Get Britain Cycling report and petition
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Please sign the e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website asking for David Cameron to commit to the Get Britain Cycling report's recommendations:
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49196
The "Get Britain Cycling" report has been published today. The summary of the recommendations is available here (PDF):
http://www.ctc.org.uk/sites/default/fil ... ycling.pdf
The headline recommendations from the report are:
There's also a nice article by Chris Boardman in the Times today
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49196
The "Get Britain Cycling" report has been published today. The summary of the recommendations is available here (PDF):
http://www.ctc.org.uk/sites/default/fil ... ycling.pdf
The headline recommendations from the report are:
- aim for 10% of trips by bike by 2025 and 25% by 2050, and
- £10 per person, per year in funding for cycling
There's also a nice article by Chris Boardman in the Times today
Chris Boardman wrote:The way we travel now is killing us. We're the fattest people in Western Europe
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Thanks for posting this. I've signed, and posted on Facebook to encourage others to do so. No doubt I'll get loads of grief from FB 'friends' about 'bloody cyclists' jumping red lights etc...0
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Mine know better than to get me startedExtralight wrote:Thanks for posting this. I've signed, and posted on Facebook to encourage others to do so. No doubt I'll get loads of grief from FB 'friends' about 'bloody cyclists' jumping red lights etc...
The report was mentioned at PMQs today and Cameron made some vague but positive noises about it without actually committing to anything.0 -
Good infographic here with all 18 recommendations
https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/327 ... 58/photo/10 -
Signed,
You may want to post it on Commuting Chat, alot more traffic on there."If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
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