Thursday 2nd May 2024 sees elections for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Police. This role oversees police priorities, budgets and communications to the public. Because policing is so important to our streets and travel, each of the five candidates have been asked four questions to help your voting decision. We show their […]
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The Spring 2024 RCC newsletter pdf is now downloadable from the Newsletters page, or you can also click on each article to read them separately. In this issue we talk about: First RCC Bike Register EventRBC Spring 2024 ReportWBC Spring 2024 ReportWoBC Spring 2024 ReportChairman’s Letter Spring 2024Kidical Mass Spring 2024 ReportReading Transport StrategyDee Caf […]
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Our first Bike Register event was a great success! We had a steady stream of ‘customers’ interested in registering their bikes and issued around 80 Bike Register Membership Plus Kits. It was great to chat to our many members (and old friends) who came along, plus the opportunity to meet more Reading cyclists. We saw […]
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Cycle Forum The Cycle Forum meeting was held on 29 February and RCC tabled a number of issues we hope to get some answers and actions on. Oxford Road and London Road Bus Lanes These two schemes were approved by Council, but unfortunately RCC were not consulted. Both schemes would remove the possibility of some […]
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There was a West Berkshire Cycle Forum on Wednesday 20 December 2023, the next Forum will be on Wednesday 13 March and a report of that meeting will appear in the next newsletter. Most of the Forum’s focus is on schemes in Newbury and Thatcham. If there are any matters about cycling or active travel […]
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Tanhouse Bridge The work to replace the two pedestrian footbridges over the railway lines in Wokingham town centre (Carnival Hub area linking to Ormonde Road) with one bridge started just after Christmas and is due to be completed in late February. Sadly, the initial build will be with steps as opposed to ramps. However, the […]
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Dear RCC members Sometimes when you sit down to write a piece, you have to scratch your head and search for a topic to discuss. At other times, events overtake you and the piece starts to write itself. This is one of those times. A few days ago, just before midnight a young man was […]
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A Kidical-Christ-Mass Ride Our kids had been looking forward to the Kidical Mass Christmas ride for months. We were worried when we woke up on the day to find the weather forecast had changed overnight to heavy rain and freezing temperatures. We discussed how best to weather-proof an outdoor bike ride for an unknown number […]
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We have recently spent a lot of time considering the Reading Transport Strategy. But given it’s a very long document (180 pages with around 10 appendices), it’s quite a daunting read for all but the most determined. So we’ve put together a brief summary of the document and the process, as well as the RCC […]
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Thank you to Tina from the Dee Caf Community Café in Spey Road, Tilehurst, who tells us about her cargo bike. 1. Why did you get a cargo bike for the café when you aren’t a regular cyclist? Because every time I used the car to get to work, I felt guilty. I go past three […]
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