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Letter to The Times Newspaper also place on the comment section it website.

Sir

Does Boris care?

Does Boris care about Mary Bowers a reporter for The Times who is in critical condition after a collision with a lorry while cycling across a notorious junction in Wapping http://tiny.cc/70woy

Boris appears to believe that if you keep your wits about you, you will be safe on the roads from massive inexorable force called juggernaut, with a prospect of a ten-year trail of longer lorries http://tiny.cc/uyvrt can we expect future crushed cyclists/reporters?

What is Boris doing, it is not helped by the recent childish behaviour by GLA assembly members walking out prior to a discussion about cycle safety http://tiny.cc/reyh9

Is this case of criminal negligence?

On your bike Boris.


Philip Benstead
CTC London
Westminster

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News Release
Jenny Jones
London Assembly Green Party Member
http://www.london.gov.uk/profile/jenny-jones
Press Office: 020 7983 4424, 07967 205 330 Jenny: 07786 277 376

Embargoed: 24th November 2011

Action needed to stop cyclists being victims of hit & run

New figures from the Metropolitan Police show that around 15 cyclists a week were killed or injured as a result of a hit and run in London last year. Cyclists account for nearly a fifth of the casualties arising from hit and runs, even though they account for only around 2% of the trips on our roads.

Pedestrians and cyclists are both disproportionately affected by hit and runs in London. 985 pedestrians were injured in a collision involving one or more vehicle that failed to stop. This is 26.5% of all the hit and run injuries, significantly higher than the 18.5% of the total casualties who are pedestrians.

A cyclist who submitted video evidence of bad driving was told by the Met Police that they could only use video evidence as part of a prosecution if it was taken by “an approved device” and included “an audit trail”.

Jenny Jones said:

“Hit and runs are a massive problem in London due to the large number of uninsured and unlicensed drivers. I can understand why some cyclists are now filming their journeys and presenting that as evidence to the police when there is a collision. The police have raised questions about the legitimacy of this evidence. However, it would be wrong of the police to automatically disregard this evidence, as it is our best hope of discouraging this irresponsible crime of hit and run. I also hope that the Commissioner will clamp down on illegal vehicles and encourage his officers to take a victim led approach, so they take cyclist and pedestrian complaints seriously.”

ENDS

3,713 casualties were injured in collisions involving one or more vehicle that failed to stop in the Metropolitan Police Service area in 2010. The table (below) shows the cyclist and pedestrian ‘hit & run’ casualties and a comparison with the total casualties for 2010.

Pedestrian Pedal cycle
No of hit & run casualties 985 709
% of hit & run casualties 26.5% 19%
% of total casualties 18.5% 14%

2. Cyclist Mathew Saywell was involved in an incident involving a driver allegedly taking a left turn whilst on his mobile phone. He submitted video evidence, taken from his head cam, to the Metropolitan Police, but was told that:

“We acknowledge your video and agree that the driver appears to have committed an offence. However, for us to bring a prosecution before a magistrates the video evidence has to be submitted and filmed via an approved device with an audit trail.”

NB. CTC London is among other things non-party in politics.

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CTC London - GLA London Mayor - Boris Johnson Questions


Turning Left at Red Lights
Question No: 3414 / 2011
Victoria Borwick
Have you had an opportunity to reconsider your answer to question 2419/2010?

Written response from the Mayor

As I said in response to your question 2419/2011, I would not support any proposal to allow motorised vehicles to turn left at red lights. This is illegal in the UK under national regulations, and would increase the risk of collisions between road traffic and pedestrians.

As you know however, I am keen to explore the potential for cyclists to be permitted to turn left, against red traffic signals. There have been similar trials of this in Strasbourg and Bordeaux.

Changing the regulations to allow cyclists to turn left against a red signal would require an amendment to Secondary Legislation. TfL would need to demonstrate that it was safe and worthwhile.

TfL is discussing with the DfT whether a trial to allow cyclists to turn left at a red traffic signal could be permitted, in order to inform the evidence DfT would need.


Cycle superhighways
Question No: 3264 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
How many Cycle Superhighways are planned for the next financial year and at what cost? Please list the routes and timescales
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.


Cycle hire scheme
Question No: 3266 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
A freedom of information request stated that TfL was expecting a total income by March 2012 of £7m for the cycle hire scheme compared with the original estimated annual income of £18m. Why is the difference of figures so stark, and what are you doing to ensure that more income is generated from the scheme?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.


King’s Cross Junction (1)
Question No: 3267 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
Further to MQ 2489/2010, you stated that “there have been few speed-related collisions” on King’s Cross one-way system roads such as Pentonville Road and that there are therefore “no additional proposals” to reduce speeds for these roads. Do you still hold this opinion following the tragic death of a cyclist in this area on the 3rd October?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.


King’s Cross Junction (2)
Question No: 3268 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
Three years ago a report titled ‘The TfL PERS and CSA 07/08 Category A Station Audits King’s Cross and St Pancras Stations Final Report’ included a clear recommendation that TfL should “reduce traffic speeds around the [Euston Road/Gray’s Inn Road/Pentonville Road/York Way] junction” in order to improve safety. Can you explain the reasons why you discarded the advice that was presented to you, and what factors you took into account when choosing to do so?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly


King’s Cross Junction (3)
Question No: 3269 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
Can you further explain why the current TfL proposals for King’s Cross junction improvements were apparently not designed with the objective of reducing speed, but to “enable a larger number of people to move around,” according to the consultation on these schemes?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly


King’s Cross Junction (4)
Question No: 3270 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
Further to MQ (1875/2011), you said that one-way systems where there is “evidence of poor performance, particularly in terms of safety” and where there is “a strong local consensus for change” are prioritised for removal. You added that schemes to remove gyratories must be feasible in engineering terms and those that have funding from external sources such as redevelopment schemes are prioritised. Do you think the King’s Cross gyratory system is performing well, particularly in terms of safety? If not, what steps will you take to ensure the removal of this gyratory system, in line with your policy?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.


