Barnet Cycling Campaign – building a better biking borough – part of London Cycling Campaign
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We will have an information stall at this popular local festival – plus Barnet Council is providing a cycle mechanic to do Dr Bike safety checks and do minor repairs. So bring your bike along for a check – and tell your friends. The mechanic will be there between 1-4pm. Helpers will also be needed to man the stall and talk to visitors about cycling locally and encourge them to join the LCC.
If you can help on the day please contact Alison –details below.
St Albans has a brand new museum housed in the old town hall in the middle of the city. http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/newmuseum/ Have a mid-week break (it is Bike Week after all) and ride out to see the new museum and have lunch.
Meet:10.00am Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, N12 or 10.30am outside Waitrose,
The Spires, Barnet – Stapylton Road entrance, by the bandstand.
Ride leader: Ian Ollier 020 8440 5943
It’s getting close to the longest day so enjoy the long summer evening with a little ride around with a stop for an evening meal.
Meet:7:00 pm Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, N12 or 7.30pm outside Waitrose,
The Spires, Barnet – Stapylton Road entrance, by the bandstand.
Ride leader: Ian Ollier 020 8440 5943
The My Liveable London campaign is now live.
You can now take action in just one minute – click here to start sending an email to Barnet’s party leaders (or another borough’s, if your address isn’t in Barnet) asking for their commitment to liveable streets that are safe and welcoming for walking and cycling.
This is an unprecedented campaign, uniting pedestrian and cycling campaigners across London. Please don’t miss this opportunity to get our message across to Barnet’s party leaders. By taking action you’re supporting Barnet Cycling Campaign’s asks:
What else can I do to help?
Email your Barnet friends asking them to take action at bit.ly/LiveableLondon
Share the same link on social media and use the hashtag #LiveableBarnet
And don’t forget to vote on 3rd May for whomever you think will bring us better streets for Barnet!
It’s 5 months since the consultation, to which we responded, on Barnet Council’s Draft Air Quality Action Plan 2017-2022 ended. The Council got the message that actions promoting sustainable transport are badly needed, yet we are still waiting to see any signs of action.
The results of the consultation have been published by the Council as follows:
We asked
We asked residents for their views on the Council’s Draft Air Quality Action Plan 2017-2022
You said
We received 73 responses to the consultation.
80% of respondents said that they felt poor air quality is an issue in Barnet to a great extent. The most common themes were concerns about air quality affecting heath, the sheer volume of traffic on Barnet’s roads, congestion, the lack of cycling infrastructure, and the general unpleasantness of walking due to traffic fumes.
Most respondents (over 85%) agreed with the air pollution sources that the action plan will focus on, and over 70% felt that the plan was easy to understand. With respects to the proposed actions to improve air quality, there was strong support, particularly for increased green barriers and trees, anti-idling projects and work with schools on travel planning. The action with most disagreement was introducing 20mph speed limits close to schools as a measure to improve air quality where 11% of respondents strongly disagreed.
We asked residents for their own suggestions and ideas on improving air quality. Many respondents said there were simply too many vehicles on the roads and that cycling, walking and public transport needs to be incentivised. Many respondents cited the extra traffic generated by increased housing being built in the Borough as a key concern. Idling vehicles, particularly outside schools was also a strong theme.
Ideas included segregated cycle routes for commuters and advanced stop lines for cyclists at junctions; better maintenance of walking paths; tackling the school run; banning bonfires entirely in residential areas; closing off local “rat-runs”; education campaign to move to cleaner more efficient boilers in the home; limiting the use of wood-burning stoves; educational campaigns to get people to reduce their reliance on the private car.
We did
All of the proposed actions will go forward to the new air quality action plan 2017-2022. We will focus more strongly on the actions promoting sustainable transport as a result of the consultation exercise. We will consider the other new ideas including actions around wood-burning stoves, bonfires, better cycling infrastructure and promotion of efficient boilers through the air quality steering group process.
AGM info
Committee member reports for the year
Kings Lynne Weekend
‘Cuddle bike’
Jo retires — new Membership Secretary opportunity opens up
We have invited representatives of all local political parties to come to our meeting to talk about what they would do for cycling in Barnet. At the time of going to press, we have had a replies from the Green Party and the Labour Party and they will send representatives to the meeting to outline their policies and to take your questions.
Meet: 8pm Carey Hall, Trinity Church Centre, Nether Street, North Finchley N12
Meet: 10am Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley N12
or 10.45am outside Waitrose, The Spires, Barnet – Stapylton Road
entrance, by the bandstand
For further info, contact Charles Harvey charles.harvey@hotmail.co.uk
020 8455 5174
Upcoming Zeppelin ride
Ride leaders needed
February ride and pics
More cycle farce-ilities
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