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)

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Free Bike Maintenance Courses These are free for all Merseyside residents until 31st March 2010 under a Travelwise offer. See Merseyside Travelwise

The Spring 2010 Edition of Pedal Press the campaign newsletter is in pdf here (2.2MB).

Rod's presentation is available on www.20splentyforus.org.uk

and Designing for Cycle Traffic notes is here

New Bike Shops in Liverpool Over the last few years I have often be emailed with the news of the closure of yet another bike shop in Merseyside. Happily the opening of Bike Beat on Parliament Street in Liverpool appears to have halted this trend. See Bike Beat. We wish it well.

And there's another bike shop opening in Litherland. Hobson Cycles is at 128 Linacre Road.

And, astounding, another new bike shop has just opened in Crosby. College Cycles is on the corner of College Road and (would you believe it!) Brompton Avenue - it's run by John (ex of Crosby Cycles).

The closure trend appears to have been well and truly reversed.

We wish them all well.

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.

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...

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 15th March 2010. Starting at 6pm in the Baltic Fleet, Wapping.

Site last updated on 23rd February 2010 by Peter Roome

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