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M.E.N. in denial

A couple of weeks back, the M.E.N. carried the large and rather inaccurate front page headline: Congestion charging You say NO. Inaccurate because on the same page was the sideline: But 59 per cent back move – if it brings cash for Metrolink. Since bringing cash for Metrolink is exactly what’s on offer, that sounds […]

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Love Your Bike 2007 – March 30th

To celebrate the anniversary of the launch of the Love Your Bike campaign Manchester Friends of the Earth are holding an event with three main elements on Friday March 30th: several rides from points around Manchester culminating at Albert Square a press call with Cllr Neil Swannick at 8:30 at Albert Square to demonstrate our […]

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AGM – Monday 12th March

The guest speaker at GMCC’s AGM on 12th March is Manchester-based sustainable transport expert Richard Armitage who’ll talk about the city of Groningen in the Netherlands, probably the most bicycle-friendly city in the world. This will follow the brief AGM formalities, including the annual reports by officers, and the election of a Secretary, Treasurer, Membership […]

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Upper Chorlton Road

The GMPTE is proposing changes in parking and cycling provision for Upper Chorlton Road and Brooks’s Bar Junction. Upper Chorlton Road is used by large numbers of cyclists, particularly in the morning and afternoon peak periods and Brooks’s Bar is one of the busiest junctions in the area.

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