20 reads:- The junction, known as the Black Cat roundabout, is a busy intersection where the A470 meets the A55. … Read More
Denbighshire Cycle Path Support Group – Update June 2020.
posted in: Active Travel, Campaigning, Cycleways, Cycling advocacy.
Surge in cycling interest & support for ACTION NOW. With facebook membership currently exceeding one thousand seven hundred, a working party has been formed to take this group forward. Its Terms of Reference are outlined here:- . PURPOSE. To support … Read More
Cycle Helmets – a considered view by Fergus Murray
posted in: Campaigning, Cycling advocacy.
Helmet evidence ambiguous. The helmet debate goes on and on. If there was a clear injury prevention benefit from wearing helmets then western lawmakers, including UK Parliament, Scots Parliament or Welsh Assembly would have legislated to make them compulsory 20years ago. … Read More
‘Cyclists Need To Be Seen’ explains Martyn Fairlamb
posted in: Campaigning, Cycleways
A Tweet is but a Whistle on the Wind. Many people have been enjoying the freedom of riding on quieter roads during lock down. That has certainly been reflected in the instant success of the facebook Denbighshire Cycle Path Support … Read More
Cycling in the Vale of Clwyd – a vision cast in 1999. Still to be delivered twenty years later.
posted in: Campaigning, Cycle routes quiet byeways, Cycleways
Lon Clwyd, Denbighshire – a sleeping vision waiting to be stirred? In 1999 there was a visionary proposal to convert the former Vale of Clwyd Rail Line into an eighteen mile country trail for walking and cycling between Rhyl and … Read More
Denbighshire Cycle Route Facebook Support Group Pedals On – 1.5K members in days.
posted in: Active Travel, Campaigning
Action – time is not on our side! Within days of the launch of Roger Rowett’s Denbighshire facebook cycling initiative, the number joining has rocketed to over 1500. The criteria for the page is that members should either reside in … Read More