Gwylan
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Rye?
Regional mayors back active travel plans
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Rye?
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annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
- Location
- Canonbie
It was something to do with active travel in Northumberland or North Tyneside. Maybe the Whitley Bay to Tynemouth stretch? To be fair she wasn't actually riding it, just standing holding it.
ktmbiker58
Senior Member
Active travel targets have been missed by miles :-
Add to that the fact that cycling mileage has dropped by 2.8% below the pre-Covid mileage - doesn't look great.
Add to that the fact that cycling mileage has dropped by 2.8% below the pre-Covid mileage - doesn't look great.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Primary school I used to work at had a very high level of kids walking to school
The one my grand kids go to is the exact opposite
but the reason is not connected to health and government targets
it is purely economical - I taught in a poor area
my grand kids go to a school in a much better off area
so - best course for the government is to make everyone poor and the active travel figures will go up!
( I presume the minister responsible does not consider CycleChat as one of their primary sources of sage advise???)
The one my grand kids go to is the exact opposite
but the reason is not connected to health and government targets
it is purely economical - I taught in a poor area
my grand kids go to a school in a much better off area
so - best course for the government is to make everyone poor and the active travel figures will go up!
( I presume the minister responsible does not consider CycleChat as one of their primary sources of sage advise???)
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Active travel is going very well here in Poshshire. Its a carncil priority, apparently.
But not a priority when they decided to recently install a lamp post in the middle of this shared path for cyclists to enjoy.
Apparently its been there a while (it hasnt). Oh, thats alright then.
If it's such a non-problem as the carncil claim then why dont they install them in the middle the road?
Active travel my arse.
What we need is a regional mayor...
But not a priority when they decided to recently install a lamp post in the middle of this shared path for cyclists to enjoy.
Apparently its been there a while (it hasnt). Oh, thats alright then.
If it's such a non-problem as the carncil claim then why dont they install them in the middle the road?
Active travel my arse.
What we need is a regional mayor...
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ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Things like that is where the street view is useful - you can view the older versions and see what it was really like a few years ago
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
What you need is more councillors who “actively travel”, preferably, by bicycle 😊
Punkawallah
Veteran
“You don’t understand; there are no simple solutions; it’s not black and white; it’s much more complicated than that”.
Punkawallah
Veteran
And that was just the teachers.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Last school I taught at the Head was quite keen of kids walking or cycling to school
so she had a secure area set out with a 10foot high fence round it with a decent lock
there was even a metal shed inside it for storing scooters and the like
whatever it took to encourage them to come by some form of travel that wasn;t a car
As I often had my bike in there (the kids knew it was an ebike but never messed with it) I was well known to have a key
so if the "Site Manager" was not around and had forgotten to open it then they often asked me as they knew where I would be
One time they asked and said that one of the "usual suspects" had got fed up waiting and was climbing over the fence
so I dashed round to make sure she was safe
by this time she had got over and was inside
but had scared herself witless and needed to comfort and assurance that she was safe now
especially as I had to go back to my room to get the keys before I could let her out
It was quite funny - she was a nutter but had a sense of humour and I managed to get her laughing about it while I was trying to open the lockr
she never tried that again - not sure about the plan as climbing back over with her bike would have been rather complicated!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
As you know, im a parish councillor.
I walk, or occasionally cycle, the 1.5 miles to meetings. All my colleagues, all whom live closer than me, some only 2 or 3 hundred yards away, drive.
They then spend the meetings moaning about the traffic and parking.
Quite.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Nah when I was at school they all smoked in the staff room, in summer if you walked past the open window you'd have sworn there was a bonfire in there or the room was on fire.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Crazy people
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
When I first started in school as a trainee teacher there was a separate room off the staff room for smoking
it reeked
when I started at that same school as a "proper teacher" the room had been changed to a store room and then became an isolation room
smoking was just not allowed on site at all - kids AND teachers
there were some kids that we knew smoked - but unless we saw them doing it there was little we could do
I had one kid in my class who was know to smoke
He was VERY protective of his anorak - even in summer
I had to be very careful about time when he had to be separated from it and make sure he knew it was safe
because it had his fags and lighter in it
(and probably stuff he had knicked - he had a problem with that which is another story!)
