Campaign News
Updates from our latest campaigning activities.
Plans Submitted For Replacement Wilton Rise Bridge
Network Rail’s planning application for the Wilton Rise Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge aims to enhance accessibility between Holgate and York Central. Supported by York Cycle Campaign, this new, step-free bridge promises a safer, more convenient route, benefiting cyclists and pedestrians alike.
Annual Report 2025
Another fantastic year marked by successful events, reduced bike crime, and significant infrastructure improvements, showcasing community dedication and impact.
What’s the future for cycle infrastructure in York?
We were grateful for Councillor Kate Ravilious (Executive Member for Transport), accompanied by transport officers Tom Horner and Greg Morgan, for talking to members about highways maintenance and sustainable travel improvement. They explained the council approach to active travel improvements when resurfacing and junction improvements take place. The broad aspiration is to move towards the modern standard (LTN1/20) with on-road cycle lanes at least 1.5m wide. Research from London suggested narrow cycle lanes can be worse than none in terms of close passing and collisions. However it was accepted that in places with regular traffic queues a lane of less…
YCC statement on Jubilee Terrace riverside path & Water End slip road
The York Cycle Campaign endorses the progress of improvements to the riverside path, essential for active travel in York, particularly with upcoming developments. They advocate for better signage for cyclists, immediate parking restrictions near Jubilee Terrace, and support the removal of parking from the Water End slip road to enhance safety and accessibility for cyclists.
Kate Ravilious, Executive Member for Transport, at YCC AGM
Executive Member for Transport Kate Ravilious was a guest speaker at this year’s AGM and updated us on the council’s travel plan
YCC AGM Chair’s Report 2024
Our Chair’s Report, giving a round up of 2024 achievements and looking forward to 2025.
Lessons from Europe
A trip through Europe by train provides lessons on how trips through cities by bike can be improved.
York Central: Riverside Route update
Holgate Ward councillors recently hosted a public meeting to update residents about the developments with York Central, including news on the Riverside Route upgrades.
Join Us For A Tandem Ride And Gig
Don’t miss this exclusive & free music event organised for YCC members
Good Cycle Parking Is Good For Business
The importance of cycling as an efficient mode of transportation in York, particularly for short trips. Highlighting the need for adequate cycle parking to encourage cycling, supported by studies showing economic and environmental benefits. Improving cycle facilities can enhance community engagement and promote more visits to local businesses.
Is Cycling To School Too Dangerous? The Results
At the beginning of August we asked Is Cycling To School Too Dangerous?, and shared some initial findings of a survey the campaign conducted with Manor Church of England Academy. We share the full findings of the survey.
Is Cycling to School Too Dangerous?
York Cycle Campaign’s Acomb Ward Rep Barry Treanor investigates how children at Manor Church of England Academy chose to travel to school.
Travel Updates
Cover image credit: Pam Hanley On 8 July, 40 members turned out to hear from Councillor Kate Ravilious – Executive Member for Transport – and Tom Horner – Head of Active and Sustainable Transport at the Council. The focus was what’s been happening behind the scenes in the development of (a) the Local Transport Strategy and (b) the Movement and Place Plan Framework. These will be presented to the Executive of the Council later this month. In autumn, the Executive will consider how the schemes will be executed (this includes the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan and LTS implementation…
General Election 2024
Cycling UK have prepared their manifesto pledges for the 2024 General Election, and a tool to contact your local candidates calling for better cycling in the next government.
York Cycle Campaign Objects To Proposed McDonalds on Fulford Road
A planning application was submitted to the council in early April 2024 to convert the former Iceland store on Fulford Road into restaurant and takeaway for McDonalds, sharing a car park with Aldi. The campaign have submitted an objection to this application due the increase in danger it will bring to an already busy junction.
Mayoral Transport Hustings
On the 8th of April we co-hosted a Hustings for the six mayoral candidates for the new York and North Yorkshire combined authority.
Successful Partnership Between British Transport Police and YCC
York Cycle Campaign have held four informal pop up stalls at the York Train Station with British Transport Police since November.
