Epsom & Ewell Cycling Action Group

Working for better cycling provision in Epsom & Ewell.

[OpenChiswick @OpenChiswickW4]

Just fabulous to see so many people out enjoying Hammersmith Bridge on Easter Sunday. 🥰

Hard to imagine six years ago this had 20,000+ motor vehicles on it every day. 😊

Now it is dedicated to walking and wheeling 👍

[Yeah But Cyclists @but_cyclists]

A compilation video of cyclists proving why they need to be trained and licensed 👇

[Active Travel England @activetraveleng]

Read the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy: https://t.co/K7zQy6YnzF

[Active Travel England @activetraveleng]

Read Worth Every Step, our plan for how we will deliver: https://t.co/XbfeTqExzd

[Active Travel England @activetraveleng]

Today, the Government has announced plans to deliver thousands of new walking, wheeling and cycling routes across England, transforming everyday trips to schools, shops and services.

We're central to delivering this – helping to shape happier, healthier and greener communities.

[Think of your licence @ThinkLicence]

Highway Code, Rule #H3.

[Transport Action Network @TransportActio2]

🚲 Happy #WorldBicycleDay!

Cycling is an affordable way to get around. It's good for health and is climate-friendly.

It's almost exactly one year since we won our case at the Court of Appeal on cuts to cycling and walking funding! https://t.co/SzzM82ksX3

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

We know children’s lungs don’t develop as well when they grow up surrounded by air pollution: that’s why I had to act.

London’s children are breathing cleaner air thanks to our bold policies that have brought down NO2 pollution to legal levels.

https://t.co/WCCxKW2juq

[Will Norman @willnorman]

We'll make our streets safer with hundreds of new pedestrian crossings, 200 more schools streets, safer speed limits, cc-tv at bus stops, tackling pavement clutter like e-bikes & signage - and so much more.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

🥵 When we let driving and parked cars monopolize our streets we amplify urban heat stress and lower our quality of life.

Yet another hidden societal cost of private car ownership.

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

School Streets scheme to include 200 more roads ➡️ https://t.co/aVwidhSnXY

[TELO Trucks @TELOtrucks]

This trend cannot, and will not continue.

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

Experts are saying it: SUVs damage our roads more than ordinary passenger cars.

I’ve asked @TfL to look into the effect of supersized SUVs in London as more of these vehicles take up space on London’s roads.

https://t.co/QPSExtuhyE

[BBC Surrey @BBCSurrey]

New parking spaces for mopeds have been introduced in Epsom's High Street in a bid to stop delivery vehicles parking on the pavement.

More here: https://t.co/sAzYNzt0pY

[Cycling UK @WeAreCyclingUK]

📉 England and Wales face a huge road repair bill. The Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) reports it would cost £18.62 billion and take 12 years to fix all local-authority-controlled tarmac. @bikeradar has the full story: https://t.co/WIw8myiH0W

[BBC Surrey @BBCSurrey]

Navigating potholes and crumbling tarmac has become something of a habit for drivers and cyclists in the South East over the last few months.

More here: https://t.co/TWvgo8XDuN

[Epsom & Ewell Cycling Action Group @EpsomCyclists]

Adults walking or cycling are 14% more likely to die in a collision when the car involved is an SUV; children are 77% more likely.
https://t.co/ufFrbyKkAJ

[Epsom & Ewell Cycling Action Group @EpsomCyclists]

One in three people believe SUV's are more dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists cyclist://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-15610779/One-three-drivers-say-SUVs-dangerous-pedestrians-think-tank-calls-taxed-fund-EV-discounts-low-income-families.html?ico=mol_desktop_home

[Jeremy Vine & Daytime on 5 @JeremyVineOn5]

Do we need to put registration plates on bikes?

Police figures show hundreds of cyclists have triggered speed cameras; however, officers are reportedly powerless to give out speeding tickets as bikes have no identifiable markings.

Would enforcing number plates help?

[20's Plenty for Us @20splentyforus]

In announcing the UKGov's Road Safety Strategy the English guidance on setting local speed becomes obsolete to be replaced with one based on a Safe System approach. This already exists as the Scottish criteria for 20mph as an urban/village norm as follows. See https://t.co/zaboIdXcIJ