Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign

The latest (November) issue of the GMCC’s Cycle Carriage News (pdf) has now been published. It includes:

Bikes On Trams - Down Under (Austrialian cycle carriage
Metrolink’s New Trams - Built for Bikes
Article on Velostrail by Dave Holladay

The latest (October) issue of the GMCC’s Cycle Carriage News (pdf) has now been published. It includes:

GMCC Writes to the GMITA
Increased Capacity on Metrolink - Barrier to Cycle Carriage removed
Cycle Ramps to Inaccessible Platforms

The latest (September) issue of the GMCC’s Cycle Carriage News (pdf) has now been published. It includes:

Edinburgh Allows Bikes On Trams (beating Manchester)
Oldham Loop Line Replacement Buses - Cyclists Not Considered
Altrincham Line Gets More Useless Lockers

The latest (August) issue of the GMCC’s Cycle Carriage News (pdf) has now been published. It includes:

1 Million Residents Missing Out On Metrolink Expansion
Oldham Loop Line Replacement Buses - Will Cyclists Lose Out?
Cycle Carriage On UK Buses

The latest (July) issue of the GMCC’s Cycle Carriage News (pdf) has now been published. It includes:

Manchester’s New Trams - Can Carry Bikes
Cycle Carriage on Trams - 19th Century Style
Focus on Flexity Swift Trams

The latest (June) issue of the GMCC’s Cycle Carriage News (pdf) has now been published. It includes:

Metrolink’s Cycle Carriage Guidelines
An Interview with Mr. Purdy, GMPTE Metrolink Director
Bicycles and “Tandems” on Swiss Light Rail

The GMCC has been campaigning for over 17 years to get cycling fully integrated with public transport, consistently fighting the intransigence and “Don’t care about cyclists” attitude of our public transport operators and Passenger Transport Executive.
Read about it in the latest Cycle Carriage News (.pdf).

Taking your bike on public transport and cycling from where you get off to your final destination beats the car almost every time in terms of door-to-door speed and convenience, no matter how long the journey. This is the reason so many cities around the world have public transport systems that take bikes.
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Steve Bowater has been telling new Metrolink Director Philip Purdy about public support for cycle carriage on the Metrolink.

This is a report by the GMCC arguing the case for bicycles to be carried on the Manchester Metrolink tram system.

It pre-dates the announcment by the Department of Tranport in the July 04 white paper suspending the planned expansion of the Metrolink.
At the moment only folding bikes can be carried on the Metro, and [...]