Cyclists Touring Club

Right to Ride Network

www.ctc.org.uk         www.northhertsctc.org.uk

Dear all,

Revolution Newsletter no 4 January 2009

We hope that you had a very Happy Christmas and are enjoying a prosperous start to the New Year in spite of all the economic doom and gloom. The fourth edition of “Revolution” newsletter is out and has been sent to your MP and local councillors. You can read it here.

We sent Santa a letter in December. The presents on our wish list weren’t really what you would expect to find in your stocking on Christmas morn, but we hope to see them take shape over the course of the year.

Now our thoughts turn to Hitchin’s Transport Plan. Will it be a genuine plan that addresses peoples’ needs and tackles the difficult questions ? Will it be implemented or will it be like the excellent 1998 plan – a box to tick and then filed on a dusty shelf. The answers to those questions are in your hands.

In this issue:

b   Dear Santa…

b   Maintenance - potholes and ice.

b   Hitchin Transport Plan – what we would like to see.

b   Personal travel planning – individual travel solutions for individual travellers.

b   Road building and traffic growth – the myths and the reality.

b   How to cater for cycling on Britain’s roads – the Hierarchy of Provision.

b   $300 oil – are you ready for it ?

b   Easy riding – staying warm.

b   Considerate driving – dip your lights.

b   Facility of the month – dismount, dismount, dismount, dismount, dismount, dismount….

b   Good examples – Copenhagen cycle lanes

We hope you find this newsletter interesting and thought provoking. If you have any questions, contact us.

 

Alasdair DV Massie CEng MIStructE

CTC Right to Ride Representative, North Herts

CTC is Britain’s largest cycling organisation with 70,000 members. Formed in 1878 we have actively campaigned for better, safer roads, locally and nationally since our inception.

We have a large and active section for Stevenage and North Herts.