Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign

They say once you get a car, you never want to ride on a bus again. For some people that might be true, and in Manchester you can’t blame them.
According to the AA, an average car journey costs up to 29.04p a mile, including petrol, parking and tolls.

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January 2006 newsletter
Headlines:

£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?
Tax Free Bikes
How powerful are pedals in improving [...]

Last June, Transport for London announced that the number of cycle journeys made in London had increased by 67 per cent during the past five years, and that the number of people killed on London’s roads fell by 21 per cent last year. In December, a report for the National Audit Office showed that [...]

This article is in the Not Manchester category, which features bicycle stories about other places, that may or may not say something about cycling in Greater Manchester by way of comparison.
Perth, Western Australia is a big, modern, sprawling metropolis where, not surprisingly, the private car rules. Nevertheless, the WA regional government is making a pretty [...]