Longer length lorries on London’s roads
Question No: 3277 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
Due to the potential hazards to cyclists, will you commit to ban the proposed longer length lorries from TfL’s roads, announced by the DfT to allow a trial of a number of lorries which are 2.05 metres longer in length?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.


Cycle accidents
Question No: 3299 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
Please state what steps you are taking to mitigate the steep rise in cycle fatalities that has taken place between 2010 and 2011 in London.
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.


Secure Cycle Parking
Question No: 3342 / 2011
Jenny Jones
Norbiton railway station has the ninth worst cycle theft rate of all London stations, according to the Mayor’s cycle security plan. Will you lobby South West Trains to install a secure restricted access cycle compound at this station to address this problem?
Written response from the Mayor
Since the publication of the Cycle Security Plan, which identified theft hotspots across London, the British Transport Police (BTP) has stepped up its efforts to tackle cycle theft from stations across London, working closely with Transport for London through the Cycle Security Working Group.

Norbiton station, as you point out, had a relatively high cycle theft rate and was one of a number of stations identified as a priority for action. The BTP has since conducted a number of cycle surgeries at the station, including two this summer, offering security marking of bikes and crime prevention advice. In addition, the BTP Clapham Junction Neighbourhood Policing Team patrols the station during their operations. I’m pleased to report that there has been a marked reduction in cycle related offences at this station, including theft and vandalism. During 2010/11 there were 9 offences reported, 7 of which related directly to the theft of a cycle, compared to 17 offences in 2009/10.

Improving cycle parking at stations is a priority for me and earlier this year I asked the Train Operating Companies (TOCs) to work with TfL to increase the numbers of secure cycle parking spaces at stations across London, both to meet demand for cycling to stations, and also to reduce incidences of theft. Funding is provided by both TfL and Network Rail to support the TOCs in this work.

South West Trains is required to provide an additional 700 cycle parking spaces on its network as part of the franchise agreement and TfL is already working with it to identify priority stations in London for cycle parking improvements. Additional facilities for Norbiton station will be considered as part of this process.


Cycle provision on replacement buses
Question No: 3343 / 2011
Jenny Jones
Can you ensure that replacement bus services provided as a result of engineering works on railway lines have provision for carrying non-folding bicycles?
Written response from the Mayor
Unfortunately it is not possible to carry non-folding bikes on rail replacement bus services as there is not enough room for bikes to be safely stowed whilst still allowing for passengers to get by and/or for wheelchair or pushchair users to be accommodated. This policy is consistent with the approach that other train operating companies take regarding rail replacement buses.

Folding bikes can be taken on rail replacement buses, provided there is sufficient space and they are stowed safely.


Cycle expenses allowance
Question No: 3344 / 2011
Jenny Jones
Will you raise the cycle allowance to 40p per mile for journeys by GLA group staff so that it removes the perverse incentive to drive? Currently GLA staff receive 20p per bicycle mile and 45p per car mile, while TfL staff receive 40p per car mile and 12p per bicycle mile.
Written response from the Mayor
TfL’s rate of payment for cyclists is 20p per mile and not 12p per mile as stated in your question.

The mileage allowance payments reimburse employees for expenses when using their own transport for business purposes and it is to help with the wear and tear on the mode of travel. The car allowance is higher than the cycle allowance because the cost of running and maintaining a car is higher than those for a bicycle. Neither represents an ‘inducement’ and there is no intention based on the above to pay both equally.

The allowances derive from HMRC Government guidelines and the mileage allowance payment for bicycles is in line with HMRC’s tax exempt rate. Any payments made above the 20p per mile will be subject to tax and national insurance.

There are currently no plans to increase the mileage allowance for bicycles.

However, as you know I am committed to increasing cycling in London and therefore GLA Group employees are encouraged to use bikes through favourable benefits scheme such as Cycle2 Work, bike loans, free cycle training and shower facilities.


Pedicabs
Question No: 3345 / 2011
Jenny Jones
Given the repeated failure of attempts to legislate on the issue of Pedicabs, will you ask TfL to take the lead in drawing up a partnership agreement for regulation with Westminster Council and the Pedicab companies?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly


Cycle Superhighway speed limits
Question No: 3346 / 2011
Jenny Jones
Will you designate roads on the Cycle Superhighway route 5 that run through New Cross, Peckham and Camberwell’s town centres as 20mph? I understand that the borough and local pedestrian and cycle safety groups are in favour, mean speeds are low enough to make it workable and that collision statistics along these stretches of road are already unacceptably high.
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly


Cycling tour of dangerous roads
Question No: 3347 / 2011
Jenny Jones
Will you join me and other cyclists on a tour of 10 of the most dangerous roads for cyclists in London, including Kings Cross, the Bow Roundabout and Elephant and Castle? This would enable you to explain to the cycling community the reasons for your inaction in dealing with the most concerning issues at these sites.
Written response from the Mayor
As you are aware there has been no “inaction” about cycle safety under my administration and, as I said at the MQT session, I would be most grateful if Members said in their public statements that, despite the tragic recent incidences, cycling is becoming safer in London.

I am a keen cyclist and know well most of the junctions that you have labelled “the most dangerous”.


