Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

POSTS ARCHIVE

Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

YEARS

2021

CAMPAIGNS

TRANSPORT

Piccadilly Station to Victoria station walking and cycling proposal – Love Your Bike response

transport

18th Feb 2020

Our response to the consultation on the proposed walking and cycling route from Manchester Piccadilly Station to Victoria Station.

Ask your #GE2019 Parliamentary candidates to Stand up for cycling and walking (Cycling UK)

transport

26th Nov 2019

Has your parliamentary candidate taken the pledge? Find out and let your future MP know that we must have more money for cycling and walking.

Public service announcement: TfGM would like to know your thoughts about cycling in Greater Manchester…. even if you don’t cycle they still want to hear from you!

transport

8th Aug 2019

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds are interested to know your thoughts about cycling, and, if you cycle, how often you do so, what influences your decisions to cycle, and how cycling affects your lifestyle.

Love Your Bike’s response to the Chorlton Cycling and Walking route consultation

transport

17th Feb 2019

Manchester City Council are recently held a consultation on a 5km, £13.4 million proposed cycling and walking route from Chorlton to Manchester. The proposed 5km route will run along Barlow Moor Road, through Chorlton and then Manchester Road, Upper Chorlton Road …

Converting street parking into cycle lanes

transport

8th Jan 2019

There is an excellent article from CityLab March in 2015, which is a summary of twelve studies done on this question. In case you don’t have time to read it, the recurring themes across the studies it mentions are That …

Chorlton Cycle Way Plans (Manchester City Council)

Show your support for the Chorlton to Manchester Cycle Way!

transport

news release

5th Dec 2018

Love Your Bike, Manchester Friends of the Earth’s cycle campaign, have launched a simple online action to encourage people to show their support for the Chorlton to Manchester Cycle Way. [1]

Chorlton Cycling and Walking Way (Manchester City Council)

Support the Chorlton Cycling and Walking Route

transport

take action

3rd Dec 2018

Manchester City Council are leading a consultation on a 5km, £13.4 million proposed cycling and walking route from Chorlton to Manchester. You can show your support with this simple email action, created by Love Your Bike.

Can you help the Station South Restoration and Cycle Café crowdfunder ?

transport

29th Aug 2018

We’re restoring an old railway station to its former glory and need your help to transform it into a destination cycle café, bar, co-working space and permaculture inspired garden!

The Greater Manchester Bike Share Survey (win £200) (Salford University & British Cycling)

transport

19th Jun 2018

The University of Salford and British Cycling invite you to take part in an online survey on cycling and bike share in Greater Manchester.

Cycle campaigners call on Greater Manchester to “Vote for Cycling!”

transport

news release

25th Apr 2018

On Friday 27th April, Manchester Friends of the Earth will be encouraging people across Greater Manchester to ‘Vote for Cycling’ when casting their vote in the local elections.

Manchester City Council press release: Ambitious Manchester to Chorlton Cycleway proposed

transport

22nd Mar 2018

See below for the Manchester City Council press release concerning the proposed Manchester to Chorlton Cycleway.

A6 Buxton Road (High Lane) – On carriageway cycle lane (23rd Feb: deadline for comments)

transport

13th Feb 2018

See text below from Stockport Council regarding a consultation on the A6 Buxton Road (High Lane) – On carriageway cycle lane. The closing date for responses is Friday 23rd February 2018.

‘Made to Move’: Time to Act!

transport

news release

11th Dec 2017

Love You Bike is calling on the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to support Chris Boardman’s (Greater Manchester cycling and walking commissioner) ‘Made to Move: 15 steps to transform Greater Manchester’ plan at the GMCA meeting on Friday 15th December. [1]

‘Made to Move’: £1.5 billion reasons to act !

transport

10th Dec 2017

We ran this email campaign in December 2017 in the run up to a Greater Mancehster Combined Authority meeting at which Chris Boardman would be presenting ‘Made to Move: 15 steps to transform Greater Manchester’.

Bury Tandem Club for Blind and Partially Sighted People is looking for new front riders

transport

3rd Dec 2017

Bury Tandem Club for Blind and Partially Sighted People is looking for new front riders. We’ve had a number of enquiries from visually impaired people wanting to join us but we’re short of pilots.

Congestion. Busted. Support more people to cycle

transport

news release

25th Oct 2017

With Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham asking for a ‘Congestion Conversation’, Love Your Bike are inviting people to join one of the Bike Friday cycle rides on Friday 27th October to highlight that the bicycle is the ultimate congestion buster. …

News release: Bike to Support City’s Cycling & Walking Ambition

transport

news release

27th Sep 2017

Love Your Bike are inviting people to join one of the Bike Friday cycle rides on Friday 29th September to show support for Chris Boardman’s (Cycling & Walking Commissioner) plans to make Greater Manchester a truly cycling friendly city. [1]

Manchester Cycle Forum – what is the most compelling argument for….

transport

event report

21st Sep 2017

The latest Manchester Cycle Forum (Tuesday 19th September) saw an interesting departure from the usual Cycle Forum format. Cycle forum participants were treated to a series of 3 minute presentations (no Powerpoint allowed) that set out to make the “most …

A magical clean air machine… join the ‘Bicycle Bloc’ @ Manchester Day Parade (Sunday 18th June)

transport

12th Jun 2017

Manchester Day Parade 2017 is on Sunday 18th June and this year will be a celebration of all things magic and over 2000 performers will take you on a magical adventure of wonder, invention and illusion. Manchester Day 2017 promises …

Request from Sustrans: Models required for photo shoot next week!

transport

8th Jun 2017

We’re looking for models for a photography shoot to be part of a Bike life report on attitudes to cycling. If you are available on 14 or 15 June please get in touch with sarah.roe@sustrans.org.uk

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