For more, better and safer cycling in and around Cambridge
Camcycle welcomed Dr Nik Johnson (Labour and Co-operative Party) and Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer (Liberal Democrat) to answer viewers’ questions on cycling-related issues at our hustings event on Tuesday 6 April, 2021. The Conservative candidate and incumbent, James Palmer declined the invitation to attend.
Candidates introduced themselves and talked about their personal experiences of
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What lessons can we learn from those who live a low-car life? What insights could help decision-makers enable more people to choose active travel or build communities that don’t entrench car dependency?
Camcycle’s March meeting is the first in a series of events about Sustainable Communities. Our Communications Officer Anna Williams was joined by Yasmin
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We’re taking part in South Cambridgeshire District Council’s Climate and Environment fortnight.
Join Camcycle and Lyn Hesse, Senior Road Safety Officer from Cambridgeshire County Council, for an Introduction to School Streets – A greener way to travel webinar on Friday 5 March, 12-12.45pm. Register online now for this free event.
We will be talking
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Sarah Berry is an active travel campaigner from Lambeth, London and yet only a year ago she didn’t even own a bike! It was the installation of a low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme in her local area that prompted her to take up cycling and, speaking to Camcycle at our February 2021 monthly meeting, she explains
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Over 70 members and guests joined us for the Camcycle 2021 AGM, which was held online via Zoom. Trustees and staff reviewed 2020, shared plans for 2021 and presented the annual Camcycle awards, showing recognition to those who have worked hard for more, better and safer cycling over the last 12 months. We were also
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We’re delighted to announce the candidates for election to the Camcycle board of trustees in 2021. Each year, the board is elected as part of our annual general meeting.
This year, our elections will be conducted using the OpaVote online system. The process is broadly the same as with our previous paper-based ballots, but
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The next Camcycle AGM will be held online on Saturday 23 January, 2021 at 2pm. Our guest speaker will be cycling communications specialist and co-author of Building the Cycling City, Melissa Bruntlett.
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Sam Davies is a resident of Queen Edith’s who wears many hats in her day-to-day life including Chair of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum and long-standing member (and former committee member) of Camcycle. We welcomed Sam to speak at our monthly meeting in December 2020 to share her thoughts on cycling issues in Queen Edith’s
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Dave Walker, author of The Cycling Cartoonist, has been drawing diagrams about cycling for many years. Dave’s cartoons have gained a strong following on social media, been published in a book – The Cycling Cartoonist, featured in The Guardian‘s Illustrated City series and used as campaigning tools by Cycling UK. During the pandemic, he’s
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