Tottenham Hale and the Cycle Superhighway (1)
Question No: 3348 / 2011
Jenny Jones
Why is the Tottenham Hale redesign not taking account of the wider redesign of road layouts along your A10 Cycle Superhighway, of which it will be part? Will the two projects join up?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly


Tottenham Hale and the Cycle Superhighway (2)
Question No: 3349 / 2011
Jenny Jones
What is the projected increase in cycling being used for the modelling of traffic flows when Tottenham Hale is redesigned?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly


Boris Bikes
Question No: 3438 / 2011
Richard Tracey
Please can you provide an update on the expansion of the Boris Bike scheme to Wandsworth and the progress that has been made since your announcement in July 2011?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly


Cycle Hire Scheme complaints
Question No: 3491 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
How many complaints have been received over the past six months about the cycle hire scheme? Please provide breakdown by month and also in the following categories: a) access to the cycles and b) complaints about the service at the call centre.
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly
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Cycle Hire Scheme expansion
Question No: 3492 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
When will the cycle hire scheme be expanded into South London?
Written response from the Mayor
Barclays Cycle Hire currently operates in Central London, including in parts of South London within the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
As part of Barclays Cycle Hire Phase 2, which will launch in spring 2012, there will be intensification of docking stations within the existing zone and this will include parts of Lambeth and Southwark.
In July 2011, TfL’s Board gave approval to begin site identification for Barclays Cycle Hire Phase 3. This would potentially be an extension to the west and southwest of the current zone, and would include additional parts of Kensington & Chelsea and Lambeth, as well as going to two new boroughs: Hammersmith & Fulham and Wandsworth. The site identification process is currently underway within the expansion boroughs and, subject to TfL’s Board approving the full extension, Phase 3 could be operational by summer 2013.

Cycle Safety Bow Flyover
Question No: 3507 / 2011
John Biggs
Will you instruct TfL to consider urgent actions to improve cyclist and pedestrian safety at this junction?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

Cycle Superhighway 2 (CS2)
Question No: 3514 / 2011
John Biggs
What steps have you, or TfL taken, to ensure the completion of CS2 from Bow to Ilford, in accordance with The London Plan, as soon as possible after the Olympic Games have ended?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

CS2 (1)
Question No: 3523 / 2011
John Biggs
Have you ever cycled along the Bow Road section of CS2 during rush hour?
Written response from the Mayor
As you are aware I am a keen cyclist and, although not during the peak period, I have cycled along the Bow Road section of CS2. Members of TfL's design team have cycled along all the routes at many different times.
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CS2 (2)
Question No: 3524 / 2011
John Biggs
Do you think that the Bow Road section of the CS2 could accommodate a segregated cycle lane, like the one in Cable Street, given that the pavements along Bow Road are very wide?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

Traffic Offences (1)
Question No: 3525 / 2011
John Biggs
How many cyclists were penalised for traffic offences in London in the past year?
Written response from the Mayor
In the last financial year there were 11,597 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued to cyclists in London. 8,027 were for cycling on the footway and 3,570 for contravening a red light.

With the number of people travelling by cycle in the Capital increasing, officers from the City of London Police and Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have been using both education and enforcement to encourage considerate and safe behaviour from all road users and promote sharing the road safely.

TfL recently bolstered the Police numbers in the MPS Cycle Task Force to tackle road user antisocial behaviour. These additional officers are dedicated to reducing conflict between road users, ensuring that everyone abides by the rules of the road, as well as enforcing unsafe driving or cycling practices.

Officers regularly target key locations based on intelligence and local priorities where they focus on road users who disobey traffic signals, encroach on advance stop lines, or cycling on pavements.


Traffic Offences (2)
Question No: 3526 / 2011
John Biggs
How many motorists were penalised for encroaching into cycle lanes in London in the past year?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

Cycling
Question No: 3534 / 2011
Nicky Gavron
How many projects to improve safety for cyclists on London’s roads have been delayed or cancelled since 2008?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly


King’s Cross
Question No: 3535 / 2011
Nicky Gavron
Can you outline how many recommendations of the 2008 report commissioned by TfL into safety around King’s Cross have been delivered?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

Cycle Hire Scheme (1)
Question No: 3612 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
What revenue did the cycle hire scheme generate from users in its first year of operation?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly
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Cycle Hire Scheme (2)
Question No: 3613 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
What was the total cost of the cycle hire scheme last year?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

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Cycle Hire Scheme (3)
Question No: 3614 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
What were the anticipated revenues from users for the first year of the cycle hire scheme?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

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Cycle Hire Scheme (3)
Question No: 3615 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
What were the anticipated revenues from users for the first year of the cycle hire scheme?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

* Cycle Hire Scheme (4)
Question No: 3616 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
What is the total anticipated cost of the cycle hire scheme over the next a) 1 year b) 2 years c) 4 years d) 5 years e)10 years?

Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

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Cycle Hire Scheme (5)
Question No: 3617 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
What proportion of London residents have used the cycle hire scheme a) at all b) once each month c) once each week?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

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Cycle Hire Scheme (6)
Question No: 3618 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
When is the cycle hire scheme anticipated to expand to a) Zone 2 b) Zone 3 c) Zone 4 e) Zone 5 and f)Zone 6?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

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Cycle Hire Scheme (7)
Question No: 3619 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
What proportion of the total anticipated cost of the cycle hire scheme over the next 5 years will be met through the Barclays’ sponsorship deal?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly
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Cycle Hire Scheme (8)
Question No: 3620 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
What proportion of London residents live within 400 metres of a cycle hire docking station?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly

This is the letter of acceptance for charitable status in Scotland


THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT PLEASE RETAIN IT FOR YOUR RECORDS

Please ensure all charity trustees are aware of this document



Professor David Cox
Cyclists Touring Club
Parklands
Railton Road
Guildford
GU2 9JX

Your ref:
Our ref: RS/STA/11-0742


30 August 2011

Dear Professor Cox

Decision on your application to become a charity

I am pleased to tell you that the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) is satisfied that your organisation meets the charity test, and has entered it in the Scottish Charity Register. This means it now has charitable status under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

The details of your charity’s entry in the Register are set out below.
Please check these details and let us know of any errors.

