Artur Piotr Ruszel, aged 45, was cycling on Upper Brook Street on the morning of Tuesday 13th January 2015 when he was involved in a collision with a car. He died from his injuries later the same day. On Friday 13th February – a month after the day of his passing – a vigil will […]
The inaugural Manchester Remembrance Ride for Traffic Victims was held on Saturday 15 November 2014 to coincide with the UN-sponsored World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims, which falls on the third Sunday of November every year, as well as other events around the UK aimed at raising awareness of road safety, most notably London’s […]
CTC North West Campaigns Training Day Saturday 18th October, 11am – 5pm Methodist Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JQ Join CTC and GMCC for a day of workshops on the Road Justice and Space for Cycling campaigns. CTC runs the Road Justice campaign and is currently coordinating the national Space for Cycling campaign in […]
Ride with us to show your support and demand commitments
Report from the GMCC stall at Manchester’s 2014 SkyRide by Aless, a transport planner and GMCC member. Back in June during one of the monthly GMCC meetings I volunteered to be part of the team that would represent GMCC at the annual Skyride event in Manchester. So early in the morning of Sunday 3rd of […]
GMCC’s next social ride is on Thursday 21st August, meet in Albert Square from 5.30pm for a 6pm departure. Ride from Manchester city centre… This month we’re heading to Clifton Country Park then visiting the The Horseshoe Inn, for sustenance, liquid refreshments and plenty of cycling chat! Rob’s description: “An annual favourite, this ride goes from Albert Square […]
Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton’s award winning bike is on display in Manchester The actual bike ridden to Gold Medal glory in the 2012 London Olympic Games, by two-time Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton CBE is on display in Manchester as part of the Museum of Science & Industry’s brand new exhibition, Pedal Power. Alongside Victoria’s […]
GMCC’s next social ride is on Thursday 24th July, meet in Albert Square from 5.30pm for a 6pm departure. Ride from Manchester city centre… This month we’re heading to Park Bridge in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside. We’ll visit the The Hartshead Inn for sustenance, liquid refreshments and plenty of cycling chat! No need to join or sign up, just turn up […]
GMCC’s Secretary and freelance photographer reports back from Manchester’s 2nd Space for Cycling ride… Campaigning is often about writing and meetings and responses to consultations and blogging and phoning up people and emailing and back to meeting… but its essence is to have a vision of what the world could be like and finding ways of sharing […]
Ride with us to show your support and ask your Council to provide safe Space for Cycling! Meet by the lake in Platt Fields from 1pm, we’ll depart at 2pm on this route: plotaroute.com/map/2260. We’ll ride together at a gentle pace into central Manchester, finishing near Albert Square. This time there’s no party conference in town, so no police escort […]
