Current Campaign Issues

Improving cycle parking at shops and health care facilities

Please let us have your images of good and bad cycle parking at different shops
around the Nottingham area:

Good Could do better

Improved cycle stands at the Coop, Bridgford Road, West Bridgford,
January 2010

Good location for these undercover cycle stands right by the main entrance to Morrisons' store, Gamston, West Bridgford, but the stands are installed far too close together, making them quite awkward to use!

Covered cycle stands at Asda, West Bridgford

Castle Meadow Retail Park, Nottingham, with very little cycle parking!
 
Cycle parking outside shops on Hollington Road, Beechdale, installed in 2010 by Nottm City Council

Cycle stands at PC World, Castle Meadow Retail Park, Nottingham: well-installed but not undercover and rather distant from the store entrance

 


 

Cycle parking at health care facilities:

  • for more information on this campaign including a slide show of local examples
    contact Peter Briggs: peter.chris.briggs@googlemail.com

    2 newish surgeries with significant car parking but no cycle parking:

    The Manor Surgery, Beeston

    Abbey Surgery

    An older surgery - no car park but with covered parking for bikes!

    A health facility with covered cycle parking but would you find it?

    The Nottingham University Medical School (on a quiet day)

    Queen's Medical Centre Floor A
                 significant disabled parking by an entrance
    signs about car parking but what about     but surely one car car space could be
    a bike?                                                   reordered for bikes?

    Queen's Medical Centre Floor B

    The less said about Floor B the better!

    The best and worst!

    At least 50 spaces; many under cover

    The new Treatment Centre; massive
    underground car park - not a single
    designated cycle space!

    Conclusions:

  • Signposted, well-lit, secure and preferably covered cycle parking is an essential ingredient to encourage cycling

  • The NHS, Shopping Centres and other major employers, at planning permission stage, should be required to consider cycle parking

    See also the main Campaigns page: http://www.pedals.org.uk/campaigns

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