YCC Has A Q&A With Pete Kilbane – Executive Member for Transport and The Economy
A group of over 30 interested individuals gathered on one of the wettest and windiest nights of the year at Cycle Heaven to hear from Cllr Pete Kilbane,
Why I Cycle – Sarah
Member Sarah Perkin tells us why she chooses to cycle. ‘I bought my e-bike just over a year ago and so I’m fairly new to using cycling as one of my main modes of transportation. However I instantly loved cycling around York, as I enjoy to be outdoors as well as to have the freedom to choose my own journey timings. I am a mum of two young boys and so cycle in various arrangements; on my own to work every day, I pick up my toddler afterwards on his bike seat and I also have a trailer for my…
YCC Welcomes LTP
York Cycle Campaign submitted a written statement to the 12th October meeting of the Council Executive broadly welcoming the proposed Local Transport Plan (LTP), in particular the ambition to ‘improve walking, wheeling and cycling’. Several of our members spoke at the meeting
Recruitment Update: November 2023
Many of you have been working with a wide range of organisations over the years to help raise the profile of York Cycle Campaign. Making these partnerships helps us influence decision making for better cycling in York and understand the needs of these organisations. During the last six months the recruitment team have met up with Thor’s Tipi, York Station, and York St John’s University to help form new links and gain more support. We hope these partnerships will help us increase our membership and find out what issues they have around cycling. For example, the cycle route from York…
Cycling for Health
York Cycle Campaign was delighted to host two fascinating speakers who, in very different ways, are thinking about cycling and health.
Kidical Mass 2023
York Cycle Campaign led a cycle ride through their historic city on Sunday morning. Hundreds of cyclists rode together as part of the global Kidical Mass movement, in which people of all ages cycle to call for safe room to ride, safe routes to school and investment in active travel. The riders set off from Hungate Reading Rooms café at 10:00am on the 26th September, riding via Goodramgate, York Minster and Lendal Bridge. Nearly 200 people rode all kinds of cycles including recumbents, trikes and a varied collection of utility bikes, cargo-bikes and trailers, some carrying young children while others…
Bridge Cycle Markings
Following a request from City of York Council for feedback on the changes to the city centre bridges, York Cycle Campaign contacted its members asking them to provide their opinion on a short web survey.
Climate Change and Active Travel in York
How can climate change be tackled in York and what is the role of active travel? We put some questions to Cllr Kate Ravilious (once Joint Chair of York Cycle Campaign) who job-shares the role as Executive member for Environment and Climate Emergency on York Council. 1. How do you see transport contributing to carbon reduction? Transport is responsible for around one third of the greenhouse gas emissions in York. To date we have made very little progress in reducing carbon emissions from transport in York. The council’s Climate Change strategy suggests that we need to reduce our carbon emissions from transport by 71%…
Membership Recruitment
Leah and her team have been hard at work recruiting more members to the Cycle Campaign. Membership numbers are important because it gives us more weight when we lobby the Council, Network Rail and other bodies – showing the depth and breadth of our representation of cyclists in York. And of course, the more members we have, the more likely it is that some will get actively involved helping us run events, responding to calls to action, and coming up with ideas about what the Campaign can focus on. Leah explains; ‘We had pop-up recruitment drives on Parliament Street, Thor’s…
A Visit To Leicester
Seeking inspiration outside of York, campaign members Andy Shrimpton, Lizzie Morris and Andy Farndale visited Leicester to check out how they do active transport.
York Access Control Barrier Review
The city council has commissioned consultants Transport Initiatives to construct policy about access control barriers.. Campaign member Jamie attended the first stakeholder meeting and gives us his update.
Bootham Park
Planning has been approved for renovation of Bootham Park, including securing a 999 lease for walking and cycling routes through the site.
42 Ways to Transform York Launch
42 Ways to Transform York is about making cycling in York safe, convenient, and accessible for everyone. This is York Cycle Campaign’s manifesto for a better city.
No to Question 13?
Following a FOI request CoYC have released their answers to the ATE self assessment. Campaign member Jamie has looked over their response and given us his thoughts on one question in particular. Question 13…
FOI: York’s ATE Self Assessment
A FOI request means we now know how York answered the ATE self assessment form
Riverside Path Response
City of York Council are consulting on improvements for pedestrians and cyclists on the riverside path between Scarborough Rail Bridge and Jubilee Terrace.
