Spring 2008 Newsletter

Spring Pothole 2008 (PDF) Greater Manchester Boroughs compete to become Cycling Demonstration Towns ibikemcr festival Yo Fixie III Bicycle Polo Tournament Critical Mass Bike ride The Spokes Bicycle Dance Troupe End of I Bike MCR Festival Party Text driver jailed for bike death Signs from above? on the move Letters Cyclists Matter The Bicycle now […]

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Autumn 2007 Newsletter

Autumn 2007 Pothole (PDF)     Police Support officer killed on bike Congestion Charging? Yes please – but more for cycling In Search of the National Cycle Museum Vincent Walsh goes back to (Cycling) School Considerate Cyclist joins Critical Commute The Spokes Bicycle Dance Troupe Cycling Proficiency is (almost) dead, Long Live Bikeability What is […]

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No-car Man Goes Public

Manchester Evening News 27/9/2007

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Summer 2007 Newsletter

Summer 2007 newsletter (PDF)   Highway Code Cracked Bike Week Love Your Bike – One Year On Planes, Trains and Bikes John Wayne aka Richard Alderson rides shotgun with Stagecoach 15 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a pedalling paramedic Car-Free, Care-Free but not Child-Free. Tomorrows Cyclists Vincent Walsh gets into […]

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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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Spring 2007 newsletter

Spring 2007 Newsletter (PDF) No case to answer: Cyclist wins appeal against inconsiderate riding. Bikes on Film Manchester Bicycle Exhibition Another death on the roads A funny thing happened to me on the way to the bbc Cycling Route Link Go-ahead Cycle lane of the month Just how (relatively) dangerous are pavement cyclists? To wear […]

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Manchester Metro News

Another week and another GMCC letter in the local press, ever if this one is a bit down-market, but then so is the paper it’s printed in. The reference to Alzheimer’s may come from here.

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GMCC in the Papers Again

…well actually in the M.E.N.’s Postbag section again. This letter appeared in the Manchester Evening News last Thursday. It was sent in by an “Active Member of the Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign” and shows why road pricing and cycle commuting go well together. It’s one of a series about road pricing that the M.E.N. has […]

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January 2006 newsletter

Download January 2006 newsletter (PDF) £10,000 Community Network cycling project report emerges from council black hole Manchester gets its first (designated) Cycling Officer – or does it ? The Rhyl Crash – A tragedy that affects us all Hospital Chief buys £2m Italian Car Park The real reason the Deputy PM prefers Jags to Bikes? […]

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September 2005 newsletter

September 2005 newsletter (PDF) £10,000 Community Network cycling project vanishes without report Recycling in levenshulme Latest Department for Transport statisitics Is GMCC a (Public) Liability? Bikes, buses, trains & trams Velodrome cuts bike parking Whatever happened to the Greater Manchester Cycle Parking Standards? On Your Bike– with a little help from the National Health Platt […]

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