Your charity’s registered name is: Cyclists Touring Club
Your charity number is: SC042541
Your charity was registered on: 29 August 2011
Your charity’s ‘known as’ name is: CTC

Your principal contact address is:Parklands Railton Road Guildford GU2 9JX

Your charitable purposes are:

B - the advancement of education

H - the advancement of public participation in sport

I - the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended.

Your charitable objects are:

To promote cycling, cycle touring, and fellowship between cyclists for the public benefit as a means of furthering the following charitable purposes:-

1.8.1 the advancement of amateur sports which involve physical or mental skill or exertion by:

1.8.1.1 promoting, assisting and protecting the use of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles on the public roads and public rights of way; and

1.8.1.2 promoting and safeguarding the interests of riders of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles (hereinafter referred to as "cyclists"); and

1.8.1.3 encouraging cycling and cycle touring as a means of adventure, recreation, character training and other forms of education, to stimulate by all possible means interest and participation, and in particular the interest and participation of young persons, in cycling, and to promote cycling competitions, rallies, rides and other events;

1.8.2 the promotion of the conservation and protection of the environment by any charitable means including, but not limited to:

1.8.1.1 promoting and increasing appreciation of the countryside and places of public interest, and

1.8.2.2 establishing and protecting access thereto by cycle and on foot, and

1.8.2.3 preserving and improving amenities, and

1.8.2.4 taking appropriate action to advance this charitable aim in Parliament and in and before Government departments, local and other public authorities, bodies and officers, landowners, developers and others;

1.8.3 the advancement of education by any charitable means including, but not limited to, education in road usage, road safety and in particular the safety of cyclists, and the promotion of any plans, measures, schemes or proposals designed to that end;

1.8.4 the preservation and protection of the health and safety of the public by encouraging and facilitating cycling by any means including, but not limited to, the provision of legal assistance for the riders of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles in the enforcement of their rights to use the public roads and public rights of way;

1.8.5 the promotion of cycling, including cycle touring, as an amateur sport by catering for the needs of cyclists by collecting and furnishing information for the planning and conduct of cycling tours, publishing and supplying books, routes, guides, brochures, accommodation lists, maps, periodicals and newspapers, badges and emblems, by arranging for insurance and any necessary documentation, and to organise and conduct cycle tours both at home and overseas and make all appropriate arrangements for participants therein, and to promote and safeguard the interests of cyclists in all such ways as the conditions of the times may render desirable;

1.8.6 the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in the interests of social welfare.

Your charity’s financial year-end date is: 30/09


Charity trustees’ duties and responsibilities

The charity trustees of Cyclists Touring Club are jointly responsible for running the charity and managing its assets. By law they must do certain things, such as the following:

Publicise its charitable status and provide information to the public: you must let people know that Cyclists Touring Club is a charity by including its charity name and charity number on its literature, emails and web pages, and also on documents issued by a third party on the charity’s behalf. You have six months from the date of this letter to comply with the duty to publicise the charity’s status. You must also supply a copy of your accounts and constitution to anyone who asks for them. You can find full details of these duties on our website in the section on charity trustees’ duties.

• Annual monitoring: every year, you must provide information to us about the activities of your charity, and by law we must monitor all charities on the Register. Your charity must fill in an Annual Return form and send this to us along with its accounts. You can find out more about preparing your accounts and reporting to us on our website http://www.oscr.org.uk.

• Making changes to the charity: you need to get our consent before taking certain actions, and must tell us about certain decisions you have taken. You can find out when and how to do this on the ‘Making changes to your charity’ section on our website.

Your charity may be able to claim some forms of tax relief. The enclosed leaflet from HM Revenue & Customs provides more detail. Please note that OSCR does not deal with tax matters.

Please distribute this letter and the enclosed introductory leaflet on ‘Being a charity in Scotland’ to all your charity trustees. You can contact us at info@oscr.org.uk or on 01382 220446 if you have any questions.

Yours sincerely

Joyce Lowson
Charities Team Case Officer
Tel 01382 346867
Joyce.lowson@oscr.org.uk



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CTC London supports LCC campaign to get death of the road



LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN AGM 2011

EMERGENCY MOTION - Deaths on Barclays Cycling Superhighway 2

Proposed by the Campaigns & Active Membership committee
NOTING:
a) The appalling and tragic death of Brian Dorling, 58, on 24 October 2011 by an HGV at Bow Roundabout, becoming the first fatality on the Mayor of London's flagship Barclays Cycling Superhighway 2 (CS2).

b) The appalling and tragic death of a 34 year old woman cyclist at the same Bow Roundabout on 11 November 201l.

c) The unacceptable background of a series of deaths and serious injuries at major road junctions across London, including the killing of Min Joo Lee, 24, by an HGV, at the Kings Cross gyratory on 3 October 2011.

d) The widespread anger at, and frustration with the policies of the Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) amongst LCC members and the broader London cycling community in the aftermath of recent events.

e) The persistent, repeated failure of TfL to address any safety concerns raised by LCC London Boroughs or the Greater London Assembly about road junctions, where the solution would conflict with their pursuit of maximising motor traffic capacity and 'smoothing the flow'.

f) TfL's own "Analysis of Cycling Potential" report shows there is ample opportunity to achieve modal shift from private cars to walking and cycling, relieving pressure on road capacity. Source http://www.tfLgov_uk/roadusers/cycling/15459.aspx, which states

a. "The cycle mode share in central London is already close to 3 percent and there is the potential to achieve a mode share in the centre of the Capital to challenge that of other major European cities", and

b. "Huge potential exists in highly dispersed trips across outer London",

g) The persistent, repeated failure of TfL to follow their own London Cycling Design Standards as well as Cycling England's guidelines for 'best practice' in Europe.

h) The specific failure of TfL to take any heed of LCC's warnings regarding the serious and
unresolved danger at the Bow roundabout and advice not to proceed with CS2, as planned.

