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Celebrating Cycling CDT update No47 May 2008
JUNE EVENTS
National Bike Week June 14th - 22nd (www.bikeweek.org.uk)
Find out about local events at www.celebratingcycling.org/more_info.asp?current_id=288
If you are running an event during Bike Week and would like us to publicise it please let us know.
See all June events here
COMMUTER CHALLENGE
Wednesday June 18th is National Bike 2 Work Day - as well as providing a free bikers breakfast in Dalton Square (8 - 10am) we're also running a Commuter Challenge for all local businesses to prove how cycle friendly they are.
Register for the event for your chance to win the following:
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Win up to £500 funding for cycle improvements at your workplace by suggesting how you would make the best use of this money and increase cycling levels at your workplace e.g parking, pool bikes, bespoke training etc.
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Prizes for the company with the highest % of staff cycling in on the 18th (open to organisations with 15 or more employees)
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All people who cycle in on the day will be entered into a prize draw to win cycling goodie bags
Open to Entries Now - To register please contact Bee Harding (bharding@lancaster.gov.uk) or call 01524 582086.
On Wednesday 18th June you will need to record how many people cycled into work and send the number, along with their names (and where possible individual email addresses) to celebratingcycling@lancaster.gov.uk by Friday 20th June. Winners will be notified by Monday 14th July.
NEW CYCLING MAP
The revised Lancaster & Morecambe Walking and Cycling Map is OUT NOW!
To get your copy please call 01524 5822392 / 582086 or email celebratingcycling@lancaster.gov.uk
PEDAL POWER TRAINING JUNE - SEPTEMBER
Saturday June 21st 10:30am - 1pm
Level 2: Intro to Road Riding
Saturday July 12th 10:30am - 1pm
Maintenance Level 1: Keeping your bike road worthy (the basics)
Saturday July 26th 10:30am - 1pm
Maintenance Level 2: Keeping your bike in shape (the next steps)
Saturday August 23rd 10:30am - 1pm
Level 1: Off Road Riding / Bike Handling Skills
Saturday September 13th 10:30am - 1pm
Level 2: Intro to Road Riding
All courses at Ridge Training centre unless otherwise stated.
Please call 01524 65328 to book.
BIKE IT NEWS
Cycle shelters in Bike It schools are filling up thanks to the good weather and Bike It promotional activities. There have been a number of requests about extending storage facilities in the last few days! Three schools have now made it around the world and will be having Ben Slinger shows over the next few weeks - congratulations to Grosvenor Park Primary, Willow Lane Primary and Skerton Primary.
Bike It champion Mrs Barbara White retired as the head of Bike It School Ellel St John’s at the end of last term. On her last day pupils were encouraged to cycle in, to enjoy a Bike It breakfast and to join in cycle skills sessions on the playground. She is pictured on her new bike, a leaving present from staff and parents so that she can go on cycle rides with her grandson in her retirement.
All year 7’s at Heysham High School dropped classes for an afternoon to launch Bike It and their new bike shelter. The biggest Bike It shelters yet part funded by the CDT project will take 100 pupils bikes and 20 staff bikes. Pupils enjoyed an opening ceremony, an amazing show by 3 times junior world champion trials cyclist Ben Slinger and his colleague Danny, followed by a range of activities such as a cycle ride along the prom, British Cycling Go-Ride skills sessions, dustcap making and maintenance workshops.
Youngsters take the smooth route to school
A revamped cyclepath is giving youngsters at three Lancaster schools a safe and smooth journey to school.
As part of Lancaster City Council’s Cycling Demonstration Town (CDT) Project, improvements have been carried out to the cycle/footpath which links the Hala estate to the gates of Sustrans Bike It Schools, St. Bernadette's and Moorside Primary Schools and to Stepping Stones School on Bowerham Road.
Before the works were undertaken, this already popular shortcut from Gressingham Drive to Bowerham Road, bordered on one side by woodland, was regarded by residents to be dark, muddy and unsafe. The improvements included reconstruction and widening of the path, replacement and realignment of the school boundary fence, street lighting and signage. A small number of trees and some undergrowth had to be removed from the woodland areas but a compensatory planting/landscaping scheme is proposed for the autumn.
The project also included the conversion of the Bowerham Road footway to 'shared use' so that pedestrians and cyclists can access the schools and use the path to Barton Road more safely. As a result of the work, the path is much more attractive and welcoming and is providing an improved sense of safety which should, in the long term, encourage greater use of it by both pedestrians and cyclists.
The new improved path will be officially opened by Coun Eileen Blamire on Friday, May 23 at 3.30pm.
At the entrance to cycle/footpath situated next to Stepping Stones School on Bowerham Road, Lancaster. Pupils and teachers from Moorside and St. Bernadette's Primary Schools, representatives of Lancaster City Council's (CDT) Team, Councillor Eileen Blamire and Sustrans Bike It Officer, Kathy Bashford officially open the improved cyclepath/footpath link to their schools.
Celebrations continue after the event with a guided family bike ride to Lancaster University at 3.45pm. Pupils from Moorside School will be riding 'blinged' up bikes using recyclable materials after a day of celebrating design and technology.
EVENTS GUIDES
2008 Celebrating Cycling Events & Rides Guide Now available
To get your copy:
download it at www.celebratingcycling.org/images/downloads/GoByBike08_web.pdf
call us on 01524 582086 / 582392
email us at celebratingcycling@lancaster.gov.uk
For details of local and regional events see our What's On pages.
To get your event featured on these pages just send details to celebratingcycling@lancaster.gov.uk (make sure to include contact details)
Lancashire Rides Programme 2008
The Rides programme includes a variety of rides around Lancashire from short family rides of 5 miles to longer rides of around 40 miles. Also available are charity rides, mountain biking and other special events.
To get your free copy call 0800 328 1635 or go to www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/cycling
WOMEN & CYCLING
If you haven't already done so please take a moment to complete this survey - Thanks.
www.celebratingcycling.org/images/downloads/women_cycling.htm
According to the last census (2001) only around 2% of women in the Lancaster district regularly used a bicycle to get to work.
This survey is just the first step in finding out why women choose to cycle (or not) and what would help to increase cycling levels for all types of journeys.
OTHER NEWS
Travel Manager and Travel Plan Co-ordinator vacancy
Hospitality and Campus Services - Carlisle or Newton Rigg Campus, Penrith £32,795 - £41,545
You will be responsible for:
the development and implementation of the university travel plan;
the organisation and management of the university's transport services;
implementation and efficient operation of staff and student travel planning arrangements;
in conjunction with the university environmental sustainability co-ordinator to plan and introduce sustainable and
environmentally efficient travel & transport operations;
the operation and management of the university's car parking arrangements.
You should have:
a degree or equivalent in a related area
experience of working in a similar role
Or
good project management skills and experience;
good organisational and communication skills
Informal queries should be directed to Peter Nixon, Director of Operations and Corporate Services on 01228 888886
The closing date for this post is noon on Wednesday 28 may 2008
Reference: 247s07
Lancashire Cycling Photo Competition
Photograph the fun you have cycling in Lancashire this summer and you could WIN a brand new bike worth £250.
Send your photos, together with your contact details to:
Cycling Photo Competition, PO Box 9, Guild House, Cross Street, Preston, PR1 8RD or
email to: cyclecompetition@lancashire.gov.uk or
visit our website: www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/cycling to upload your photos.
Please include details of where your photos were taken.
All submitted photos must have been taken within Lancashire & may be used in LCC publications.
Judging will be from Charles Jackson, of British Cycling.
Sponsored by On Yer Bike cycle shop of Burnley and Blackburn
Closing Date: Friday 29th August 2008