Since the Spring report there have been Cycle Forum (29 February 2024) and CAST (3 April 2024) meetings to report. The next Cycle Forum meeting is on 3 September 2024 and the next CAST meeting on 2 July 2024. Shinfield Road Active Travel Scheme Tranche 2 Site works are still in progress, but have been […]
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There has been little new development regarding cycling in the eastern area of West Berkshire in recent months. The last West Berks Cycle Forum was on Wednesday 19 May. We will report on the outcome in the next newsletter. PAWS (Pangbourne & Whitchurch Sustainability) has been in contact with WBC and Cllr Janine Lewis, the […]
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Dear RCC members I have just come back from two weeks in France where we rather ambitiously combined walking in Provence with visiting friends near Bordeaux. This occasioned rather more miles in the car than I perhaps needed. However, it did give me the chance to see much of, dare I say, ordinary everyday France […]
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We often talk about how we can get from A to B on our bikes safely and conveniently, but we don’t talk enough about where we put them when we get there. Fear of theft is one of the key deterrents putting off would-be cyclists, and this is no surprise. We can all name several […]
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Safer Streets Now! On 20 April Kidical Mass Reading held a ride in collaboration with Safer Streets Now, an action group who want to see our streets made safe, ideally now. We were delighted to have representation at the ride from Reading Cycle Campaign and three different political parties. Labour Cllr John Ennis, (who is […]
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With a few weeks to go, April’s Wokingham Kidical Mass looked like it might not happen… The April ride was planned to coincide with the national Safer Streets Now (SSN) action day on 20 April. This gave us the benefit of cycling in support of two great causes (Kidical Mass and SSN), but meant we […]
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Kat Heath interviewed Rodrigo Perez Vega about his involvement in Wilson School’s School Streets: Why do you marshal for the school streets? I received an email from Wilson Primary School, asking for volunteers to take part in the School Street initiative. My son goes to this school, and I have witnessed the benefits of having […]
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Rob Hill contacted Cheryl Evans from WBC and Joe Lally from Calcot Schools about how the School Streets initiative had made a difference to child safety. WBC gave their own report on how it has worked: Positive Impact of the School Streets Initiative at Calcot Introduction and Implementation The School Streets initiative at Calcot Infant […]
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Joe Edwards observed what happens in the environment of a School Streets initiative on Crescent Road in Reading. Carol Richards pulls the heavy metal no-entry sign to the middle of the road and places a traffic cone on either side. It’s now 2.45pm on a Thursday afternoon and another session of marshalling the Crescent Road […]
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We were contacted by WSP, acting as consultants to National Highways, who are looking into the use of the existing walking, cycling and horse-riding facilities in the vicinity of the A329 Three Tuns Crossroads which is located in Earley which is to the east of central Reading. As part of this WSP are undertaking a […]
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