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The Netherlands in Manchester

Submitted by Chris on

A view of the new and old cycle lanes on the Curry Mile

This Easter weekend, I visited family in Manchester, and took the opportunity to cycle down the Curry Mile. Manchester was one of the cities, along with Birmingham, to receive Cycle City Ambition Funding from central government, and I was interested to see what had been done with that money. I am sometimes (well, actually, often) accused of idolising the cycle infrastructure found in the Netherlands, and told that it can not be built here.

Suggestions for cycle parking locations sought.

Submitted by Chris on

BCR logo

Push Bikes has received this request for suggestions for cycle parking locations from the Birmingham Cycle Revolution (BCR) team:

Birmingham Cycle Revolution (BCR)

Birmingham City Council has secured DfT Cycling City Ambition Grant (CCAG) and Local Growth Funding to deliver Birmingham Cycle Revolution (BCR).

The aim of BCR is to ‘promote sustainable travel options by increasing the attractiveness of cycling’, which will contribute towards:

  • Improving health & the environment

Cycling in Copenhagen

Submitted by Chris on

A left turn lane on a Copenhagen bike lane

Push Bikes member, Shaz, has been on a trip through Europe, and writes here for us about his experiences in Copenhagen:

In September 2015 I went on a train trip around Europe. I took the opportunity to try cycling in Amsterdam, Berlin and Copenhagen. In each of the cities cycling was far more pleasant than cycling in the UK, but I’ve decided to write about cycling in Copenhagen as it was the easiest place I found cycling in.

Polishing the Turd

Submitted by Robert on

The Birmingham Mail recently reported a collision in which three cars completely destroyed each other on a bike lane, and a woman was left "fighting for her life". The bike lane in question is on the A38 Bristol Road just south of Selly Oak, and it's brand new. In fact it's so new that the signs announcing its creation were flattened in the collision. You can see one of them in the photo, next to all that remains of a tree that was destroyed by the impact.

Protecting cycle lanes with bollards

Submitted by Chris on

The entry to the contra flow cycle lane on Hill Street

In September, Grand Central and the new concourse of New Street station were opened, and the new road layout around Hill Street and Station Street finished. The Hill Street contra-flow was re-instated, but there was a immediate problem: motor vehicles, especially buses, turning off Hill Street onto Station Street were sweeping over the cycle lane, putting cycle users at risk. Birmingham City Council reacted quickly to this issue, installing these bollards to protect the cycle lane.

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