LCC RESOLVES TO:
i. Call upon TfL to immediately redesign the Bow Roundabout junction, providing continuous, safe East-West cycle crossings and safe approaches and exits.

ii. Call upon TfL to halt work on the remaining Superhighway routes until the issues of road space reallocation and junction danger are addressed and resolved.

iii. Call upon the Mayor to intervene and give TfL the mandate and political direction to provide clear space for safe cycling on London's main roads.

iv. As part of our "Go Dutch" campaign, seek a commitment from the Mayoral candidates that the Cycling Superhighways will be completed (including resolving barriers on existing routes) to the highest international best practice standards, in accordance with LCC's "Go Dutch Key Principles" document.

Cycling answers from London Mayor - November update



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBup5U_9Ycw

Go to the link for some good knockabout fun PJB



This update includes all the answers which have arrived since the initial
mayoral response.

Cycling and dangerous roads will dominate Wednesday's plenary meeting of the
London Assembly (10am, 9th Nov) which questions Peter Hendy, Commissioner of
Transport for London and Boris Johnson, as chair of the TfL Board

Two of the four questions from party groups will feature cycling. Jenny Jones
will ask:

Why did TfL apparently ignore key recommendations from the 2008 audit of the
pedestrian environment around Kings Cross produced by TRL Ltd and Living
Streets, and should Londoners


Caroline Pigeon will ask:

Are TfL's roads safe for cyclists?



http://www.london.gov.uk/moderngov/mgCo ... px?ID=6398


Cycle hire costs (2)
Question No: 3026 / 2011
Jenny Jones
Given that cycle hire raised £2.3m in 2010/11, do you still believe it can raise
£18m in 2011/12 (as outlined in answer 3678/2010)? Have TfL now revised their
October 2009 estimate that the scheme would "break even" within three years of
its launch?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.
Written answer received on 20 October 2011:
Income figures for the first financial year of the Barclays Cycle Hire (2010/11)
do not reflect a full year of operation and include less than four months of
casual user income. Income estimates for Barclays Cycle Hire are continually
refined as TfL learns more about user behaviour and, for 2011/12, will be
subject to detailed phase 2 usage modelling which is currently taking place.

The aim has always been to break even on operational costs, which TfL
anticipates achieving over the latter part of the initial five year contract.

Cycle Hire Scheme (3)
Question No: 3095 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
Why do casual users of the bike hire scheme have to insert their bank or credit
card on two separate occasions before they can use the bike hire scheme? Are
there plans to make the process simpler?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.
Written answer received on 20 October 2011:
The existing process was designed to meet certain card issuer requirements for
payments. These requirements have changed, allowing TfL to modify the casual
hire process. System changes currently scheduled for later in 2012 will allow
casual users to hire a bike by inserting a payment card once.

Cycle Hire Scheme (4)
Question No: 3096 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
How many people to date have tried to hire a bicycle through the casual user
scheme but have given up during the process?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.
Written answer received on 20 October 2011:
Although this specific data is not available, TfL has investigated the total
number of casual hire transactions in September 2011, where a total of 230,652
successful casual hires were made. There were 5,754 transactions which were not
completed (2.4 per cent). This is not the same as the number of customers, as
TfL would not be able to determine whether a single customer had used two
different cards, for instance.

There are a number of reasons why a customer may choose not to complete a
transaction, such as deciding to use a different payment card. For this reason,
it is not possible to calculate and therefore impossible to draw any firm
conclusions as to the reason these transactions were not completed.


Penalty for driving in cycle lanes
Question No: 2773 / 2011
Murad Qureshi
I understand different stretches of cycle lane have distinct levels of
authority; mandatory, advisory and the highly recognisable blue surfacing, but
what is the penalty for a driver that breaches the rules and drives into any
sort of cycle lane? How many drivers have been penalised for such transgressions
in each year of your Mayoralty?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

Written answer received on 7 November 2011:

Parking or stopping in a mandatory cycle lane is punishable by the Police
through the issuing of a £30 fixed penalty notice (FPN).

Unfortunately, historical records of action by Police in London against drivers
who park or stop on mandatory cycle lanes were not collected in a way that can
enable an accurate answer to your question.

However, more recently, more accurate data is being recorded and, in the year to
date, FPNs issued to drivers are up 45 per cent on the same period last year.

With the advent of Cycle Superhighways (CSH), TfL bolstered the Police numbers
in the MPS Cycle Task Force to tackle road user anti-social behaviour. These
additional officers are dedicated to reducing conflict between road users,
ensuring that everyone abides by the rules of the road. As each new CSH is
rolled out, the Cycle Task Force undertakes a period of intensive patrol on the
route, educating drivers on the penalties for not complying with cycle lanes or
advanced stop lines, and taking enforcement action.*


Blackfriars Bridge
Question No: 2991 / 2011
Valerie Shawcross
How many individual items of communication have your office and TfL received
objecting to the proposed road layout on Blackfriars bridge, specifically
referring to the impact on cyclists and the aspiration for a 20mph speed limit.
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

Written answer received on 7 November 2011:

The junction outside Blackfriars Station has had to be redesigned to accommodate
the 24,000 pedestrians who will enter and exit the station during the morning
peak, once the station reopens. TfL undertook an engagement on its plans for
Blackfriars junction between 21 March and 15 April 2011. It received 560
responses from members of the public with views about the proposals. Many of the
points raised were incorporated into the revised junction design. However, the
GLA and TfL correspondence management systems do not allow for a report to be
generated showing the number of complaints received with the specific concerns
you mention.

