RBC Summer 2020 Report
In May, in response to the Covid-19 crisis, the Secretary of State for Transport stated that the government expects local authorities to make significant changes to their road layouts to […]
Continue ReadingWoBC Summer Report 2020
Having just landed the position of RCC representative for Wokingham Borough Council, I am still finding my way and hence this report will be shorter than people may have come […]
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The Chair and the AGM In normal times we hold our Annual General Meeting in June and elect (or nominate) the committee for the next 12 months. Of course these […]
Continue ReadingTransport Strategy Consultation
Reading Borough Council is consulting on its draft Transport Strategy to 2036. Lead Councillor for Transport Tony Page says: “This is Reading’s most important and most ambitious Local Transport Plan […]
Continue ReadingMarch 2020 Newsletter
The March 2020 RCC newsletter pdf is now downloadable from the Newsletters page, or you can click on each article to read them separately. In this issue we talk about: […]
Continue ReadingReading’s Biggest Ever Road Repair Programme
At the end of 2019 residents were given the opportunity to participate in a consultation on Reading Borough Council’s 2020/21 budget. In the introduction to the consultation RBC’s Labour Leader […]
Continue ReadingChristchurch Bridge To Get Hairpin Bends?
Berkeley Homes has now submitted its planning application for blocks of flats on Vastern Road. Importantly for cyclists this development includes for a new link from the cycle/pedestrian bridge over […]
Continue ReadingWokingham Road – New Cycle Lanes
RBC has recently repainted the cycle lanes along Wokingham Road. This was done as part of the works to create National Cycle Route 422, which runs between Newbury and Windsor […]
Continue ReadingCycling Challenge for Scientists’ Tribute
Why not take on your next cycling challenge!! A recent Sports England Active Lives survey showed that 6.3 million adults cycle for leisure and sport, which unsurprisingly resonates with the […]
Continue ReadingCyclists At Roadworks, New TfL Guidance
Guidance for Local Authorities and their contractors has been limited to the Highways Agency Traffic Advisory Leaflet (TAL) 15/99 Cyclists at Roadworks, produced in 1999. Transport for London has now […]
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