Hospital Fields Road Consultation
The Campaign questions whether the proposals being put forward for Hospital Fields Road present best value for money for improving facilities for cycling within the city and increasing the modal share. We understand from the November executive meeting that £800,000 has been put towards the scheme, and is influenced by the route appearing in the council’s list of targeted routes. But we question whether the proposals will deal with the issues present on the stretch of road. Hospital Fields Road is a 20 mph road with limited levels of traffic not being a through-route. Reference to figure 4.1 of LTN…
2022 AGM Chair’s Report
Our Chair’s Report, giving a round up of 2022 achievements and looking forward to 2023.
Knavesmire Coach Park
Whilst visitors being brought to the York’s christmas markets by coach rather than numerous individual cars is a Christmas hit. The preferred parking spaces of those coaches along the Knavesmire is getting overplayed and tiresome.
A1237 Planning Response
Our response to the planning application for the York Outer Ring Road
Justice for Leeman Road Community
Residents of Leeman Road are looking to raise legal action against the planning decision to close Leeman Road, here’s how you can help.
Inactivity on Active Travel
The projected emissions pathway in the draft climate change strategy (which doesn’t even get York near its commitment to be net zero by 2030) reports that York needs to see a 71% reduction in transport emissions by 2030, which will be achieved by a 25% decrease in the number of miles driven and a 33% increase in active travel. York Council has been awarded £1.2m in total via the last three Government Active Travel Fund bids, and yet the record of delivering these schemes is abysmal. Not one of the major cycle schemes has reached the consultation stage, let alone…
City of York Council: get your act together
We’re livid about City of York Council’s failure to deliver on its active travel schemes, and their current recommendation to scrap two vital schemes. We’ve put together an email asking City of York Council to ‘get their active travel act together’, and we’re asking you to Email York Council now – in one click and let them know that you want to see real progress on safe cycle routes for York. All you need to do is sign the email, and include your address (so that your MP knows you live in their constituency). Feel free to add a personal…
Active Travel Funding Threatened
Last week City of York Council was awarded £350,000 of active travel funding to carry out cycle parking improvements and create ‘people streets’ outside two schools. This small crumb from the £2 billion active travel funding pot confirms that York, along with Bournemouth and Worcestershire, has been placed firmly on the naughty step by the Department for Transport. The slap in the face reflects it’s failure to implement previous active travel schemes such as the segregated cycle route along Bootham and Shipton Road, and its refusal to follow Government guidelines on schemes such as Tadcaster Road and Piccadilly. Meanwhile, councils…
Piccadilly; Whats Going On?
York Cycle Campaign were one of several public speakers criticising the plans for Piccadilly at the Transport Executive Decision Session.
There’s Room On Piccadilly
Photo credit: Richard Lane The Campaign is speaking at an Executive Member for Transport Decision Session today (17th May 2022), at which proposals are being put forward for the redevelopment of Piccadilly as part of the Castle Gateway Masterplan. Whilst it’s great that this part of the city is getting some much needed attention the proposals being put forward don’t meet any of the national guidance for safe cycle infrastructure, a fact acknowledge in the proposals themselves! Following a well attended protest on Saturday, campaign member Jamie Wood is delivering our comments on the proposals, and how they could easily…
City High Streets Fit For The Rest Of 21st Century
Last month York Cycle Campaign and York High Street Forum invited veteran high street campaigner Bill Grimsey to the city.
Clifford’s Tower Planning Response
Planning was submitted in February for the latest section of the Castle Gateway masterplan, under the planning reference 22/00209/FULM. The proposals remove the car park at the base of Cliffords Tower replacing it with a multi-function landscaped area which extends to the Eye of York and along Tower Street in front of the Hilton hotel. Campaign members have assessed the proposals using the Cycling Level of Service tool provided in LTN 1/20 to form our response the application – which you can read in full below. 1. Summary This comment has been put together with the assistance of members of…
Barbican Road Consultation
The Campaign has consulted with it’s members on the Traffic Signal Asset Renewal (TSAR) proposals for the junction of Barbican Road and Paragon Street, as shown in drawing CYC_TST-YK2230-P-001 revision (P01), which was shared to the Campaign for consultation.
