Cow Lane Saved for cyclists

Strong lobbying of local councillors and MPs by Reading Cycle Campaign pays off. Network Rail announce their preferred option for track realignment will be a rail flyover, thus saving Cow Lane from being closed and denying residents of West Reading easy cycle and pedestrian access to the Rivermead, the Thames and Caversham. Plans now include the widening of Cow Lane bridges. Press release from Martin Salter.

Bike Week 2008

This year's events are being sponsored by Nokia. Further details can be found here.

Response to Cycle Strategy Consultation

Reading Borough Council is at last updating its ‘Interim’ Cycling Strategy of 2001. A draft version of the new document was issued for consultation in January 2008 and we have submitted a joint response to the consultation with the Reading Cycling Club and the CTC. To read our response click here.

Oxford Road Study Area

Reading Cycle Campaign has called on the Council to provide on-carriageway cycle lanes on Oxford Road in response to the Council’s study of the Oxford Road Area. We submitted our suggestions and comments in March 2008. Click click here to see our full submission.

Crap Cycle Lanes

A book published by Warrington Cycle Campaign features (probably) 50 worst cycle lanes in Britain. Local authorities are named and shamed, Reading (the very short Oxford Road cycle lane) has one entry in this book. You can get this book at Amazon or Eye books.