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For cycling to be accepted as a mainstream activity, any approach needs to be tailored to the decision makers - both at officer and political level. And in Chester we have been spectacularly successful, going from almost hostility to winning over officers and members at a time of local Government reorganisation. I only joined Chester Cycling Campaign a year ago, so its not down to me, but the transformation has been spectacular.
This is in contrast to Warrington, where if you look at the Warrington Campaign website, there seems to be less harmony and shared values with the Council.
I have nothing against 20s plenty, but I was able to witness the rather strident way it was promoted at a meeting in Manchester before Christmas. I can say that from talking to politicians afterwards, that it was received as a highly political initiative, and was not welcome.
My feeling is that in Chester at least, we need to balance the merits of 20s plenty against the need to work as a team (albeit speaking out when we need to) and make the CDT project a success.
Peter Black
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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:08:23 +0000
Subject: [cyclomania] CYCLING - One small step for mankind -
----- Original Message -----From: Peter BlackSent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 8:13 AMSubject: RE: [cyclomania] One small step for mankind - one huge step for WarringtonI think Chester needs to be really careful about this one. We are just about to see £millions spent on cycling in the next 3 years, and whether this is soaked up by a few more greenways, or we can get city centre pentration and some proper training, promotion and marketing depends critically on the support of officers and politicians who are a very different colour to Warrington.
Pete
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From: roy.spilsbury@ctc-cymru. org.uk
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:05:18 +0000
Subject: Re: [cyclomania] One small step for mankind - one huge step for Warrington
I support David's sentiments.on Rod King's email belowBut progress is less likely to happen until such time as ordinary users start supporting activists like Rod. There is too much sitting on hands and assuming that there is some sort of law of nature that makes all things well in the end..One of the biggest mistakes we make in the traditional upbringing of our children, is to end nasty fairy stories with the words 'and we all lived happily ever after' - - without us taking steps to ensure we do.We do not live happily ever after if we are too idle to get off our backsides and make our voices and words heard. Rod and his pals are a special breed. We should be supporting them to the hilt - not just nodding agreement and doing nout........by jove I feel better for that!RoyCTC Cymru----- Original Message -----From: David RobinsonSent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:22 AMSubject: Re: [cyclomania] One small step for mankind - one huge step for Warrington
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Subject: [cyclomania] One small step for mankind - one huge step for Warrington
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Date: Monday, 2 February, 2009, 9:20 PM
Hi
Well today Warrington Borough Council introduced its Experimental Traffic Order setting a 20 mph speed limit on 147 roads in the Borough.
It may not have been Phase One of a borough-wide 20 mph default, and both Warrington Cycle Campaign and 20’s Plenty For Us are highly critical of the nature of the pilots and how well they model the full range of roads in Warrington, but it is a huge commitment to lower speeds.
The three areas comprise the Town Centre, about 10 roads in Great Sankey and about 80 roads in the Orford area in the North East of the town.
The initiative has undoubtedly come about from 5 years of campaigning by Warrington Cycle Campaign and 20’s Plenty For Us.. It has involved numerous meetings, campaigns and petitions.
Warrington was one of the “new towns” of the 80’s and for years has suffered the blight of feeder roads designed for vehicle throughput rather than community amenity.
Surely if the “tide can be turned” in Warrington then it can be turned in town halls throughout the land.
As campaigners we know that we have a long way to go in order to turn this 147 streets into the 2,000 or so needed to cover every community in Warrington. We are looking for the “pilots” to be abandoned in favour of permanent and phased implementation across every residential street.
There will be many more meetings, persuasions, press releases and e-mails, but we are confident that eventually Warrington will become a more civilised place through the borough-wide adoption of 20 mph.
Our best regards
Keep up the campaigning.
Rod King 20’s Plenty For Us
Chris Mayes Warrington Cycle Campaign
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