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Briliant, thanks for this Jim. David Borner and I are wondering how best to find some cycling champions amongst the district and county councillors in N Herts.
If anyone has a chance to ask their councillors informally if they cycle, if they'd like to cycle more or even just try out a bike with a group of us, that'd be great. Let us know if there are any cautiously positive but unsure responses.
I thought we could offer a 'cycle anonymous' session once a month to meet councillors off the record, with bicycles perhaps say a local park where they could wobble in private with us! They must at some point be thinking they need to have some cycle credibility in each local party? Plus I'm sure it's embarrassing to admit you are too afraid to cycle, let alone don't know how to.
Regards
Susan
Jim Densham <jim_densham@...> wrote:
Hi
I saw this and signed - also sent it round the hardcore of cyclists at the
RSPB where I work.
In response one of them sent the following snippet.
CTC Campaigns
Cycling, the Highway Code, facilities, cycle-rail … Commons debate covers it
all
The encouraging observation in Parliament this week from MP Willie Rennie
that ‘Cycling debates are becoming a bit of a habit in the chamber’
introduced an excellent speech from him that ranged from highlighting
tokenistic and substandard provision for cyclists (with examples) to a
suggestion that there should be a statutory duty for local authorities to
have a cycling strategy. This set the tone neatly for a plea that cyclists’
concerns about the revised Highway Code be resolved, something that several
other MPs backed up. In response, the Minister Tom Harris MP said that he
had been discussing the concerns with cyclists and CTC and was “… confident
that those discussions will result in a form of words that is acceptable to
all sides." What’s more, the Minister ended his speech by promising to
include a section on cycle-rail integration in the forthcoming Railways
White Paper. We look forward to seeing what the White Paper will say! To
read the full debate,
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmwhall/15.htm
Jim
>From: "Alasdair Massie"
>Reply-To: Cycle_Hitchin@yahoogroups.com
>To:
>Subject: [Cycle_Hitchin] Highway Code Press release
>Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 16:03:08 +0100
>
>Sent to the Comet today.
>
>See
>http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cycle_Hitchin/files/Highway%20Code%20Consultation/
>. File "Highway Code Press Release 160507.
>
>Regards
>
>
>
>Alasdair Massie
>
>
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