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Cycling UK Strategy
Re: Cycling UK Strategy
The June /July 2024 edition of the magazine has several pages on the new strategy.
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- Philip Benstead
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Re: Cycling UK Strategy
What did anybody think of the CTC Gearing up for Change: exclusive members' webinar?
Philip Benstead | Life Member Former CTC Councillor/Trustee
Organizing events and representing cyclists' in southeast since 1988
Bikeability Instructor/Mechanic
Organizing events and representing cyclists' in southeast since 1988
Bikeability Instructor/Mechanic
Re: Cycling UK Strategy
When the Cycle magazine arrived, I read the new Cycling UK Strategy, and I felt disappointed. So, I thought about what I would put in it, and what a surprise when I settled on a very similar set of items. So maybe it is all in how you word it, I didn’t want to read 4 pages as the strategy, I needed if brief and precise. So here are my thoughts:
I feel that the primary purpose of Cycling UK should be to get as many people cycling as possible. I suggest the 3 themes to achieve this are:
1. Safety.
2. Public perception of cycling.
3. Accessibility to cycling infrastructure.
On safety I would put segregated cycling infrastructure, vision zero road deaths, road safety laws and penalties. We need our roads to not be used as race tracks.
Public perception is about how cyclists are portrayed in the media, and currently we are not in a good place. We need cycling to be presented as “cool” to encourage the next generation.
On accessibility I would put all the barriers to cycling. Gates, poor road surfaces, mud, parking, waiting ages for a green light, crossing roads. We need everyone to have easy access to good cycling infrastructure close to their homes.
I feel that the primary purpose of Cycling UK should be to get as many people cycling as possible. I suggest the 3 themes to achieve this are:
1. Safety.
2. Public perception of cycling.
3. Accessibility to cycling infrastructure.
On safety I would put segregated cycling infrastructure, vision zero road deaths, road safety laws and penalties. We need our roads to not be used as race tracks.
Public perception is about how cyclists are portrayed in the media, and currently we are not in a good place. We need cycling to be presented as “cool” to encourage the next generation.
On accessibility I would put all the barriers to cycling. Gates, poor road surfaces, mud, parking, waiting ages for a green light, crossing roads. We need everyone to have easy access to good cycling infrastructure close to their homes.
- Philip Benstead
- Posts: 2134
- Joined: 13 Jan 2007, 7:06pm
- Location: Victoria , London
Re: Cycling UK Strategy
Good afternoon,
We hope this message finds you well.
We wanted to extend our heartfelt thanks for attending our ‘Gearing up for Change’ webinar last week. Your participation made the event a great success, and we appreciate your engagement and support.
For those who were unable to join us live, we invite you to watch the webinar recording here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQg0Yj3gaqM
We believe you'll find the information valuable and insightful.
Additionally, we would love to hear your thoughts on the webinar. If we could ask you to take a moment to fill out our short survey here.
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Your feedback is crucial in helping us improve future events similar to this.
We also wanted to remind you of the upcoming AGM on the 27th of September. We encourage all members to vote on the upcoming motions. Ballot papers and voting information will be issued in the August/September issue of the Cycle magazine. Please click here for more information about the upcoming AGM, with further updates being published soon.
Thank you once again for supporting us at this exciting time. We look forward to meeting you at our future events!
Best regards,
Cycling UK
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We hope this message finds you well.
We wanted to extend our heartfelt thanks for attending our ‘Gearing up for Change’ webinar last week. Your participation made the event a great success, and we appreciate your engagement and support.
For those who were unable to join us live, we invite you to watch the webinar recording here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQg0Yj3gaqM
We believe you'll find the information valuable and insightful.
Additionally, we would love to hear your thoughts on the webinar. If we could ask you to take a moment to fill out our short survey here.
https://forms.office.com/pages/response ... ZIMFE2OC4u
Your feedback is crucial in helping us improve future events similar to this.
We also wanted to remind you of the upcoming AGM on the 27th of September. We encourage all members to vote on the upcoming motions. Ballot papers and voting information will be issued in the August/September issue of the Cycle magazine. Please click here for more information about the upcoming AGM, with further updates being published soon.
Thank you once again for supporting us at this exciting time. We look forward to meeting you at our future events!
Best regards,
Cycling UK
To join or support us visit cyclinguk.org; phone 01483 238301/01483 238300; email cycling@cyclinguk.org
This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee and is strictly confidential. If you are not the intended addressee, please do not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on it or any attachments. Instead please notify us immediately, e-mail it back to the sender and delete the message from your computer. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free. Cycling UK does not accept liability for changes made to this e-mail (and any attachments) after it was sent or for viruses arising as a result of this e-mail transmission. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are personal to the author and do not necessarily represent those of Cycling UK. Please consider the environment and do not print this email unless necessary.
Cycling UK is a trading name of Cyclists’ Touring Club (CTC) a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 25185.
Registered as a charity in England and Wales charity no: 1147607 and in Scotland charity no: sco42541.
Registered office: Cycling UK, Parklands, Railton Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 9JX.
Cycling UK Privacy Policy
Philip Benstead | Life Member Former CTC Councillor/Trustee
Organizing events and representing cyclists' in southeast since 1988
Bikeability Instructor/Mechanic
Organizing events and representing cyclists' in southeast since 1988
Bikeability Instructor/Mechanic