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| Survey
of Ealing Cyclists
Ealing Cycling Campaign is conducting a new survey of Ealing Cyclists. Six years ago, when Ealing Cycling Campaign conducted its first survey, the results were revealing. Among the major complaints were criticism of the way cycle routes were not cleared of debris, and that cars were allowed to park unhindered. The aim of the new survey is to present the council with up-to-date information on the problems facing Ealing cyclists. Hopefully we can then focus improvements on the areas of most concern. The results of the survey will be published next month. |
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| Bike
Week plans Plans are underway for a bigger than ever Bike Week this summer. To promote the event, half a million leaflets will be distributed through London. The chosen charity this year is Cancer Research, and big participation is hoped to come from sponsored rides to work. The following events are planned for Ealing. Saturday June
15th - Dr. Bike in central Ealing. There will also be a cyclists' breakfast for commuters meeting the challenge to cycle to work for the week. Further information is available on the Bike week web site. |
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| Day
of Action planned for Junctions Campaign
April 20th has been designated a "Junctions Campaign" day of action. Major junctions often cause problems for cyclists and the LCC is campaigning for improvements to the worst of the capital's black spots. The February meeting of the Ealing campaign cited the following problem junctions in Ealing:- Uxbridge Road / Hanger Lane (no advanced stop lines, or feeder lane), Uxbridge Road after Acton railway bridge (no safe refuge in the centre of the road for turning right), Gipsy Corner (no provision for cyclists), Gunnersbury Lane / Bollo Lane (cars parked on corner near junction — no cycle lane), Boston Manor / A4 (not in Ealing, but this recent TfL development has prevented cyclists turning right at the junction, and the feeder lane to the Advanced Stop area has a 6" raised kerb you have to drop down). |
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Ealing LCC goes Intercontinental. |
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| Ealing LCC's history and achievements were presented a conference in Arizona, USA this February. Dr. Simon Batterbury (http://www.u.arizona.edu/~batterbu/simon1.html), one of the founders of the the revived Ealing LCC group in 1995, now teaches Geography at the University of Arizona in the USA. A conference on 'Sustainable Development in Urban Communities' was held in Tucson, Arizona and brought together planners, urban managers, academics and activists from across North America to debate the successes and failures of sustainable community initiatives run by non-for-profit organisations like ECC. In a conference session that included the president of the Los Angeles Cyclists' Association and also an authority on urban development, Distinguished Professor Neil Smith of the City University of New York, Simon talked about "Environmental Activism and Social Networks: Campaigning on transport issues in West London". He used ECC's early work in the 1990s to show how how local cycling groups are necessary to both aid and challenge local government to deliver more effective and far-sighted transport policy. Seven 'lessons for success' for local transport campaigning were outlined, including maintaining effective lobbying of local authorities, maintaining an activist core for the group, sacrificing time and energy to gain trust, and developing research and funding capacity. The latter was exemplified by ECC¹s involvement in the Cycle Challenge project to increase cycling awareness and parking at Thames Valley University, competed in 1998. Details of that project are available here (http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/people/batterburysub/ealinglcc/~cyclechallenge.html). The papers from the conference are due to be published later this year. | |
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Events:
If
you haven't been before you are very welcome. We meet at the rear
entrance of Perceval House (the modern building to the left of Ealing
Town Hall on Ealing Broadway, W5) The meeting ends at 8.45 pm at
the latest, and normally adjourns for beer, wine, cheesecake, etc.
at "Cafe Grove" on The Grove, W5. Dates for 2002 Bike
Week: 15 - 23 June 2002 Car Free Day: Sunday 22 September 200 |
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