Saturday 30 June 2018

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Friday 29 June 2018

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Thursday 28 June 2018

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Wednesday 27 June 2018

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Monday 25 June 2018

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Reducing gender gap benefits everyone

Mother and daughter pose by bikes

Zoe Banks Gross, Bristol

Bristol-based environmentalist and founder of Kidical Mass, Zoe Banks Gross speaks to us after chairing our panel of experts at the launch of the Bike Life report Inclusive City Cycling – Women: reducing the gender gap. 

Sustrans recently launched the Bike Life report Inclusive City Cycling – Women: reducing the gender gap, and I had the honour of chairing the panel, all of who also happend to be women.

Laura Laker, cycling journalist, Megan Streb, Sustrans Partnrship Manager, Dr Rachel Aldred, academic researcher who specialises in transport and Councillor Mhairi Threlfall, Bristol City Council’s Member for Transport and Connectivity, shared stories from the heart about barriers to women participating in cycling and engaged in lively debate.

What the data revealed

The data from the report – which was independently collected across seven cities in the UK – highlighted that the rates of regular (once a week at least) cycling are almost three times higher for men than women in Birmingham, whereas in Bristol it is closer to twice as high. But why? For a start, in Bristol only 23 per cent of women think cycling safety is good, and only 15 per cent of women think children’s cycling safety is good.

Unpicking the data is complicated, but what is obvious is that something needs to change if we are going to address growing health issues across the UK, such as childhood obesity, as well as parity of health between poorer and more affluent communities.

An issue of inequality and inclusion

The inequality in the figures for cycling between men and women is a national issue of inclusion and discrimination that can negatively impact communities. Addressing issues of equality is essential, not only to increase levels of people cycling and walking, but also to facilitate access to high quality goods and services. For example, the prevalence of food deserts in areas of deprivation, mean that if people can cycle, their options for healthier, higher quality, inexpensive food are dramatically increased.

Why aren’t more women cycling?

The numbers help build a picture of why more women aren’t cycling but the reasons are often rooted in simple practicalities. Germaine Greer famously said you will never see a woman in the street empty-handed. When we talk about infrastructure, and creating infrastructure that will work for women, we need to consider designing cities that will help women move easily from work, to the school run, picking up groceries on the way, getting kids to extra-curricular activities, helping elders and home again. If it is difficult or time consuming to access good cycling infrastructure or a traffic-free route, people simply won’t cycle or walk.

Challenging harassment and social exclusion

Women are also frequently harassed when cycling, and this behaviour needs to be challenged because it stops women from spending time on their bicycles in the public realm. As one audience member pointed out, addressing this issue is not only something that women can do, men are also responsible for challenging the behaviour that women face when cycling. Even if you are not part of the “sisterhood” you can still support your sisters, mothers, daughters and friends.

Looking at Bristol specific data, we can see that more women are cycling here than other Bike Life cities, but looking at the council’s data on a ward level, we can see that it varies dramatically from postcode to postcode.

The areas of Bristol which have lower premature mortality rates, and obesity also happen to have higher rates of cycling e.g. 40 per cent in Bishopston and Ashley Down (BCC Ward Profile data) [1] in comparison with where I live in Lawrence Hill, only 15 per cent of people get to work by bicycle [2].

My ward also has higher levels of overweight and obese children and premature mortality. These statistics are not broken down by gender, but I use them to illustrate that the barriers to cycling are multifaceted and complex.

Physical infrastructure is a key challenge to many, but economic, social and cultural issues also affect cycling levels. It is not seen as a normal activity for many communities and it should be. The national media needs to be more representative when they feature a “cyclist.”

How can we reduce the gender gap?

So what can we do to reduce the gender gap? People need to see images of all shapes, sizes, ages and ethnicities of people on bikes. You can’t be what you can’t see. Social influence, when people change their behaviour related to what their friends, family or peers do, can also increase levels of cycling (Sherwin et al. 2014) [3].

We also need to build cycling and walking infrastructure into the heart of our cities. Far too much space is given to motor vehicles, which women also do not have as much access to - only 67 per cent of women hold drivers licenses compared with 80 per cent of men. Reducing our dependency on cars is key.

We need safe, secure storage, as well as adequate space to park adapted bicycles, cargo bikes and trailers. If walking or cycling becomes the easy, obvious choice then people from all communities and socio-economic backgrounds will do it, if it isn’t, then the inequalities prevalent in our society will continue to grow.

Quality design for walking and cycling throughout our cities is necessary to increase social justice and to do so, moves us towards a fairer, more equitable society, which ultimately benefits everyone.