Roman Quarter Planning Response
In January developers re-submitted plans for a mixed-use development on Rougier Street, consisting of offices, a hotel, flats, and a new museum exhibiting the city’s Roman heritage – earning the development the ‘Roman Quarter’ name. The project reimagines the development which was rejected on its first application, after numerous objections to its appearance. The project, which sits alongside Lendal Bridge, includes two key cycle links from Rougier Street to the riverside route Wellington Row; Tanner’s Moat and Tanner Row. The submitted designs propose a cycle path through a newly pedestrianised Tanner’s Moat, and a more distinct contraflow down Tanner Row.…
Acomb Scheme Saved
The Campaign were shocked last week the hear that proposals to improve Acomb Road, making it safer for cyclists, could be dramatically slashed from 1.5 miles to just 0.6 miles. With the scheme running only from the Fox Junction to Hebden Rise, instead of all the way to Beckfield Lane. Last week campaign member Nathan shared his own struggles of cycling along this route taking his daughter to school through a series of videos. Listed as one of the city’s Emergency Active Travel schemes, the scheme was awarded funding from central government along with 23 other schemes around the city.…
A Development to Support
It’s not often that the campaign receives a planning application we feel that we can wholeheartedly endorse. Well it’s hats off to City of York Council Housing Delivery Team and architects Mikhail Riches for coming up with an innovative and exciting project on Ordnance Lane / Hospital Fields Road. We are excited about many facets of this development, but most of all welcome the ambition to create a community that puts car-free living at the heart of its vision and goes the extra mile to provide viable alternatives – including community cargo bikes, car-share provision and excellent cycle infrastructure. The site…
National Railway Museum Objection
This week York Cycle Campaign submitted an objection to the reserved matters planning application for changes to the National Railway Museum which will see Leeman Road closed as it runs between the two parts of the museum.
Changes to the Highway Code
As of today (Saturday 29th January) new changes to the Highway Code have been introduced that aim to better protect vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, and horse riders.
Welcome to York, ATE
We welcome the new walking and cycling body, Active Travel England, to their new home in York
Tadcaster Road Update
We have a look at the latest design updates for Tadcaster Road
Can Anti-Terror Bollards Be Something More?
Proposals have been released for permanent anti-terror bollards around the city, but could given an extra purpose?
Exchange with ‘Cycle City’
In July this year we plan to visit Münster as part of a cycling ideas exchange
Hob Moor Barriers Removed
Cyclists on Hob Moor got an early Christmas present as barriers to cycling were removed
City Centre Access Statement
We spoke at the executive meeting about Blue Badge access into the city centre
Road Safety Week 2021
We looked into some of the dangers facing cyclists for Road Safety Week 2021
Letter to COP26 Governments
York Cycle Campaign are proud to be signatories of the European Cyclists’ Federation’s (ECF) joint letter to governments at COP26 calling on them to boost cycling levels to tackle climate change.
Coppergate Contraflow: A Standard Design
We put forward our ideas for a better Coppergate for everyone
Letter: Concerns Over Consultations
We wrote to council to raise concerns about their approach to consultations
Statement: A1237 Dualling
We gave a statement regarding dualling of the north ring road and the potential impact it could have on cycling
Tadcaster Road Consultation Response
During September 2021, City of York Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) consulted on design for changes for Tadcaster Road that aim to improve active travel and public transport along the key route in and out of the city. Earlier in the month we shared our first impressions of the design, below we share our formal response that was submitted to the consultation in which we assess the designs against LTN 1/20 – the current guidance on providing cycle infrastructure produced by the Department of Transport. The Core Design Principles Section 1.5 of LTN 1/20 sets out that cycle…
Letter: Decline in Cycling
We wrote to the council expressing concern at the decline in cycling in the city
Tadcaster Road Improvements: A First Look
At the end of August a consultation was launched between City of York Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WCAS) for changes to Tadcaster Road. A team of members have been raking through the proposals, and comparing them against the latest cycle infrastructure design guidance LTN 1/20.
