Chairman’s Letter Winter 2024/25
Dear RCC members Writing this at the start of November, I can already say “what a year it has been”. We have a new Government in Westminster who, if not […]
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A Low Traffic Future for Reading?
Are we happy for motor traffic to increase by 54% in England and Wales over the next 35 years? Motor traffic on Britain’s roads doubled between 1980 and 2019, and […]
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Cycling as a Mum
I’ve always cycled, I started at age four and never really stopped. It gave me freedom from the overcrowded tube at rush hour, it allowed me to move to South […]
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Charlotte’s Tandems
Giving children and adults with disabilities the freedom of cycling Charlotte’s Tandems loans out tandems, tag-a-long bikes, recumbent tandems and wheelchair tandems for free to people with disabilities or additional […]
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A New Cycleway Out of Reading Being Planned
Plus Easy Ways You Can Help The Purpose To connect the communities of Emmer Green and Sonning Common via a safe, non-athletic bike route, a “Greenway” appealing equally to pedestrians […]
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Learning Cycling Skills and Confidence
Whatever your age! For the last two years Avanti Cycling has been running weekly FREE Cycle sessions for adults across Reading using various fundraising grants and some support from RBC. […]
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New Research: Pedestrians and cyclists spend more when shopping
A new report shows the correlation between walkable places and thriving businesses. Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking, recently launched its updated Pedestrian Pound report. The research shows […]
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Consultation: Norman Place Reading Redevelopment
Norman Place, a former office building in Reading, is being redeveloped into a riverside apartment block called Waterfront Place. Norman Place is located off Vastern Road, north of Reading train […]
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RCC Newsletter Autumn 2024
The Autumn 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: RCC […]
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RBC Autumn 2024 Report
Very little seems to have happened in Reading since my last report, or even throughout the previous year! Shinfield Road Active Travel Scheme Tranche 2 Site works have stopped, awaiting […]
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