Campaign to improve cycling infrastructure and uptake in Ely, Cambridgeshire
There is now an Ely branch of the national 20’s plenty campaign.
They are aiming to get a 20mph speed limit for the whole of Ely, without traffic calming.
This will they say give a 95% reduction in risk to walkers and cyclists, increase walking and cycling, reduce pollution, reduce noise, reduce fear and give a better quality of life.
If you think this is a good idea please sign the on-line petition or join the web site to have your say: www.ely.20splentyforus.org.uk
Meeting organised by Patrick Joyce the County Council’s Cycling Officer to discuss cycling issues in and around Ely. There were presentations and updates from Greater Anglia, Travel for Work Partnership, Sustrans, Bike It, Ely Cycling Campaign and the County Council’s Road Safety Engineering Team.
Continue reading “Ely Cycle Forum, 10th July at the Cutter Inn”
This Ely City Centre Forum is a group of representatives of all groups and sectors with an interest in the effective management of Ely City Centre. It has come out of the recommendations in the Portas Review (see here)
The meeting was the first for the ‘Town Team’ mentioned in these recommendations.
Greater Anglia have been really brilliant and put up a big poster publicising the campaign for us.
Did you see it?
Well if you did and have ended up here, welcome. If you want to know more about the campaign there are more details here. We have 4 campaign projects, one being a dedicated cycle route from the top of Back Hill all the way to the station.
If you want to meet us and to find out about other cycling issues around Ely we’ll be at the Ely Cycle Forum meeting on the 10th of July at the Cutter.
If you want to join us and get involved then come along to our next monthly meeting on the 17th of July in the The Lamb.
As part of the Cambridgeshire Competes project, Ely Museum is running an exhibition on cycling from 16th June – 19th August (Mon-Sat 10.30 – 5.00 Sun 1.00 – 5.00)
Cambridgeshire Competes is a project linking museums and sports centres across
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough http://www.cambridgeshirecompetes.org.uk/
On Saturday 7th July 11.00 – 4.00 there is a family friendly open event at the
museum – FREE!
http://www.cambridgeshirecompetes.org.uk/venues/ely-museum/events-activities/
Cambridgeshire Competes is an Inspired by London 2012 project.
The Ely Cycling Campaign is organising a family bike ride around Ely on 15 July 2012. This will be a leisurely ride around Ely for adults and children with many playground stops and a picnic (bring your own) in Ely Country Park (Pocket Park) by the river.
After a really positive meeting with ECDC Community Safety Officer Nick Ball earlier this week we’ve posted on ShapeYourPlace regarding improved signage on the Back Hill / Broad Street junction.
As part of our project to improve cycle orientated signage across Ely we want to make motorists more aware of cyclists as they turn into and out of Broad Street.
Nick has suggested some possible designs but would like more input.
You can leave your input on ShapeYourPlace here.
Our project page is here.
Nick said he is prepared to be advised by our campaign and as a cycling commuter himself is keen to get suitable signage at the Broad Street / Back Hill junction. He will need to talk to the county council about signage, but he is optimistic that we will will be successful in getting this. We hope you’ll all support the proposal on ShapeYourPlace here.
Patrick Joyce, the County Cycling Officer, is organising a second meeting of the Ely Cycle Forum for 10th July at 7:15 pm in the Captains Lounge of the Cutter Inn
We’ll be there to explain who we are and what we’re trying to do.
Have your say on whether a 20mph city-wide speed limit would be a good idea for Ely in this Shape Your Place poll
We think it would make Ely a more pleasant place to live, make the roads safer for vulnerable groups and encourage more people to cycle, so we’re all in favour.
What do you think?
Yesterday were the district council meetings to discuss the £500k of Sainsbury’s S106 money, it was all quite positive from our point of view.
The afternoon session started with some interesting statistics in the opening presentation:
Continue reading “Ely Traffic and Environment Study Stakeholder Workshops”
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