Statement: Cycling Numbers Decline
Since 2014 cycling rates in ‘cycling city’ have been declining. A recent council report showed that since 2014 12,000 less people are cycling in the city. The report also shows that during lockdown cycling levels plummeted by 84%, a drop made all the more dramatic when compared to figures in the rest of the UK which saw an increase 46%.
Piccadilly Proposals
In early July plans were revealed for the redesign of Piccadilly as part of the Castle Gateway masterplan. The Campaign were dismayed that despite various conversations during the public engagement process space has been found for any segregated cycle lanes leading into the city centre linking from the Ouse riverside paths via the new cycle bridge announced last year. Instead road safety measures are reliant on a 20mph speed limit and ‘meandering’ design which the Campaign don’t believe provide the best approach possible in providing safe cycling for everyone wanting to reach the city centre. We’ve previously covered this in…
Inclusive & Disability Cycling In York
Our new report identifies more than 30 instances of York cycle infrastructure which do not comply with the Equality Act 2010. It comes with the warning that if City of York Council does not step into gear and rectify the problems, they will be forced to take legal action, which could end up with the council having to forkout as much as £50,000 for every person that pursues action via the small claims court. The report, Inclusive and Disability Cycling in York details non-complaint infrastructure across York and details many types of disabled-friendly cycle infrastructure that a welcoming and inclusive…
CoYC Update June 2021
The Sustainable Transport Manager Julian for City of York Council, Julian Ridge, gives us an update on the latest cycle news from the council.
Letter: Clean Air Day Protest
This article was updated on the 2nd August 2021 to include a response recieved from the council. Jump to the response. The following letter is being sent to York City Council: We are writing to ask you why there has been so little progress on the Emergency Active Travel Fund Schemes in York? It is now nearly a year since the council was awarded over £850,000 of Government funding for active travel schemes in York and yet very few of the proposed schemes are in place. In particular we are greatly concerned by your failure to install safe segregated cycle…
Clean Air Day Protest Ride
On the eve of Clean Air Day so join our mass protest cycle through the city to ask the council where our promised cycle lanes are.
City Centre Access: A Proposal
This page was updated on the 3rd July 2021 to include a missing map of the route. City of York Council are currently consulting on what the city centre might look like in years to come through the My City Centre York program. As part of this questions are being asked on what access to and around city centre could look like. The following events area being held over the coming month (June 2021) which we’d encourage you to take part in: Cycling in York City Centre WorkshopsFriday 11th June 2021 – 10:00am to 11:30amThursday 17th June 2021 – 6:00pm…
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire 2021
Responses from PFCC candidates 2021
CoYC April 2021 Update
The Sustainable Transport Manager Julian for City of York Council, Julian Ridge, has offered to provide the Campaign with regular updates of progress on schemes by the council across the city. Here is the first of those updates; As the weather warms up there has been a lot of cycling activity at CYC. We have made job offers both to a new Active Modes Planner (who we hope to introduce next month once they’ve started) and to a Programme Manager for the Active Travel Fund. Design work is continuing on the cycle lane scheme for Bootham and Shipton Road, with…
Taking Legal Action on Barriers
In December campaign member Jamie shared with us details of a Freedom of Information request he put in about the inaccessible barriers at Hob Moor. Now he updates us on what happens since, and how you can follow his lead.
