This page is for any information helping the empowerment of CANs (community agency networks) or community groups across the UK interested in Cycling activism and advocacy.
‘It’s unbelievable the difference a path has made’: how volunteers are building a cycle network a yard at a time, theguardian.com (May 16, 2024) - People want a shift in funding from driving to improving walking, cycling, and public transport, sustrans.org.uk (Mar 27, 2024) — 58% support more cycle paths protected from traffic even if this removes space for cars
- E-bikes are freewheeling through rain and over hills, with huge promise for sustainable transport in rural tourist areas, theconversation.com (Feb 06, 2024)
Events[edit | edit source]
Aug 03, 2023 (Thu) — Cycle to Work Day, cycletoworkday.org
- Mar 11 - 22, 2024 (Mon - Fri) — Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel
- Jun 10 - 16, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Bike Week
Networks[edit | edit source]
- Cycle Advocacy Network, cyclinguk.org, bringing together people with a shared interest in creating the conditions that enable more people to cycle, including better infrastructure for cycling and safer roads. added 18:11, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
- The Bike Project, community of refugees, cyclists, mechanics and volunteers. Registered charity in England and Wales with a simple mission to get refugees cycling! Video: The Bike Project on youtube.com, added 13:17, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Organisations working with communities[edit | edit source]
Greenway and Cycleroutes
- Greenway and Cycleroutes Limited, "charitable organisation formed in January 2016 to help local groups to develop walking and cycling routes for and run by the local community."
Life Cycle UK
- Life Cycle UK, charity based in Bristol but runs projects and services in other towns and cities across England
Sustrans
- Sustrans, charity to promote sustainable transport. The charity is working on projects to encourage people to walk, cycle, and use public transport, to give people the choice of "travelling in ways that benefit their health and the environment". Sustrans' flagship project is the National Cycle Network, which has created over 14,000 miles of signed cycle routes throughout the UK, although about 70% of the network is on previously existing, mostly minor roads where motor traffic will be encountered.
- As well as the National Cycle Network, Sustrans is working on Safe Routes to Schools, Safe Routes to Stations, Home Zones (liveable neighbourhoods), and Pont y Werin in Cardiff. Sustrans administers over 1500 volunteer Rangers who monitor over 60% of the National Cycle Network and contribute to the maintenance and promotion of the routes. Sustrans also works to promote cycling both for recreational and utility purposes, for example, by working with local authorities to organise cycling events, and by holding information and merchandise stalls at fairs and festivals. W
Resources[edit | edit source]
Video[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
CycleStreets, not-for-profit United Kingdom organisation that provides a free-to-use national cycle journey planner for the United Kingdom. The planner uses OpenStreetMap data for routing, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission for height data and official post code data. It was launched in March 2009 and by January 2010 had planned 100,000 journeys. As of August 2015 the site has planned over 45 million itineraries. It was 'Highly Commended' at the 2009 ACT Travelwise awards. It provides worldwide routing using OpenStreetMap data. W
Apps for sustainability[edit | edit source]
CycleStreets, currently (January 2011) in beta, UK-wide cycle journey planner system, which lets you plan routes from A to B by bike. Designed by cyclists, for cyclists, and caters for the needs of both confident and less confident cyclists. W
Other resources[edit | edit source]
- Why Cycle?, Impartial cycling advice
- How to do your shopping by bike, sustrans.org.uk
- Active Travel England - GOV.UK, added 08:09, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
Campaigns[edit | edit source]
Chris Boardman: Support British Cycling's Turning the Corner campaign, britishcycling.org.uk, added 11:03, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
Cities fit for cycling campaign, The Times
See also[edit | edit source]
- Topic overview: Cycling activism
- Road safety UK
- Sustainable transport UK
local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
External links
- Cycling demonstration towns W
- Cyclists' Touring Club, charitable membership organization supporting cyclists and promoting bicycle use; it is the largest such organisation in the UK. It works at a national and local level to lobby for cyclists' needs and wants, provides services to members, and organises local groups for local activism and those interested in recreational cycling. W
