London Cycling Whatever
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Boris Johnson interview in the Times.
Third paragraph from the end. He's getting his own back.
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A4 Safety Improvements
Saturday, 14 March 2009
Details here.
The petition about safety on the A4 has had an effect.
Thanks to all who signed the petition.
Posted byRichmond Cycling Campaign at 12:09 0 comments
LCN+ CRISP datasheets online
Friday, 6 February 2009
All the datasheets for the Richmond LCN+ routes are now online here.
You can download them all in one go here = PDF 33MB
These are the suggestions each CRISP came up with for the routes. The LCN+ in Richmond can be seen here. All these suggestions rely on feasibility studies before they get the go ahead.
RCC is waiting for LBRuT to provide us with a list of completed LCN+ routes.
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Cycling Infrastructure and Design Standards
The DfT has recently releases it's Cycling Infrastructure and Design (CID) guidance.
It can be found here = PDF 3.5MB
You can also find the London Cycle Design Standard (LCDS) here = list of PDFs
As previously posted, you can find the mayor's transport document, Way to Go here.
You can find the responses to this document at the links below:
London Cycling Campaign response
Sustrans response
Living Streets response
Lib Dems response
Transport Committee response
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Rides For Everyone
The Rides for Everyone up to May are now listed on the LBRuT web site here.
So along with our rides blog and the LCC rides web page, you can see when and where our Rides For Everyone take place.
Look at the rides blog to see some pics of recent rides.
Here are some from the Box Hill ride...
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Cycle Training Courses in Richmond
This year's cycle training courses are now taking bookings.
You can see more details here.
There are holiday courses for children - these are great fun and are better than the usual school courses as it's generally more relaxed with a great mix of children.
There are also courses for adults. These fall into 3 categories:
Level 1 - wobblers and non riders = 2 x 90min sessions
Level 2 - Ready to ride = 4 x 90min sessions
Level 3 - Advanced road riding = 1 x 120min session
All courses start at 18:30 and cost £15. They will start from or take place at:
Richmond Adult Community College,
Clifden Road,
Twickenham
TW1 4LT
Go to the relevant page to get a downloadable form or contact the safety education team on 020 8487 5131 or email them - safety-education@richmond.gov.uk
Posted byRichmond Cycling Campaign at 15:26 0 comments
Mayor's Question Time - Cycling Answers Jan 09
Details are here...
Mayor's Cycling Questions - January 2009
The first questions relate to the fataility on the A4. The questions are relevant for Richmond because the A316 is similar - it has lots of side roads and entrances where cars have priority.
There are also questions on cycle parking, the cycle hire scheme and cyclists and lorries.
More questions and answers are here.
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It's Snow Bike
Monday, 2 February 2009
Thanks and copyright to Mandy at Feltbug
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A Safer A4 for Everyone
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Before Christmas, there was a fatality on the A4 in Brentford. More details are here.
Mike Fletcher was riding on the cycle path and as you can see from the link above, he was no novice. Ironically, he campaigned to make the route safer for other cyclists.
It seems only right that we do what we can to continue his work. Please go to the site below and sign the petition.
Petition to Make the A4 Safer For Everyone
Thanks
Posted byRichmond Cycling Campaign at 11:08 2 comments
LCN+ in Richmond
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
As reported earlier, the funding for the LCN+ from TfL has been reduced. We are now seeing the results of this in LBRuT forward plan, detailed here...
LBRuT Forward Plan
If you look at the Transport Consultative Group forward plan December 08 to March 09 and scroll to the bottom of the list, you will see that there are proposals to abandon the development of LCN+ routes 172-175 because they are in the feasibility stage. Here are some google maps detailing all the LCN+ routes in Richmond...
Complete LCN+ in Richmond
LCN+ funding not forthcoming this year
LCN+ schemes that get funding this year
You can also get pdf maps from the LCN+ site here.
Once you have removed the LCN+ that TfL is responsible for (the A316 and A205 south circular), LBRuT is spending it's money on the 167 which runs from Kingston bridge to Hampton, the 168 from Hammersmith bridge to Hampton (note that much of this route is goes along the NCN4 and through Richmond Park, so is already up to standard. Essentially, the problems on this link are Barnes Common and Teddington town centre), 169 which spurs off the A316 and goes along the A205 until it becomes the South Circular at Clifford Avenue and 170 which runs from Kew bridge to the border with Kingston on Richmond Road (not including Richmond Circus - which is a TfL junction).
LATEST
It appears that these schemes are not to be abandoned but have not progressed far enough through CRISP process to be put forward for funding this year. They are still at the feasibility stages. The intention is to move them forward next financial year. Not all of the routes that remain will have work done on them, RCC has asked for a list of schemes that will get funding for this year.
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