Fix Your Bike Vouchers
The Government has brought back its Fix Your Bike Voucher scheme, offering a voucher for use towards cycle repairs up to the value of £50. Apply for a voucher of up to £50 on the Fix Your Bike website when vouchers become available. Find a Fix Your Bike Voucher Scheme-registered bike mechanic to repair your bike using the map of participating bike shops and mechanics. Bring your bike in to your chosen repairer to be fixed, using the voucher to cover up to £50 of the total cost of the repairs needed. Be quick, as vouchers are limited and previous releases have been…
Terry Avenue Closure: What’s Happening
If you have travelled up Terry Avenue or across Millennium Bridge this week you’ll have noticed that works to form the construction compound for the Environment Agency’s flood defence works for Clementhorpe. This is in preparation for the main works, and closure of Terry Avenue for 12 months, starting from the 1st of April. So what exactly is happening? And what do you need to know if you travel through this area? We’ve gone through the Environment Agency’s Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) and outlined the key points on how it will affect cycling in the area. Struggling to view…
Don’t Cycle
Work is starting on the Clementhorpe flood alleviation scheme, and the popular riverside walk/cycle route along Terry Avenue will be closed from Monday 15th March for at least one year. Compound construction work will start on Monday 1st March. York Cycle Campaign are recommending that cyclists avoid the area during working hours and consider alternative means of transport if they need to travel between Southbank and Fishergate, or from the Millennium Bridge to Skeldergate. “Cyclists and HGVs don’t mix and the danger to cyclists at the junction of Butcher Terrace and Bishopthorpe Road is very concerning,” the Campaign says. “We…
Upcoming Talk: Cycling in a Medieval City
We are excited to host Simon Munk, Infrastructure Campaigner from London Cycle Campaign to hear his thoughts on cycle in a medieval city.
York Minster Neighbourhood Plan
York Minster is currently consulting the public on a draft proposal for it’s Neighbourhood Plan
Campaign Welcomes e-Bike Hire
Early this week (18th Jan 2021) City of York Council agreed to allow Tier expand its current offer to include e-bikes for public hire as well as the e-scooters currently on offer. The range in which hires will be allowed to be used, enforced by the e-assist cutting out if you go out of range, will be gradually increased to cover the whole of the city by March 2021. As with all e-bikes, the bikes on offer still require riders to pedal with the motors providing additional help. The e-assist function limited to 25 km/h (15.5mph) – at speeds over…
Ride to Dunnington
“I used to cycle to work, but I’ve given up now; it’s just too dangerous,” explained Zoe. A small group of us were watching cars hurtle by, trying to figure out how conditions could be made safer for cyclists and pedestrians accessing the village of Dunnington .
Navigation Road LTN Consultation: Response
York Cycle Campaign broadly welcomes the proposals for conducting a trial low traffic neighbourhood on Navigation Road. Navigation Road. Navigation Road forms part of NCN Route 658, better known as the Foss Islands Route, which provides a connection to shops and workplaces in the city centre from areas to the east of the city such as Tang Hall, Derwenthorpe, Osbaldwick, and Heworth. The short section of road being considered for the LTN is often complained about by members as a weak point in the Foss Islands Route, which is mostly quietways through the city centre and greenway to the east.
YCC Welcomes Navigation Road Consultation
The Campaign is welcoming a council consultation on improvements to Navigation Road, a key walking and cycling link into the city centre, to reduce traffic using the neighbourhood as a short-cut.
Safe Streets York Recap
During the summer we ran our Safe Streets York campaign with thanks to Commonplace who opened up their community engagement platform in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between May and September 764 respondents from around York and it’s surrounding areas contributed to the map to give us a snapshot of the issues around the city facing pedestrians and cyclists. Struggling to view the map above? Try viewing the map directly in Google My Maps What’s the survey shown us? Comments relating to the design and provision of infrastructure equate for nearly three quarters of responses to the map, with the…
York Central Access
On the 12th of November, CoYC planning committee approved the reserved matters application for the access road into the York Central development north of the station. York Cycle Campaign spoke at the meeting to welcome the changes that had been made to the design for cycling and walking, but also highlight some remaining concerns about parts of the design. Below is a copy of the statement the Campaign delivered, and you can watch the committee meeting in full on the Council’s Youtube page. York Cycle Campaign welcomes that York Central access proposals have been revisited to improve their provision against…
York Outer Ring Road Proposals
