West Berkshire Council (WBC) eCargo Bikes for Local Businesses New eCargo bikes are being offered to local businesses in West Berkshire to try out as part of a new environment scheme. This has been made possible from a successful bid that was submitted to the Department for Transport for funding via the Energy Savings Trust. […]
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The West Berks Cycle Forum met on 18 January. Extension/s to the Eling Way The extensions are viewed as being part of the Newbury–Didcot link connecting large villages in West Berkshire. WBC sees a real opportunity to build on the momentum that the completion of the initial section of route has generated, coupled with the […]
Continue ReadingOpening of Newbury Station Cycle Hub The second Cycle Hub on the north/town side of Newbury Station, between the new car park and the western end of Platform 2, was opened on 7 October, providing 176 spaces. This complements the larger hub (with its total of 230 cycle spaces, comprising 180 spaces under cover and […]
Continue ReadingThe next cycle forum meeting is scheduled for 21 September. There has been an allocation from the Active Travel Capability Fund for West Berkshire of £88,127, but nothing officially has been said about what it will be spent on. Rob Hill WBC Campaigner for RCC
Continue ReadingNewbury Station Train operator Great Western Railway has opened a new bicycle hub at Newbury station for 230 bikes, with capacity for another 100 by the end of the year. The £1.2m facilities, funded with the support of the Department for Transport and Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, will increase bicycle parking at the […]
Continue ReadingWest Berkshire Cycle Forum I attended my first West Berkshire Cycle Forum in October and I hope to raise the profile of the eastern part of WBC that makes up the western fringe of greater Reading. A large part of the meeting was taken up with discussion of the Emergency Active Travel Fund scheme that […]
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