Find out more about gender and cycling

References

[1] Bishopston & Ashley Down Statistical Ward Profile 2017

[2] Lawrence Hill Statistical Ward Profile 2017

[3] H., Chatterjee, K. and Jain, J. (2014) An exploration of the importance of social influence in the decision to start bicycling in England. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 68. pp. 32-45. ISSN 0965-8564



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Sunday 24 June 2018

Running Track Contractors in Aswarby | Athletics Track...



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Saturday 23 June 2018

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Friday 22 June 2018

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Thursday 21 June 2018

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Let’s clear the air about cars

cyclist on a unprotected path with a car

This post by Steve Brooks was first published on Click on Wales

Today is Clean Air Day. Sixty-six years on from the Great Smog of London, it should be an occasion when we celebrate efforts we’ve made over successive decades to reduce harmful air pollution in the UK. A time when we look back in bewilderment at how policy-makers let a situation develop whereby people died from simply breathing.

But it’s not. It’s a day where we are forced to again raise awareness about dangers of air pollution. Today’s pollution may lack the literal and figurative visibility of previous air quality crises, but the dangers to public health are no less real and serious. It’s a problem Public Health Wales described as ‘public health crisis’; a situation caused largely by how we move people and goods. So with transport the biggest contributor to Britain’s air quality crisis, it’s time Wales started to talk about cars.

Air pollution is now considered a ‘public health crisis’

If cars create air pollution, let’s make cars cleaner? Problem solved? No. Electric Vehicles (EVs) have been hailed as sustainable form of transport and a silver bullet for air pollution, not just by government but also environment campaign groups like WWF.

We must remember motor vehicles don’t just emit pollutants (nitrogen oxide or NOx) from combustion engines burning fuel; 45% of pollutants comes from break and tyre dust. To date, decision-makers in Wales and Whitehall have largely focused on tackling NOx emissions, neglecting Particulate Matter. The World Health Organisation states that there is no safe limit for break and tyre PMs and research shows that these PMs are the most dangerous pollutant to our health. Which only goes to show scrapping combustion engines and racing towards electric vehicles will not solve our air quality crisis.

The starting point has to be fewer cars not newer cars

The starting point for people serious about tackling air pollution has to be fewer cars not newer cars. And that’s achieved, in part by investing more in cycling routes, making our communities easier to walk around, and modernising our public transport network.

Fewer not newer cars, and investing in active travel and public transport doesn’t only benefit air quality. Electric vehicles have other flaws that should not be overlooked or understated.

As WWF argue, electric vehicles have the potential to lower Wales’ carbon emissions. But, there is a huge caveat. To lower carbon emissions, EVs must be powered by a renewable source of energy. At present, only a third of Wales’ electricity is generated from renewal sources. Welsh Government has made a commitment to raise this to 70% by 2030 with the Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths cautioning that the target was “stretching but realistic”. The idea that EVs represent a quick fix that will rapidly decarbonise our transport system is misguided.

Setting aside the problem of displaced carbon emissions and air pollution from EVs, there’s also the important question of what EVs will do to society.

Who will gain the most from EVs? Who will benefit from scrappage schemes, subsidies and investment in EV charging points? Some people advocate public money to subsidise investment in the EV industry. As it stands, EVs will largely be the playthings of higher income individuals, whilst low income groups will continue to struggle with a transport network that doesn’t work for them. Pontcanna professionals will have a state-subsidised car when Pontypridd workers are still waiting for the metro.

Since the 1950s we’ve designed a Wales around the car

The way we live, work and play is largely driven by car use. That might be fine if you own a car, but for the quarter of Welsh households that don’t own a car, this can be a problem. A lack of transport options is make or break for a lot of people and means they go without the support and services they need. That journey to a job interview becomes impossible to make on time. That trip to check Nan’s ok is too expensive to make more than once a fortnight. A long shift is followed by a two-bus journey home with a tiring wait in-between. Crossing the road safely to get to the Post Office is a dangerous mission because of cars parked on the pavement. EVs do very little to improve access to mobility.

Then there’s congestion

There’s an extra one million private vehicles on the road today compared with ten years ago. The majority of short trips, under 5 miles are still made in the car. The school run is a daily reminder of how cars our clogging our streets and worsening our overall quality of life. But this can change. There’s a global movement of politicians, academics, planners, designers, developers and practitioners like Sustrans who advocate doing things differently. We’ve started to transform our towns and cities into liveable communities: attractive and vibrant places to live, work, play and do business. To do this we redesign streets and public spaces for people, not cars; and if scaled up across Wales we have the real potential to deliver positive action on the seven national wellbeing goals.

