On the day that the Tour de France cycling sport racers come to southern England, the government announce even more money to support the country’s car culture. Over £2 billion is going to be spent in 39 ‘local growth deals‘ including £118 million in towns like Basingstoke along the M3 corridor (aka ‘Enterprise M3‘) for example: Basingstoke North Corridor…
Category: Campaigning
Critiques, Get Britain Cycling, Government
Please, sir, I want some more road danger reduction
by AndrewRH • • 3 Comments
The well known line from starving Oliver Twist, “Please, sir, I want some more” came to mind as I fired off yet another email to the elected councillors and council employees responsible for the design of the cycleway along Weyhill Road in Andover. The council state (my emphasis added): “The proposed scheme will implement a range of improvements…
Critiques, Get Britain Cycling, Government
Weyhill Cycleway Approved Without Dutch Quality
by AndrewRH • • 0 Comments
It has come to this: the cycleway proposal for Weyhill Road in Andover was approved yesterday by the roads authority, Hampshire County Council, specifically Councillor Seán Woodward, the Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment. The works are proposed to start in September, with completion just before Christmas. The council’s stated aim of the now approved £230,000…
Critiques, Get Britain Cycling, Government
Will Woodward Workout Weyhill’s Wrongs?
by AndrewRH • • 1 Comment
I have been trying my darnedest to convince Hampshire County Council and Test Valley Borough Council that their proposal for a cycleway – a single bidirectional shared path for people cycling and walking – along Weyhill Road in Andover is not of sufficient quality (to put it politely). I made two different proposals – both…
Critiques, Get Britain Cycling, Government
A pilot project to make a Hampshire town more liveable
by AndrewRH • • 3 Comments
A couple weeks ago, I said that the proposed shared space cycleway for Weyhill Road in Andover was a Box-ticking Bodge Boondoggle. The Test Valley Borough Council and Hampshire County Council have received some money and are itching to spend it in order to say that they’ve “done something” for cycling. There is one tiny flaw in…
Space For Cycling
Red Card! My interview of Traffic Droid
by AndrewRH • • 3 Comments
No doubt a few of you watched the first episode of the Channel 4 programme ‘The Complainers‘ which featured a man calling himself ‘Traffic Droid‘. A week and a bit ago, I bumped into Lewis (not literally) at the LCC’s Big Ride for Space for Cycling; an impromptu interview followed. More information about the various #space4cycling…
Critiques, Get Britain Cycling, Government
Box-ticking Bodge Boondoggle
by AndrewRH • • 0 Comments
Test Valley Borough Council, working on behalf of Hampshire County Council, intends to widen the footway on the south side of Weyhill Road to accommodate a shared-use cycleway. That quote from the Test Valley Borough’s consultation earlier this year on the half-mile scheme in Andover, Hampshire, flags up almost immediately that it is yet another…
Government, Space For Cycling
Cementing Basingstoke’s Car Culture Future
by AndrewRH • • 1 Comment
A new ‘master plan’ for the central area of Basingstoke – known as The Top of Town, which includes the pedestrianised High Street – was published on 31 January 2014 along with a public survey (that closed 7 March 2014). The plan highlights the construction of a new 5-storey car park along with a few more…
Campaigning, In the news, Space For Cycling
GroundCycle: Because pies in the sky (cycle) require a coffee-perky foundation
by AndrewRH • • 1 Comment
The SkyCycle concept for travelling about in London is in the Daily Mail again. It is the second time around for this radical bicycle infrastructure idea – the first time was back in September 2012 (readers who encounter issues with clicking links to The Daily Mail can read this and that instead). Aside: The original proposal may…
Campaigning, Get Britain Cycling, Space For Cycling, Stop The Killing
The Pied Pedaller and a giant ball of plasma. Plus a mention of fashion designers.
by AndrewRH • • 0 Comments
The BBC report HERE that Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London said today, “I am a passionate cyclist, but I am not some kind of Pied Pedaller. People go by bike because they love to go by bike.” Of course that peaked my interest! He said Pedaller! 🙂 He didn’t expand on why people ‘love to go by bike’…