Ealing Cycling Campaign
Newsletter May 2003

Ealing Bike Week Events 2003

Saturday 14 June 10am - 4pm "Dr Bike", Ealing Green, on the triangle of grass between Bond Street and High Street. Get your bike checked over and practical advice about keeping and using it.

Tuesday 17 June Cyclists' breakfast, outside Ealing Town Hall, Uxbridge Road. Get a croissant in one leg and juice in the other.

Thursday 19 June 6.30pm. Round-the-Borough family bike ride; five easy miles, mostly off-road, suitable for all the family. Depart from outside Ealing Town Hall.

Cycle training for adults and young peoplee run by Cycle Training UK will be held on Ealing common on Saturday 14 June. Anyone wanting to sign up for the 2 1/2 hour on-road skills and confidence building sessions will need to register. Contact Ealing's Cycling Officer, Bob Davis, Tel: 020 8825 5771 e-mail: davisr@ealing.gov.uk for details.

Tram - Latest

Cycle groups will have a chance to put forward their views on the Uxbridge Road tram scheme in a separate consultation process with Transport for London. Over the last 3 months Ealing Cycling Campaign has attended local consultation groups for areas such as Hanwell, West Ealing and central Ealing. Transport for London have now recognised that specific concerns of cyclists and other groups are better addressed through a separate consultation process. We want to hear your views on the tram. Contact David Lomas. Tel: 020-8579 0805, e-mail: david_lomas28@hotmail.com

IRA-bombed building to have better cycle facilities

Prudential's new three-storey buiding at 30-34 Ealing Broadway building will have cycle racks and showers to encourage staff to cycle to work. The new tenant will also have to submit a green travel plan for approval by Ealing. According to the Ealing Centre Partnership "an increasing feature of developments is the need to demonstrate procedures to protect and improve the environment". This includes how employees will travel to work.

Events

All members are welcome at our meetings. We usually meet on the first Wednesday of the month.

The next two meetings are at 7.20pm, on Wednesday 2nd April, and 7.20pm on Wednesday 7 May.

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 if you're lucky adjourns for beer, wine, cheesecake, etc. at "Cafe Grove" on The Grove, W5.

Bike Week 14 - 21 June

Car Free Day: Sunday 22 September 2003