From a health and well-being perspective, EVs are also problematic. Notwithstanding air pollution concerns, EVs do nothing to tackle the wider public health crisis facing Wales. Obesity, diabetes, heart and lung conditions are all on the rise, adding to a financial pressure on the NHS that could reach breaking point within a generation. The Future Generations Commissioner is right to call for a re-think on health spending. The NHS has called for more measures which boost physical activity in the population, and whilst sport will play an important role for some, the vast majority of us will find slipping activities like walking and cycling into everyday life a lot easier to do then trips to the gym. There’s a real danger that the ‘Uber-isation’ of the EV industry will lead to more short journeys completed by car, further reducing levels of physical activity, leaving us as fat as pandas with the NHS budget pushed over the edge.

Safety first

Finally there is a real safety concern. WWF suggested allowing EV drivers to use bus lanes. Let’s remember bus lanes provide dedicated space for buses to avoid car induced congestion. Bus lanes also provide an important part of the urban cycling network. Allowing EVs into bus lanes is dangerous for cycling and damaging for public transport.

As we talk about air pollution, there’s a real danger that in the rush for a quick fix, Wales will make the wrong choice and prioritise investment in EVs above active travel and public transport. That would be a huge mistake, unsustainable, and harm the well-being of future generations.

We are fully aware that for certain people, for certain trips, in certain parts of Wales, the car will remain a necessity; but for the majority of us more sustainable modes are available and preferable.

Quick fixes usually don’t exist, but more often than not the simple solutions, like walking and cycle, are already on our doorstep. 



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Wednesday 20 June 2018

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How can boroughs deliver streets for people?

Councillors attend our event on Tuesday 12 June

Cllr Feryal Demirci, London Borough of Hackney Deputy Mayor, addresses the audience

On Tuesday 12 June we welcomed councillors from all four corners of London to the New London Architecture (NLA) at the Building Centre to hear about what they could do to create streets for people. Below we share some of the key takeaways.

There is major potential for active travel in London

The capital might be big, but the journeys Londoners are making are not. For example, half of all the car trips made by Londoners could be cycled in just ten minutes and more than a third of car trips could be walked in under 25 minutes. There is clearly enormous potential for active travel in every borough of London.

Boroughs have opportunities to fund streets for people

With around two billion pounds set aside for their Healthy Streets Portfolio, Transport for London are making sums available to boroughs. Both through partnership projects such as Liveable Neighbourhoods, Strategic Cycle Routes, Quietways, Safer Junctions and Cycle Superhighways and through the direct borough transport funding, known as Local Implementation Plans.

London has tried and tested examples to learn from

Each of these funding streams for boroughs above can draw on some of the best practice approaches that that capital is fortunate to be home to. The North-South Cycle Superhighway in central London, for instance, whose cycle counters clocked one million users after five months or the Walthamstow Village scheme that halved traffic in the area, shedding 14,500 vehicles a day from neighbourhood streets. Visiting these schemes to experience them in real life is highly recommended. 

Delivering requires collaboration and communication with communities

A clear emphasis of our speakers was on the importance of dialogue with communities, of which four themes stood out:

1. Collaboration and engagement:

Community collaboration over the design and further measures is vital. It gives ownership of elements a scheme to local residents and businesses. But primarily it makes sure that designers identify problems people want solving.

2. Language:

While two-way communication is important, the language is too. Instead of ‘cyclists’, ‘motorists’ and ‘pedestrians’, talk about people cycling, people walking or people driving and focus on the benefits of the schemes, not the mode of transport behind the funding.

3. Determination:

Changing streets and how people can use them requires determination. Delivering real change means confronting everyday behaviour that we take for granted – and this can be uncomfortable, heated and emotive. In the midst of this councillors should stick firmly with the evidence available, not fears of what might happen articulated by those who shout loudest.

Trials and temporary arrangements help to test these assumption in real life. You can always revisit schemes to improve them further. After schemes settle in you’ll also find the noise subsides and those who were against might even end up in support or even pleased with the results. Indeed, mini-Holland boroughs Enfield and Waltham Forest, returned increased majorities at the local elections in May.

The results are worth it

Councillors are elected to act in the best interests of the communities they represent. Only a third of Londoners’ journeys are made by car, yet all Londoners suffer from exposure to illegal levels of pollution and dangerous traffic that hinders active travel for all ages and abilities.

