Since the last Campaign News in the spring there has been a Cycle Forum meeting and a Traffic Management Sub Committee. The Cycle Forum on 27 February was attended by RCC committee members and representatives from other cycling organisations. The RCC did not attend the March TMSC meeting, which had little opportunity for useful intervention. […]
Continue ReadingSince the last Campaign News in December and the time of writing (mid February) there have been no meetings to report on or major issues that have cropped up. The Cycle Forum was on 27 February at the Council Offices, and feedback from this will be reported in the next newsletter. We discussed what to […]
Continue ReadingDear RCC members, Right. I am going to start jumping red lights when riding my bike*. I have patiently sat at traffic lights waiting for them to turn green for many years. It wasn’t always so, as a younger man I certainly used to jump them, but not at the moment though. I now enjoy […]
Continue ReadingDear RCC members, I hate cyclists on the pavement. I hate them on the towpath and I hate them in pedestrianised areas. There. I’ve said it. I don’t hate the people forced to ride their bikes there, I hate the fact that this is where cyclists have to ride for their own safety or comfort. […]
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The proposal to make the Thames Path an official cycle track was approved by Reading Council’s Traffic Management Sub-committee in June. Although there were objections, John Lee from RCC spoke in favour and none of the Councillors on the committee opposed the plan, no doubt swayed by the large majority of respondents to the consultation […]
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Last December we welcomed the removal of the ‘Horseshoe Taxi Rank’ by the southeast approach to the station forecourt, which allowed cyclists to reach the station forecourt without being forced to weave between arriving and departing taxis. After the removal the taxi drivers protested, the Council duly listened, and since July the taxis have been […]
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