London Greenways
Question No: 3102 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
Further to MQ (2499/2011), whilst I welcome your acknowledgement of support for
London Greenways, why has funding dropped from around £4 million in 2009-2010 to
around £2.3 million for 2010-2011?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

Written answer received on 25 October 2011:

As I have said, I am a strong supporter of Greenways and other ways of
encouraging more cycling and walking. Overall investment in cycling and walking
has gone from £71.1m in 2009/10, to £99m in 2011/12.

In fact, investment in Greenways has increased. Whilst the direct funding from
TfL for Greenways has reduced since 2009/10, this does not show the overall
picture of investment in Greenways. The new Local Implementation Plan (LIP)
funding arrangements I have put in place, which provide the boroughs with
greater flexibility to invest in local priorities, has resulted in an additional
£2.5m LIP funding being spent on 22 Greenways schemes this year.

In addition, since 2009, a further £9m has been devoted to delivering the 2012
Games Walking and Cycling Routes. This has enabled the delivery of eight
exemplary routes that provide opportunities for spectators to travel on foot, or
by bike, through parks, towpaths and other open spaces, whilst also providing a
lasting legacy for London.

Cycle Hire Scheme (2)
Question No: 3094 / 2011
Caroline Pidgeon
Do you have any plans to introduce more information and signage at cycle hire
docking stations to assist people who wish to be casual users of the cycle hire
scheme?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

Written answer received on 7 November 2011:

TfL is currently reviewing the information presented on both the touch screens
and panels at docking stations. This information will be refreshed as part of
the work being undertaken to expand the scheme in 2012.

In addition, TfL has posted a video on their website as well as YouTube, which
shows customers how to take advantage of casual hire. This short video walks
customers through the process step by step in an engaging and informative way
and can be viewed at: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/15025.aspx.

I am very pleased that more than 1.5 million journeys have been taken by casual
users to date, and TfL will continue to look for opportunities to update and
refine customer information.
TfL staff travel allowances (1)
Question No: 3017 / 2011
Jenny Jones
Can you tell me the number of miles travelled by car that TfL staff were
reimbursed for last year, and confirm that approximately 20% of the journeys
were less than 7 miles?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

Written answer received on 25 October 2011

TfL's policies state staff must consider the options of walking, cycling, bus
and tube first, and the use of car can only be made as a last resort.

The vast majority of these journeys are claimed by Tube night workers,
travelling between sites when no Tube trains are running and buses are running
infrequently on night service schedules. Many of these are operational locations
not served by the bus network.

During 2010/11, TfL staff were reimbursed for 294,714 miles of travel by car.
Eighteen per cent of these journeys were less than seven miles.

Blackfriars Bridge
Question No: 2802 / 2011
John Biggs
Further to your response to my question 1750/2011, is it true that the
"modelling" on which so much is based rates a cyclist as 0.2 Passenger Car Units
(PCU's), in other words 20% of a PCU?
Written response from the Mayor
Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.

Written answer received on 20 October 2011:

Passenger Car Unit (PCU) is a metric used across the transport industry in
traffic modelling to assess traffic flow. PCU values are a way of equally
equating all traffic flows through a junction to ensure that the impact that
each mode of transport has on the junction is weighted equally. It is not a
measure of their "worth". The concept of the PCU was not developed by TfL; it is
an industry-wide way of giving a common currency to capacity analysis. In the
UK, standard PCU values are recommended by the Department for Transport (DfT).

The whole idea is not to say that cyclists are worth 20 per cent of a car and
the application of the PCU does not work like this. What the PCU factors do is
account for the different headways generated between different vehicles. For
example, large lorries are slower to start up, take longer and further to brake
and so are afforded a higher PCU factor. The standard PCU value of 0.2 that is
recommended (by the DfT) for pedal cyclists, actually represents their better
utilisation of road space at junctions compared to a standard car with average
occupancy.

NEW CTC Councillors Questions

Cyclists’ Touring Club - CTC London
CTC Councillors Questions

So that we can get to know you better and your views (if any) on issues that may be of interest to members and that effect the CTC I as promised list below some questions.

As the representatives of CTC members in the Greater London Authority area on the CTC Council acting as Directors/Trustees from 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2012 welcome and best wishes from CTC members and CTC London.

Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
Legally I believe, Councillors are not the representatives of any constituency within CTC; they have a fiduciary responsibility as Directors to manage the organisation and to that extent can not be mandated by any membership/

Nevertheless, the structure of CTC Council is intended to maximise the opportunity for members' views to be represened and given weight in discussions and I recognise that as an important function for the Council.

Quote from Philip Benstead, this text is to illustrate the role/responabiites of a CTC Councillor.
From the CTC COUNCILLORS HANDBOOK: The role of councillors
Key passage:
Working for the CTC in a voluntary capacity as a Councillor can be immensely rewarding when the Councillor is able to carry through, by working with others, results that are clearly good for the CTC, good for cycling and good for the well being of the nation.

CTC is the national cyclists’ organisation. It is an organisation of substance and stature with a multi-million pound turnover, supporting thousands of volunteers with a professional staff. The CTC’s administration, policy and performance is guided and monitored by Councillors elected to represent all of CTC’s members and trusted with playing a critical leadership role for the future of cycling.

In addition, this may be of interest if we become a charity: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/pub ... cc3.aspx#e

CTC COUNCILLOR QUESTIONS: What follows are the questions that were put to the new CTC Councillors for Greater London Authority area.