Streets for people already exist in London. In parts of Waltham Forest and Hackney, children are able to walk, scoot or cycle to school and even play out in streets free of through-traffic. In Kingston, Camden and on new Cycle Superhighways in Southwark and Westminster, families have the option to cycle thanks to the protection and separation from traffic and crossings that have been vastly improved along the way making our urban motorways a little more accessible to people walking.

For councillors and officers, the knowledge and experience is available on how to deliver them, so it’s time to get cracking.
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Tuesday 19 June 2018

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Expert advice on what to pack for a cycle trip in the UK

Cyclists by river and bridge

Photo credit: David Bentley

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Photo credit: David Bentley

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Photo credit: Lighttrapper Photography

A cycle trip can be a great way to enjoy being on your bicycle, spending time with friends or just relaxing whilst keeping active. If you are new to the world of cycling, we’ve gone to a cycle trip expert to give you their top tips on how to pack for the perfect cycle trip. 

Saddle Skedaddle are the UK’s leading cycling holiday specialist, offering 252 holidays in 32 different countries around the world including many right here in the UK on the National Cycle Network

With a wealth of cycling knowledge gained from more than 20 years of taking people on cycling adventures, Skedaddle are always happy to pass on their two-wheeled advice. Here we ask them to share with us the number one question people ask as they’re about to set off on a cycling trip in the UK. 

One of the most frequently asked questions Saddle Skedaddle get asked before people head off on one of their UK cycling holidays, is what to pack.

So, here are their kit bag essentials and top tips for anyone considering exploring the UK on two wheels.

1. Hydration is key:

Staying hydrated whilst cycling is essential. We recommend taking a large bottle of water as well as an energy drink to keep your blood sugar levels up and to stay energized. Drinking frequently and alternating between these two drinks will enable you to stay both alert and hydrated. 

2. Keep a good stock of cycling snacks: 

Perhaps considered one of the most exciting items to pack are, of course, the tasty treats to keep you smiling en route. The food you’re going to take will re-fuel you whilst on your journey, so it is important to choose wisely. Popular treats include a banana, renowned for its high levels of potassium, which not only tastes great but provides a good source of instant and slow energy. Other favourites amongst cyclists (and our own guides) include energy bars, nuts and jelly beans. Yum!

3. Always carry a puncture repair kit and multi-tool:

A healthy bike leads to a happy ride! Packing a puncture repair kit and multi-tool is a must for any cyclist on the move. Always being prepared for whatever problem your bike may encounter will ensure you can fix it quickly and continue on your way, or at least temporarily until you find a local bike repair shop.  Anyone hiring a bike from Saddle Skedaddle for one of their holidays will find these trusty steads come with both items as standard. Talk about handy!

4. Don’t forget a waterpoof jacket: 

The UK is stunningly beautiful to cycle through but our weather is certainly not among the most reliable. It’s always a good idea to be prepared for a shower (or two) with a waterproof jacket. Then, if a cheeky rain cloud floats your way, you can throw on your jacket and keep pedalling (or skedaddlin’) on.

5. Invest in a waterproof backpack: 

As well as keeping yourself dry, we strongly advise you to keep your belongings in the same condition too! We recommend investing in a waterproof backpack, because there’s nothing worse after a day in the saddle than opening your bag to find all of your possessions are dripping wet. 

Check out the Sustrans shop for Sustrans Ortlieb Velocity Rucksack

6. Travel light: 

No one wants to be weighed down when they travel and the team at Skedaddle knows it! When you book your UK cycling holiday through us you’ll enjoy the benefit of having your luggage transferred to your accommodation for the night, so you can travel light during the day.  But for those eager to do it alone, panniers are an essential item for storing any extra items needed on the move. The fully waterproof Sustrans Ortlieb panniers are an absolute cyclist’s favourite.

7.  Top tip: 

“I always recommend to customers who undertake a cycling holiday in the UK to bring plenty of layers, it’s as simple as that! The weather can be a little unpredictable during any season and it’s best to be prepared for any eventuality, especially when you stop for a snack or to take a picture. Having that extra layer to put on or take off will make all the difference, believe me!” Alison, UK Product Manager. 

Feeling Inspired? 

Whether you’re after a classic place-to-place challenge such as the Sea to Sea (C2C) or Hadrian’s Cycleway, or fancy a more relaxed center-based experience exploring one of the UK’s many beautiful landscapes, Skedaddle offer a range of cycling holidays in the UK for every level and type of cyclist. 

Thinking about going on a cycle tour? Follow our top tips for cycling touring

Read our guest blog; "How I accidently cycled around the world" 



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