Agenda and minutes

1.       Minutes of last meeting and matters arising

Cllr Rosenstiel asked whether any progress had been made on the ‘No Entry except Cycles’ signs, particularly with regard to  the Adam and Eve Street / Burleigh Street junction where the ‘no entry for motor vehicle’ sign was routinely ignored by motorists.  CJR stated that this was something the Bike Friendly Cities project was funding and that Brian Stinton was supposed to be organising site meetings to look at increasing the number of one-way streets opened up to 2-way cycling as well as replacing the ‘no entry for motor vehicles sign’ with no entry except cycles signs

Action: CJR to contact Brian Stinton for update

2.       Promotion Grants

·       Report from Healthy Walks

The mid year report had been received from Healthy Walks and the group agreed to fund the remaining £2,020 funding for the project. Cllr Rosenstiel added that information about walks organised and identified by the Ramblers should be included so as not to duplicate work.

·       Presentation from You Can Hub project

The project is all about helping people with disabilities to access cycling. There are no projects like this currently in the area. The team visited Bikeworks in Finsbury Park London to try out different bikes and benchmark what they are offering. The project had already secured £2000 funding from the City Council in October, and money from a collection at the local Waitrose Store.

The project team were recently at ‘Park Life’ in Milton Country Park promoting the service. The team have just completed two days of instructor training and are putting on an event on 4^th April also at Milton Country Park where people can try out bikes and get involved in the scheme. They also plan to be at the Big Weekend event and the Sports and Art event. They are currently talking to local businesses about promotion opportunities to secure further funding. As well as helping those with disabilities to cycle using adapted bikes it has also shown to encourage care workers to start cycling.

Cllr Al Bander asked about the current uptake of the service. Currently there are 100 people interested which are on contact lists that have been built over the last 4 years including supported housing and other networks. There are 15 regular clients that have signed up to the scheme.

Funding of £4,936.62 was agreed for this project.

·       Cycle Obstruction Hanger

The Cycling and Walking Liaison Group had identified a need to try and reduce the number of parked cycles which cause a serious obstruction to pedestrians, particularly those who are visually impaired or use a wheelchair. In liaison with the City Council’s Access Officer CJR has worked up a design for a card hanger notice(similar to the do not disturb hangers used in hotels) which can be placed on the worst offending cycles by City Rangers.

Members agreed that the remainder of the grant could be used to fund the cost of these hangers.

·       Travel for Work

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