City of York Council have been holding a consultation on the proposed dualling of the A1237 (Northern Outer Ring Road) between Clifton Moor and the A64 Hopgrove Roundabout. As well as dualling the road along the existing route, the proposals include a shared cycle/footpath running parallel to the road and enlarging existing roundabouts along the route. More information about the scheme can be found on the Council’s consultation page, where you can also lodge a comment up until Monday 16th November 2020. Below is a copy of the Campaign’s response to the consultation. York Cycle Campaign is significantly concerned by…
Cycle ride with Councillors in Rawcliffe and Clifton Without
A ride was organised by members of York Cycling Campaign for councillors in the ward in order to view some of the problems and some of the good provision within the ward. Two of the ward councillors were able to attend: Sam Waudby and Daryl Smalley. From YCC the participants were Tom Franklin, Robyn Jankel and David Hirst. A big thank you to Sam and Daryl for taking the time and trouble to join us, and especially to Sam who hasn’t cycled for a long while. The Route taken is shown on the map below: This differs from the original…
Marygate to Bootham Consultation
York Cycle Campaign has welcomed proposed changes along the link between Scarborough Rail Bridge and Bootham Park that have been released by the council for consultation. Since the redevelopment of the bridge this route has become increasingly popular, despite the weaknesses in the link between the bridge and Bootham. The Campaign believes the proposed interventions put forward in this consultation will make significant improvements to this route, especially for accessibility of pedestrians and cyclists travelling east-west across the north edge of the city including towards York Hospital and York St. John. The proposed interventions are: Widening of the shared path…
Emergency Travel Fund Letter
On Monday the 3nd of August members of the Campaign came together to protest against the apparent lack of suitability in the Council’s proposals for tranche 2 of the Government’s Emergency Active Travel Fund (EATF). The EATF is a pot of money that has been allocated from central government to aid local authorities in implementing improved walking and cycling infrastructure in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The fund is targeted at improvements for opportunities for social distancing on our streets and making active travel modes a viable method of travelling around the city to avoid a traffic meltdown of travellers…
Cycle Provision During COVID-19
Cycling is played a crucial transport role during the Covid-19 crisis, providing a safe means of transport for key-workers, enabling volunteers to deliver food and medication to those who are isolating, making green spaces accessible for those without access to gardens, and providing a much-needed safe means of exercise for ordinary people. Social distancing is going to be necessary for many months to come. In order to cope with this the city needs to adapt its infrastructure to support people and enable them to continue carrying out essential tasks and exercising. We outline our reasoning more fully in our blog post. Over…
Make Room for Walking & Cycling in York During the Covid-19 Crisis
Our lives have changed dramatically in recent weeks. It’s been amazing and heartening to see how everyone has pulled together and adapted in creative and thoughtful ways. Cycling has played a crucial role, providing a safe means of transport for key-workers, enabling volunteers to deliver food and meds to those who are isolating, making green spaces accessible for those without access to gardens, and providing a much-needed outlet as a safe means of exercise for ordinary people. The drop in vehicle traffic and need to avoid public transport where possible has encouraged more people to start walking and cycling –…
Remembering Paul Hepworth
“His bike… his tucked in trousers into his socks and his general deportment marked him out as One of Us.” York has lost one of its cycling legends. Paul Hepworth, AKA ‘Pedalling Paul’, was a tireless and doggedly polite campaigner for the rights of York’s cyclists. Many would have come across Paul in his various guises, not only as a lifelong cycle activist, but as a volunteer and active contributor to numerous causes in the local community: be it the Holgate Windmill, Poppleton Road Community Hall, Jo-Ro Theatre, the York Cycle Rally or with Visit York. But it’s as a…
Beat The Social Distancing By Bike
This article was edited on the 24th March 2020 reflect the latest instructions issued by the Government on the evening of Monday the 23rd March. In the past week the world as we know it has changed beyond what could have been imagined a few months, weeks, even days ago. Schools are closed to all but children of key workers, people are being encouraged to work at home, and pubs & restaurants have been closed. Whilst these social distancing moves are essential to beat the coronavirus pandemic, they will undoubtedly take their strain on on all of us. In the…
How would you spend £500,000 on York’s Cycle infrastructure?
York Cycle Campaign shared ideas with City of York Council Last July City of York council set aside £500,000 to invest in cycling infrastructure. York Cycle Campaign has been in discussion with the council to think about how this money is best spent. Andy Vose, the council’s Transport Policy Manager, has identified a list of cycle infrastructure projects, and has developed a method to weight and prioritise them. Meanwhile, the campaign’s BIG group have drawn up their own list of ‘pinch points’ and used the same methodology to see how the projects compare. This process has raised a number of…
