Creating a community-led cycle network in St Albans and Harpenden
Brian Deegan - leading street designer and local resident - spoke to a packed meeting at the Council Offices on Monday 30 September.
Brian has kindly given us the slides from his presentation to share with you (9MB): Brian Deegan St Albans talk.pdf
The slides wil make more sense when you have read the report of the meeting: Report on cycle network meeting - 30 Sept 2019 - Brian Deegan.pdf
You might also enjoy listening to Brian being interviewed by Amanda Yorweth on Radio Verulam's Environment Matters show, broadcast 17th October and available as a podcast at http://www.radio-uk.co.uk/podcasts/radio-verulam-environment-matters
Had a faceful of brambles? Fed up of your local pothole? Report any highways problems, including cycle paths alongside roads, to Hertfordshire County Council. Feedback we get from officers is that reporting by the public helps them direct resources and plan works, as well as actually getting things fixed. Vegetation does seem to take longer than it should - please let STACC know of any problem locations.
Your help with campaigning is needed - please write to councillors in support of improving conditions for cycling and walking. Here is a brilliant summary report from TfL on the economic benefits of encouraging cycling and walking. http://content.tfl.gov.uk/walking-cycling-economic-benefits-summary-pack.pdf
You can find out who your District and County councillors are on the St Albans District Council and Hertfordshire County Council websites.
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Report on the #SustFest19 meeting on Healthy Streets is now available. It was a great evening, Caroline Russell is an inspiring speaker and we are fizzing with ideas to make our streets better for people. Do get involved!
Report on STACC meeting - Healthy street for healthy communities 29-5-19.pdf
Your help with campaigning work needed! The campaign field we would most like to develop is commenting at an early stage on planning applications, with regards to provision of cycle routes and storage for cycles on the premises. We need members to help with this! Please get in touch - the committee meets monthly and informally in central St Albans and usually goes for a beer afterwards.
You can find us on Twitter: @StAlbansCycling
HCC Local Transport Plan, LTP4 includes pretty well everything we as a cycle campaign would like to see happen - reduced car dependency, more active travel, more public transport. A key feature is the need for County and District / Borough Councils to work together to co-ordinate inter-acting strategies. We are working with other cycling groups in the county on this and other issues, under the CycleHerts banner.
Here are the 'tube maps' - proper name Cycling Network Quality Maps. They are diagrammatic picture of conditions for cycling, not a route-finding map. They are a work in progress, both in terms of assessing the network and - we hope and campaign for - needing to be updated as conditions are improved. They are based on the CycleBath format, and the idea is to 'turn the map blue'. Or green if looking at the St Albans city map. Three different map-makers, so three different styles. Feedback and comments very welcome.
This version extends further to include local villages:
Still relevant to ongoing campaigning - report on our
Public Rights of Way meeting:
2017 report Rights of way for cyclists v3.pdf
