Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign

The new CycleGM route maps which replaced the old CycleCity Guides map, have been “temporarily” unavailable for some time now because two copyright disputes have still not been sorted out.
Meanwhile criticism of the maps has been growing steadily. We commented before on some pretty significant ommissions - Irlam lock and the Gorsey Bank Bridge - [...]

Sustrans‘ Connect2 needs you. This UK-wide project aims to improve local travel for everyday journeys in 79 communities and is competing for a grant of £50 million in the Big Lottery Fund’s Living Landmarks: The People’s Millions competition. The winner will be decided by a TV vote in December 2007. Visit www.sustransconnect2.org.uk and leave them [...]

Please Give Cyclists Room signs are cropping up all over the city. This one appeared a few months ago on the northbound side of Manchester Road in Cheadle. It’s certainly much needed on this two lane, 40 mph stretch of road, where to get to and from South Manchester, over the river and the M60, [...]

Much publicity has been given to the new CycleGM route maps that replace the old CycleCity Guides map, which is now out of print.
The new ones are free, and can also be downloaded as pdfs.
But some riders have queried whether they are an adequate replacement for the original CycleCity Guides map. Though they are more [...]

Manchester councils can be so eager to create new cycling routes - so as to be seen to be Doing Something To Encourage Cycling - that they completely forget the ones they already have. So it is with the Manchester Airport Orbital Cycle Route, which for part of the year turns into bramble-choked obstacle course.

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The BBC has picked up the story, first brought to light by the CTC, about the proposed new rule in the highway code telling cyclists to “use cycle routes when practicable and cycle facilities … where they are provided”, and why this might be a gift to drivers’ insurance companies fighting claims by cyclists.
This [...]