Autumn 2009 Pedals-CTC-Cyclenation Cycle Campaigners' Conference

Cycle Campaigners Working in Partnership at national and local levels,
Saturday 14 November 2009:

Conference presentations can be found here and also on the Cyclenation website along with those from the Friday seminar for local authorities: www.cyclenation.org.uk/resources

Many thanks to all who came and particularly to all those who helped with this very successful and enjoyable event, opened by Councillor Jane Urquhart, Transport Portfolio Holder, Nottingham City Council, who also cut the Pedals 30th birthday cake!

Byron House (Students’ Union Building), Nottingham Trent University, Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4BU

Keynote speakers

• John Whitelegg, Professor of Sustainable Transport at Liverpool John Moores University and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of York Stockholm Environment Institute.
• Don Mathew, reflecting on his many years of campaigning with Friends of the Earth, CTC and Sustrans etc.

• NHS
• Twenty's Plenty for Us campaign (in place of the case study on Sustainable Travel Towns)
• Rail operators
• Community groups

• With Greater Nottingham Transport Partnership (The Big Wheel), Ridewise and NHS Nottingham City

  

A range of workshops including:-

Cyclists and the new round of Local Transport Plans,
Web-based cycle mapping,
The new Cyclenation National Cycle Mapping Standards for paper maps,
Local cycle training organisations (focusing on the work of Ridewise in Nottingham)
Boosting and retaining membership of local campaign groups,
and Local Area Agreements

Bookings / information

For detailed directions to the venue please click on this link.

For details of local accommodation options in Nottingham please click on this link.

For more information ring Hugh McClintock on (0115) 981 6206 or (07880) 961135 or Susan Young (0115) 928 9139 or (07963) 269159

See attached documents below for the conference flyer and programme, including social events and information for organisations wanting to have displays. These were coordinated by Arthur Williams.

Seminar for local authorites on 'Cycling - a local transport solution',
Friday 13 November, Nottingham

The Seminar (and Saturday campaigners' conference) presentations can be found on the Cyclenation website at http://www.cyclenation.org.uk/resources

Many thanks to all who came to this event!

Free seminar for local authorites on 'Cycling - a local transport solution', also organised by Cyclenation, CTC and Pedals, from 10.15-16.00 in The Broadway Cinema and Media Centre, 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham NG1 3AL

We are very grateful to Cycling England for financial support for this event, meaning that attendance is free, apart from the cost of lunch and travel!

The focus of the day was on the new local transport plans and how they can be used to help boost cycling levels.

The seminar started with a video address from the Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis.

Other speakers included:-

• Councillor David Merrett, Cycling England Board Member,
  'Cycling England round-up'
• Bruce McDonald, Associate Director, SQW Consulting,
  'Making the case for Cycling',
• Julie Foxton, Early Years Activity Coordinator (South-East), Department of Health, 'Cycling and health'.
• Roger Geffen, CTC Campaigns and Policy Manager,
  'Cycling - a Local Transport Solution'

The programme included local case studies from Nottingham and Merseyside and a choice of two workshops in the afternoon, on

• 'Champions for cycling - winning the support of Councillors and Senior Officers',
  Adrian Lord, Cycling England and Ove Arup
• 'Basic principles of cycle planning', John Franklin, Cycling Safety and Skills Consultant.
• 'Smarter choices and cycling: Workplaces, Schools and Training',
  Paul Osborne, Sustrans & Thomas Stokell, Challenge for Change
• 'Local Strategic Partnerships and partnership with health',
  John Mallows (Cheltenham Cycling Campaign) and Julie Foxton, DoH (South East Region)

The venue:
The Broadway Cinema and Media Centre is on Broad Street, only about 10 minutes walk from Nottingham Railway Station and 2-3 minutes walk from the Lace Market Tram (NET) Stop.
There is good cycle parking at the venue, including some stands undercover.
See the map at:

Local bike hire

Bunney's Bike on Carrington Street, just north of Nottingham Station http://bunneysbikes.co.uk/