MCC - Cycling for All!

Contraflow cycle lanes in Liverpool Cycling is an important means of transport on Merseyside - healthy, convenient, environmentally responsible - and sustainable. Use this site to find out more about cycling on Merseyside and what the Merseyside Cycling Campaign is about.

Cycling in cities is a great way do avoid and reduce traffic congestion. Special facilities such as this contraflow cycle lane (where cyclists can use the road in both directions but motorists can only go one way) are helping to make cycling around our urban areas even more convenient. This is an example from Liverpool. If you'd like to see more facilities for cyclists on Merseyside then please support the campaign by joining (for which there is no charge) and communicating with your local council (see info. on cycle forums below)

Mersey Basin Week Ride Saturday 11th October

see Events

The Summer 2008 Edition of Pedal Press the campaign newsletter is in pdf here (1.9Mb).

Southport to become a 'Cycling Demonstration town'

Southport and Ainsdale have won their bid to become one of England's 'Cycling Demonstration Towns'

See what Sefton Council have to say at http://www.sefton.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=8868

L1 Development
L1 Development by Grosvenor at Paradise St has partially opened.

Most of Paradise St and the Discovery Axis (the road leading to the Toucan crossing on Strand St) are private roads, part of the development. The management (who are keen to see cycling flourish) has confirmed that cyclists are permitted to ride through the development, on a 24 hour basis and that staff are being trained accordingly.

This permission does not apply to cyclists acting irresponsibly or antisocially.

Pedestrians, quite rightly, have priority.

This is a very enlightened approach and we must hope it is successful.

Sheffield stands have not yet been provided, they will be introduced with the second phase of the project.

The secure bike park (access is at ground level near John Lewiss) has an electronic entry system (costs £1 for 24 hours), but this is not functioning yet . You need to go to the office further along , and the staff will let you in free. It takes some getting used to, but is worth checking out.

Critical Mass ride Friday 16th May 2008
Critical Mass massed in Liverpool on Friday 16th May at 6:00pm. Starting at the Chinese Arch on Nelson Street, Liverpool city centre the riders took to the roads of the city centre. The advanced stop lines really weren't big enough today!

A Critical Mass is a group of cyclists, wheelchair users, rollerskaters, skateboarders, in fact anyone on self-propelled transport is welcome to join. We travel around the city on a random route following whoever is in front with the purpose of celebrating non-polluting transport. Sometimes it's just for fun and sometimes it's to campaign for better transport facilities.

Visit www.liverpoolcm.org.uk

Bike Time is back for 2008 see Events

Sustrans Connect2 Wins The Peoples £50 Million!

The Sustrans Connect2 bid won 42% of the vote to win the £50m of lottery funding. Thanks to all who voted.
See www.sustrans.org.uk for more information on the plans to spend the money on 79 schemes through the UK

The schemes that are local to Merseysiders are:
The Statt Moers Park Links & connection to Cronton
and
Everton Park and the Mersey

Cycle Fora on Merseyside
Your chance to tell the local councils what you think about cycling on Merseyside. In the following districts the next cycle fora are:

Sefton Cycle Forum See www.sefton.gov.uk/page&3705 for details of previous meetings and dates of future meetings. Next meeting is 15th October at 6.30pm at Southport Town Hall

Liverpool Cycle Forum. See www.liverpool.gov.uk the next forum is on a date to be advised

Wirral Cycle Forum These meetings occur four times a year. The next forum is on a date to be advised

Knowsley Cycle Forum If you find out please let me know...

Route 56 Waterfront section
Some cycling routes are currently being affected by development around the city centre. The Waterfront section of Route 56 is now closed between Pier Head and Albert Dock until further notice for the construction of the Museum. Cyclists will have to use Gower St, go on or off road along Strand St, and avoid Mann Island (now also dug up) to get to Pier Head.

Merseyside Travelwise in association with the Merseyside Cycling Campaign have produced an all new version of the Rideabout leaflet - it's called (you guessed it!) Rideabout2. This gives details of some of our most popular rides from the Bike Time series. See Document downloads on www.letstravelwise.org/cycling/ for this and other Travelwise publications.

MCC Committee Meetings
All MCC members are welcome to come along and join in at the following

Next meeting of the Merseyside Cycling Campaign is on Monday 20th October 2008. Starting at 6pm in the Baltic Fleet, Wapping.

Site last updated on 5th October 2008 by Peter Roome

for more details please contact Don Thompson
Don Thompson