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Ealing Cycling Campaign
Newsletter November 2001

London Cycle Network budget vanishes.

Now you see it, now you don't! The £8 million pound budget for the London Cycle Network for 2002 has mysteriously been axed. It's a serious blow to London cyclists, and goes against all the policy statements from Transport for London insisting that more road space will be given to pedestrians and cyclists. All that is left of the cycling budget at the moment is £2 million to be shared between cycling, walking, and redeveloping town centres. However all is not lost; Bob Kiley has promised to review the budget. If you have a chance, please write and demand that cycle funding is maintained at an adequate level. The London Cycling Campaign is recommending a cycling budget of £12 million. The person to write to is our local Assembly Member for Ealing and Hillingdon:
Richard Barnes (Con)
Romney House
Tufton Street
London SW1P 3RA
richard.barnes@london.gov.uk
Even better, cc your e-mail to Bob Kiley, Ken Livingstone and the London Cycling Campaign. (bobkiley@tfl.gov.uk,
ken.livingstone@london.gov.uk, campaign@lcc.org.uk)
Ealing Cycling Campaign backs Trolleybus.

The November meeting of the Ealing Cycling Campaign voted to support the proposals for a transit system along the Uxbridge Road. However the meeting rejected the idea of a tram on safety grounds, and instead voted for a Trolleybus.
The experience of recent tram installations at Croyden and Sheffield, where tram rails have led to the deaths of a number of cyclists was behind the decision.
Even this support came with an important qualification — keeping the Uxbridge Road as a through route. Cyclists have already lost too much of the London road network to one-way streets and fast dual carriageways. This is the last commuter route left for those wishing to cycle into central London, and any transit scheme should maintain end to end access along the Uxbridge Road.

There was also concern that a transit would displace traffic onto neighbouring roads.
It is interesting to note that the proposed end-to-end speed of the new transit will be a shade under 14 miles per hour. Even when it's built, most journeys in Ealing will still be quicker by bicycle.

Cycle Parking at Stations

Thames Trains is reviewing its provision of cycle storage at stations in Ealing. One option it is considering is installing fully enclosed cycle "boxes". If they get the go-ahead, these would be leased to commuters who would keep their own keys.

Events:

We hold our regular monthly meetings on the first Wednesday of each month.

The next two meetings are on:

Wednesday 5 December

& Wednesday 2 January

Newcomers are very welcome, 7.20 for 7.30 start.

We m eet 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 prompt and 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
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