Dutch-style cycle lanes planned for Oxford Rd

TfGM have released an artist’s impression of the proposed changes for Oxford Road, with more details due next week when the public consultation starts on Wednesday May 22nd. GMCC members have been discussing the details of this scheme with TfGM and MCC for over 18 months, and fortunately the plans for cycling on Oxford Road have been […]

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Ferraris and fear: A Dutch view of Manchester

Angelique Meyer on her bike in Manchester

We ask Angelique Meyer, a representative of The Netherlands government, what she thinks of cycling in Manchester.

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Traffic and special clothing – an Italian view of Manchester

In the second of GMCC’s series of interviews offering an outside eye on Manchester’s cycling culture, we hear from adopted Mancunian Lorenza Casini, an Architect and campaigner who mixes with Manchester’s motors on a daily basis. Ask where in Italy she is from and Lorenza will tell you she has lived in so many towns, […]

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Free cycle parking when you buy coffee

PopUp Bikes cafe, run by a GMCC member, is Manchester’s staffed, indoor cycle parking facility

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D locks and potholes: a Danish view of Manchester

Anne Berg cycling in Manchester

Visiting postgraduate Anne Berg shares her first impressions of cycling in England’s second city.

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Cycling cultures/cycling politics: 1950s-2011

Dave Barker writes about riding through the time of car. His thoughts and insights take us from cycling clubs in the 1950s through to 2010/11.

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