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)

Critical Mass ride on Friday 16th May 2008
There will be a Critical Mass in Liverpool this Friday 16th May at 6:00pm. Meeting point is the Chinese Arch on Nelson Street, Liverpool city centre.

For those mystified by this news, here's an explanation:
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.

"We aren't blocking traffic - we ARE traffic!"

Loop Line Clean Up on Saturday 26th April 2008
A chance to clean up your Loop Line starting at 10.30am at the bridge at Belle Vale Road just down the road from Gateacre centre.

Litter pickers, gloves etc. will be provided and refreshments will be served at 12.00 in the Conservative Club in the village.

This is a clean up event supported by Sustrans, Liverpool City Council and local residents associations.

Bike Time is back for 2008 see Events

The Spring 2008 Edition of Pedal Press the campaign newsletter is in pdf here (1.63Mb).

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.

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...

The Liverpool 800th Birthday Parade was on Tuesday 29th August 2007 - see Events for the evidence of MCC involvement

Mersey Basin Week Ride "From Metal Birds to Metal Men" Saturday 29th September - see Events for photos.

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 21st April 2008. Starting at 6pm in the Baltic Fleet, Wapping.

Site last updated on 14th May 2008 by Peter Roome

for more details please contact Don Thompson
Don Thompson