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In the Regions
Recently it has……
LONDON
- Obtained more bike bays in Camden, Islington and Westminster.
- Written 27 responses to London Local Transport Plans.
- Taken part in over 300 Local Transport Plan consultations
NORTHERN IRELAND
- Got motorcycle access to all bus lanes.
EAST ANGLIA
- Sponsored 152 "Think Bike" signs in Norfolk and Suffolk.
SCOTLAND
- Written the Scottish Motorcycle Strategy.
MIDLANDS
- New bike park in Stratford upon Avon.
- Started a motorcycle forum in Derby.
- Free Secure parking around Leicester.
- Secure parking in Hinckley.
- 3 year bus lane access trial in Derby. Update 22 May 06 - converted to permanent.
- Attend motorcycle forums in Sandwell & West Midlands.
- Got provisos for motorcycle parking in the Leicestershire Transport Plan.
AND MUCH MORE
Nationally
- Has over 150 Reps working to protect and promote rider's rights
- Supported the KillSpills campaign now in its 3rd year.
- Helped overturn the Farming Single Payment Scheme rules against motorsport.
- Demonstrated in Brussels against the 3rd Driving Licence Directive.
- Sponsored Road Engineering Guidelines for safer roads for you.
- Contributed to the Government's Motorcycling Strategy.
- Got motorcycle access to High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes.
- Stopped the ban on child pillion passengers.
- Created Report-A-Road webpages to help get better roads.
AND MUCH MORE
And Did You Know?
A few notes on things about biking in the Midlands that you may not have known before - got anything you think should be on here? let us know!
- Did you know that the two bus lane trials in Derby (Nottingham Road and Uttoxeter Road) are about to be extended to a full three year trial? Other new bus lanes in the City will be considered for bike usage.
- There is now motorcycle parking in Allenton in Derby in the new parking area outside Bestwicks - complete with ground anchors - another one will appear soon when the new parking outside the TSB opens.
- You can now use you're bike in bus lanes in Sheffield (yes, I know, not strictly Region 3 but a lot of R3 members travel to Sheffield)
And Finally...... Up the Junction
The Swedes have Vision Zero - the aim of which is, by engineering, vehicle construction and traffic separation, to get to a position where there are zero deaths on the road - achieved through total control of road users and their environment.
If that's not for you, then maybe this is the kind of traffic management you would be more at home with - from an unspecified country in the far east, probably Thailand, a new version of "Up
the Junction" - click on the icon to view. | |
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