A new group has been started on Flickr, for uploading and discussion of bicycle facilities. From it, I’ve already found the Manual for Streets website, which gives you the facility
to comment on any problems and areas of conflict which can arise in providing innovatively designed residential streets and lightly trafficked local roads
and will eventually
give guidance to a range of practitioners on effective street design
.
Just a reminder that tonight’s Darlington Cycle Forum (the council-led cycling group, not us) meeting takes the form of a tour of cycle routes around the town. Meeting at 6:15 at the Town Hall.
There’s a story in one of this week’s free papers (I forget which, and they’re downstairs, not by the PC) saying that 200 kids turned up on bikes as part of Heathfield School’s “Wheely Wednesday” activity. Heathfield is one of the four (or three?) Bike It schools in Darlington, being targetted as schools where cycling could be increased.
It seems to me that there’s real potential for encouraging cycling in Darlington schools. Get ’em while they’re young… Of course, the challenge would be to keep them riding when they go up to secondary school, and past 17 when they can drive…
The next meeting of Darlington Cycling Campaign will be held in the upstairs room of the Red Lion pub, Priestgate, starting at 7pm on Tuesday 19th July. Amongst other things, we’ll be reviewing the two cycle route tours, and looking at proposals for grant-funded projects following Anthony’s excellent work in digging around for funding sources.