Cycling Promotion
FREE CYCLE TRAINING FOR ALL IS BACK
August 14, 2020 | Bruce Lynn
FREE Cycle Skills: Get tailored training at a level suited to your needs, or book a lesson for the family (with up to three participants)! Choose from Basic (off-road … Read More
Hostile Streets – new report from GLA Transport Committee
December 22, 2017 | Bruce Lynn
This month (December 2017) a new report lambasts TfL for not implementing the Mayor’s Healthy Streets agenda. It also proposed a serious look at Chris Boardman’s proposal to change the … Read More
Cycle to Work Day Sept 13th – Lots of Prizes!
September 8, 2017 | Bruce Lynn
Take the Bike Train and you can enter a national prize draw. Details at https://www.cycletoworkday.org/ In fact you do not even have to use the Bike Train – anyone pledging … Read More
Active travel to work really is good for your health and well-being
December 2, 2016 | Bruce Lynn
This post is directed at those thinking of starting commuting by bike. We have known for a long time that people who exercise are fitter and healthier than those who … Read More
Cycling and the OKRAAP
July 28, 2015 | Bruce Lynn
OKRAAP =Old Kent Road Area Action Plan
Southwark Cyclists were invited to make a short presentation at the latest Forum session on July 27th organised by Southwark Council as part … Read More
Urban Cycle Loan Scheme for Southwark
February 19, 2015 | Bruce Lynn
Southwark Council have approved and funded the Urban Cycle Loan Scheme for a year, starting in March 2015. This scheme has run previously in several boroughs including Lewisham (link here … Read More
Draft Cycling Strategy – Comments from Southwark Cyclists
February 13, 2015 | Bruce Lynn
Southwark Borough Council published its draft Cycling Strategy in November 2014 (see post here). Southwark Cyclists submitted 16 pages of comments! Below are some highlights. For the full document, click … Read More
Public Health Case for Cycling
November 28, 2014 | Bruce Lynn
The public health case for active travel (cycling and walking) is overwhelming. But is still not getting through to policy-makers. So when Southwark Cyclists were invited to prepare a paper … Read More
Southwark Council pledges money to extend Cycle Hire in the Borough
January 27, 2014 | SallyEva
The current Cycle Hire scheme stops just south of Elephant and Castle and there are no docking stations east of Tower Bridge Road on the south side of the river.