"Everytime I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." H. G. Wells / Inspiring Quotes

Contents 1 Action Ideas 2 Campaigns UK 3 Diary UK 4 Resources 5 Random facts 6 Related 7 Comments

Action Ideas Edit

• Cycle maps
• Cycle days or events
• Dr Bike days
• Getting cycle lanes created
• Adequate places for cyclists to lock their bikes
• Quiet Lanes
• Tax-free bike buying 'Cycle to Work' schemes
• Bicycle trailers, etc. eg to help with Growing and gardening
• community-run bicycle workshop, see for example Tumeke Cycle Space in Auckland, New Zealand

Campaigns UK Edit

• Cities fit for cycling campaign, The Times

Diary UK Edit

• 18 June 2007 e-petition - to "Listen to cyclists and not approve the revised highway code." Deadline to sign up by: 18 June 2007

Resources Edit

• How to prevent your bike from getting piranha’d londoncyclist.co.uk, 09. Sep, 2010
• Get cycling / Avoid theft, info from Transport for London

Random facts Edit

• In 2006-07, spending on cycling in England amounted to a tiny 0.3% of the overall transport budget and in Wales the figure was just 0.4%. Source: Campaign for Better Transport, April 28 2008

• Transport for London has installed 10,000 cycling parking spaces across the capital in the past two years, August 9 2007. Source: GLA

• The number of cyclists on London’s major roads has increased by 72 per cent since 2000. Source: Mayor of London, 4-9-2006, Research for Transport for London / London

Related Edit

SCA Critical Mass Cycling England Bike Week Road Safety Green New Year resolutions	Wikipedia Utility cycling W Ghost bike W	Wikisphere Cycling Wikia - sample articles : Utility Cycling Multi Modal Campaigns Wikia WikiNode - sample article: Cycling - includes debates on the pros and cons of cycle paths and the use of helmets. Information on Critical Mass bicycle rides in United Kingdom at Critical Mass Wikia

Wanted pages and external links

• Cycling Embassy of Great Britain
• 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.
• Bicycology
• Cycling England
• Cycling Scotland
• Why Cycle
• Everything you wanted to know about cycling but were afraid to ask
• Sustrans
• Cyclists' Touring Club ^W, Cyclists Touring Club
• Life Cycle UK
• Cycling information from the Department for Transport
• Tax-free bike buying 'Cycle to Work' schemes