What is your cycling background, how long have you been cycling and what type of cycling have you done and do?


From the CTC COUNCILLORS HANDBOOK: The role of councillors
Key passage:
Quote
Working for the CTC in a voluntary capacity as a Councillor can be immensely rewarding when the Councillor is able to carry through, by working with others, results that are clearly good for the CTC, good for cycling and good for the well being of the nation.

CTC is the national cyclists’ organisation. It is an organisation of substance and stature with a multi-million pound turnover, supporting thousands of volunteers with a professional staff. The CTC’s administration, policy and performance is guided and monitored by Councillors elected to represent all of CTC’s members and trusted with playing a critical leadership role for the future of cycling.

In addition, this may be of interest if we become a charity :http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/publications/cc3.aspx#e


Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
I have been cycling in London since 1 April 1964 when the GLC was created and included my home (before that I was a cyclist in Kent). I am an urban utility cyclist (cycling for shopping, commuting and leisure and social trips), also cycle in the city for enjoyment and exercise. I am also an active touring cyclist, now entirely within the UK and Ireland, going for long weekends and for longer holidays, using trains to get to my touring area. I now very rarely make any journey without a bicycle.

In 2007 I was nominated by London Cycling Campaign to join a TfL consultation group about the impact for people with disabilities of shared urban greenways; this group met for about six months.

My current job involves promoting cycling for people with disabilities. I have also worked in the past for 18 months with a cycle training provider in London.

Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
I have been cycling all my life. I am a regular commuter cyclist (18 miles per day minimum) and my day job takes me all over London so I regularly explore much of the capital my bike. I don't get out with CTC groups as much as I would like as I have a young family (4 year old and 2 year old). Family touring is important and we managed to take the bike trailer to Whitstable and Devon this summer.


What contact have you had with local cycling groups e.g. Cyclists' Touring Club /London Cycling Campaign or other groups?
Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
For reasons associated with my disability, I very rarely cycle with groups, but do most of my cycling alone. I have done voluntary work for CTC (in the Campaigns Department at Guildford), London Cycling Campaign (in the office and as a ride marshal on Skyride events) and for Sustrans (helping to establish a new NCN route along the Paddington Canal and across Horsenden Hill). I have made some presentations to local groups abotu cycling for people with disabilities.

Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
I have good relations with British Cycling and Sustrans at a senior level. I try to attend to Southwark Cyclists meeting when I am available.

What are your views on the CTC being turn into a charity, and how the CTC handled the consultation process including provision of information the case for and against?

Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
I have had more involvement with governance changes in the Youth Hostels Association than in CTC and I do know that these can be very difficult to manage because they are complex and wrapped in legal language. Many people feel threatened that the new structure will exclude them from any input in future. The purpose of a good governance document is to make it easy for the organisation to achieve its objects efficiently and effectively, to keep within the law and to ensure that there is a sustainable renewal of trustees or directors over time. My experience is that the more straightforward and transparent the governance structure is, the easier it is likely to be to meet these criteria, but the effectiveness of a governance structure must be judged on functional criteria, not an an a priori assumption that one structure or another is more suitable. As for the proces within CTC, I would say that change management is always difficult and could ususally have been done better in hindsight than was achieved in practice at the time. In my view CTC avoided errors that caught out YHA and achieved its result in considerably less time. The issue now is to prove hiow the governance structure works in practice.

Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
I have very limited experience in the above point. I work and have worked for membership organisations who also have considerable business interests so I am aware of the tension between constitution, structure and contractual commitments. I would concur with Roger - the key is finding a structure that can take cycling forward to the benefit of those involved.

What experience do you have in:
• policy formulation?

Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
I have been involved in policy formulation as a trustee or director and as senior or more junior staff in many jobs over many years.

Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
I am trustee of another national charity and chair of a smaller charity. I am a company director of two other companies.

• setting budgets?
Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
I have in various jobs been required to set budgets, track expenditure against budget and manage cash flow, either monthly or annually. Where I had budgetary control, I was usually successful in bringing the final result below the initial budget forecast.
Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
See above - I oversee budgets as part of the above roles and manage a budget for my own organisation
• scrutinizing budgets?
Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
I can read and understand financial documents and see the implications of what is implicit within them. I can create my own spreadsheets for 'what-if'' modelling.
Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
See above
• resource allocation etc?
Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
Policy and budget setting is all about resource allocation.
Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
See above.
Do you understand management accounts?

Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
My first degree included study of farm management and I also did a post-graduate diploma in finance studies which covered management accounts. The most important difference betwen management and financial accounts is that management accounts sacrifice accuracy in detail in order to present a broad picture while there is still time to make any necessary changes based upon the patterns appearing.

Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
Yes!

What are your views on compulsory helmet use?
Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
I support the CTC policy that there should be no compulison and individuals should be able to make an informed choice (because I think that is the right policy, not because it is the CTC policy). I worry that many cyclists do not realise the relatively low impact speeds at which helmets are effective and to that extent they are not making a properly informed choice.

Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
I support the CTC policy. However, I do ride with a helmet and encourages others to do so. I don't believe simply wearing a helmet makes people ride more agreessively than not - I think life's a little bit more complicated than that!

Should the CTC move away from the involvement of the local group/volunteers on the running /setting the agenda in the CTC and too become more professional or the local group/volunteers too valuable to looses , and they should be encourage and developed to maximise their potential ?

Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
I am not sure that I fully understand the intention of the question. It would be very rash and irresponsible for CTC to discard the large amount of voluntary effort and expertise of its members. It would be impossible to replace with professional staff, on cost grounds; nor would professional staff carry the same credibility as a national network of voluntary members. I have watched YHA trying to hand everything over to professional staff and now rowing back to re-emphasise the importance of volunteers. I don't expect CTC will make the same mistake.

Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
I think the question is how can we grow cycling! We grow cycling by inspiring people to get involved. People will get involved at all different levels - some will just cycle to work, others will cycle as a group, others will lead rides, others will work on transport infrastructure, some will train others.... We need to have a culture that includes and involves and maximises the experience that people are prepared to give.

Any other thoughts on the CTC and cycling in London?
Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
• The cycle hire scheme and the cycle superhighways, while not perfect have been important channels for increasing cycling in London, although the increase might have happened anyway.
• The lesson of the last few years seems to be that hard engineering of segregated routes and other cycle facilities has only a limited value in promoting cycling and quite a low cost/benefit ratio.
• The greater numbers of women and older people cycling, and more impact in minority communities, are important elements in increasing cycling in the capital. This is reflected in and draws strength from more emphasis on fashionable and everyday clothing for cyclists (including tongue-in-cheek things like Tweed runs). Cycling with be mainstream when cyclists don't all lok like streetmenders.
There is a notable increase at present in London in cycling for carrying children and for the school run. this needs to be encouraged as an important next step in cycle development

Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
I concur with Rogers points. I also think we need to find a way of all the cycling organisations in London - CTC, Sustrans, British Cycling, LCC etc... working together across a range of topics. I know this happens on a case by case basis but I would like to see or be aware of more structure.

CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS

Quote from: Roger Crosskey, CTC Councillor for London
CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT:
I have been an active commuting and touring cyclist for over 45 years, since spending a very wet week one Easter as a teenager on a CTC holiday. As well as being a CTC member and a Right to Ride campaigner, I am a member and volunteer for the London Cycling Campaign and I have worked in the past as a volunteer Ranger for Sustrans, helping to develop a new route through north-west London partly along the Grand Union Canal. This involved meetings with British Waterways, Park Royal Partnership and local Council Cycling Officers as well as practical work on the route and investigating the best alignment once the route left the canal. Since 2007 I have been getting great pleasure and satisfaction from the British Cycle Quest.

My training includes a B.Sc., a CNAA Diploma in Finance Studies (with a management accounting option) and a part-time course at LSE covering charitable governance. I have done other in service training on financial, IT, staff management and project management subjects over the years.

I have worked since 1975 as a manager or administrator in small charities in inner London, in several different areas of work: employment training, support for victims of crime, conflict resolution and disability services. In some of these jobs I had to develop new services, managing a small team of staff to do so. At present I work for Wheels for Wellbeing a charity in south London which runs cycling sessions for people with disabilities in Croydon and Lambeth and is developing a national information service on all aspects of cycling for people with disabilities. I will be taking the lead on developing a new database for this during autumn 2011, which will not be linked to any organisation so that it could be passed seamlessly to different agencies to manage depending on resources.

My voluntary work has included five years as Chair of Paddington CAB and similar periods in officer roles on the committees of a local community centre in Maida Vale, an arts centre in Whitechapel and the Paddington Farm Trust, which operates a bunkhouse and family holiday centre in Glastonbury, run by volunteers from London. I have spent twelve years working as a volunteer with the YHA, inspecting standards in hostels and commenting on policy. I am also on the committee of the Inclusive Cycling Forum, a CTC section for promoting cycling for people with disabilities.

The present is a very interesting time for UK cycling. After years of being largely ignored it is now being officially encouraged but also raises antagonism because of cyclists’ perceived bad behaviour. A resurgence of cycling is growing on the back of commuting in London and other towns and cities and leisure/sport activities such as mountain-biking. CTC has an important role in encouraging positive developments and continuing to challenge misunderstandings and potential safety threats to cyclists.

Quote from: Colin Brown, CTC Councillor for London
CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT:

1. I am a very experienced leader within the leisure industry with strong relationships across central government departments and with the 33 local authorities in the city. I have a well tuned political antennae having completed three parliamentary fellowships during the last four years which involves spending valuable time with members of both Houses.

2. I am an experienced trustee as chair of a small charity and board member for the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation – whose mission a nation of active women is clearly aligned to that of CTC.

3. I love the challenge of building relationships and creating items of value which has allowed me to unlock new markets and change behaviour http://www.bbc.co.uk/sportrelief/bigsplash/ http://www.swimmingoffers.org & http://www.splashpath.com

4. I am passionate about people and their relationship to the environment – I cycle daily and spend a large amount of time encouraging others to think before they move. Whether that is encouraging people to use skype to conduct meetings, supporting people when they are starting to cycle to work or volunteering with Southwark Cyclists.

5. I live in Greenwich but work in central London. My day job means that I cycle to leisure facilities in every Borough which has given me a real working ‘knowledge’ of the challenges and opportunities that cycling in London f

6. Working in a membership organisation (Amateur Swimming Association) I am very aware of the challenges of representing the views of active and passive members to take cycling forwards.

7. I have been a CTC member since 2005 and look forward to representing your views on Council.

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A belated attempt to promote CTC London via the modern means of communication

Much more to follow; please use this site to tell us about:

What do you want from the CTC in term of cycling conditions in Greater London ?

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Philip Benstead
Secretary
CTC London


Cyclists’ Touring Club - UK national cycling organisation regional voice.

CTC London

AIM:

Enabling all whose who wish to use a cycle for:

• Utility
• Transport
• Leisure

To be able to do so without hindrance.

BY:

• Provision Information
• Assisting in Campaigning
• Promotion of service
• Networking with stakeholders

WHO FOR:

• CTC Right to Ride Representative
• CTC Local Group Secretary
• CTC Local Group Officers
• CTC Affiliated Clubs
• Friend of Cycling in London