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Survey Results Thank you to everyone who took the time and the trouble to reply to the questionnaire. The results are now in and make interesting reading. We sent out just over 200 questionnaires and received 68 replies (pretty good considering you had to find an envelope and pay for the postage). Some views haven't changed since our last survey six years ago. Ealing Cyclists still put "More cycle lanes" at the top of the priority list of campaign issues, and are still unsatisfied with the quality of the ones that are there. However, the majority of cyclists are now satisfied with the provision of cycle racks, a dramatic change from six years ago when the majority were unsatisifed or very unsatisfied. Clearly, the work the council has done installing new Sheffield stands has been appreciated. You still want more racks, though, with a third of people saying that more were needed at the Ealing Broadway Centre. (Were you influenced by the publicity in London Cyclist about the poor facilities there?) Once again, the Uxbridge Road (London Cycling Network Route 39) is the top cycling road in the borough with over 69 percent of cyclists using it, followed, a long way behind, by Northfield Avenue with 13 percent. At the suggestion of our cycling officer Bob Davis we included a question on whether you preferred speed humps or speed cushions. (The borough is extending the number of 20 mph zones, and these are meant to be self enforcing.) There was no clear preference, though slightly more people preferred speed cushions. However a significant number of cyclists preferred neither. Further analysis revealed that this last group travelled longer distances. There was no clear commuting pattern. Two thirds of respondents use their bike to travel to work, and it seems you commute to such far-flung places as Slough, Weybridge, Kingston, Crystal Palace, and Chancery Lane. The full results are available at Cycling Survey 2002. Thanks to Robin for collecting and analysing the data. |
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Funding for Cycle Improvements The 2002-3 grants for funding cycle improvements across London have just been awarded by Transport for London. The borough failed to get all the funding they would have liked, however they did get a grant of £50,000 for improvements to the Uxbridge Road. Funds for minor works on or close to LCN routes have also been granted. They did better with cycle training, winning a grant of £30,000 to continue on-road cycle training. The take up of cycle training at the borough's schools is an area of concern, with only 12 out of the 54 borough primary schools currently running schemes. This money will go some way towards improving matters, but in the long term, the council should not be depending on grants, but should be putting more of its own money in as part of Road Safety Training. As part of "Green Corridor" initiative, £80,000 has been awarded to Park Royal Partnership for canal towpath improvements. |
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Broadway Centre Cycle Racks Within days of being sent the article from this month's London Cyclist highlighting the lack of parking for cyclists at Ealing Broadway Centre, the centre's owners, Legal and General, have cut down a row of bike stands to make way for new shop units. The stands, at the Oak Road entrance near Starbucks, were among the most popular in the borough and were nearly always full. Pippa Burchett of Legal and General who is project managing the redevelopment of the centre says they will be replaced by twice as many new stands. Unfortunately these will be tucked away behind Starbucks where, despite being covered by a CCTV camera, they will be perceived as being more prone to theft and vandalism. We were consulted on this last summer, and managed to get some improvements to their plans, but weren't able to prevent this. At least the location of the new stands is closer to the centre - the original proposal had them 75 yards away on Windsor Road. |
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New Cycle Lanes A short stretch of new cycle lane has gone in on Mattock Lane (hopefully the council will resurface this road soon), and a mandatory cycle lane has appeared in Victoria Road (though as yet without the double yellow lines needed to enforce it. |
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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 2002 |