Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

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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.

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CAMPAIGNS

TRANSPORT

Show your support for the Chorlton to Manchester Cycle Way!

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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]

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

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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.

‘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]

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]

Women go Danish for Breakfast Bike Ride to Whitworth

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news release

6th Mar 2017

Over 50 women will join a breakfast bike ride to the Whitworth Art Gallery this International Women’s Day (8 March) to celebrate the start of safer ‘Danish-style’ cycling conditions in the city. The ride, which is organised by charities Sustrans …

MPs take to the streets of Manchester for cycling fact-finding mission

transport

news release

28th Sep 2016

A press release released following the visit from members of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group to Manchester on Friday 23rd September. Pete Abel from Love Your Bike was invited to give one of the presentations to APPCG members, Manchester …

Love Your Bike survey highlights impact of Metrolink tram tracks on cycling safety

transport

news release

30th Sep 2015

Love Your Bike, the cycling advocacy campaign co-ordinated by Manchester Friends of the Earth, has published the results of a survey of people’s experiences of cycling alongside or across Metrolink tram tracks. The survey highlights that a large majority of …

News release: Cycling on the wrong side of the tracks?

transport

news release

12th Mar 2015

Love Your Bike, the cycling advocacy campaign co-ordinated by Manchester Friends of the Earth, has launched a survey to gather the experiences of people who have cycled alongside, close to or across Metrolink tram tracks [1]

Greater Manchester – Time to move up a gear on Cycling

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news release

30th Oct 2014

On Friday 31st October, Love Your Bike are inviting people to join one of the Bike Friday ‘cycle to work’ rides [1] to support the updated ‘Getting Moving: A Manifesto for Cycling In Greater Manchester’.

Big hole strikes again (with apologies to The Smiths)

transport

news release

26th Jun 2014

On Monday 30th June, Love Your Bike and Manchester Cycling Lab are inviting people to a Pothole Party to celebrate the end of a fantastic BikeMonthMcr and to encourage people to help make cycling a little more comfortable by reporting …

The Big Commute Challenge – 5 commuters, 1 journey, who will arrive first?

transport

news release

17th Jun 2014

On Friday 20th June, Sir Richard Leese (Leader, Manchester City Council) will join Charlotte Cox (Manchester Evening News transport correspondent) and three other participants in the Big Commute Challenge. To find out which way of travelling to work is quicker, …

30 Days of Revolution as BikeMonthMcr gets rolling !

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news release

3rd Jun 2014

Greater Manchester is being invited to celebrate “30 Days of Revolution” throughout June as BikeMonthMcr swings into gear. The bike-tastic month of cycling events starts rolling with the Sky Ride in Bolton on Sunday 1st June and ends with the …

Time to make Space for Cycling

transport

news release

22nd Apr 2014

On Friday 25th April, Love Your Bike and Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign (GMCC) are inviting people to join one of the Bike Friday [1] rides and help spread the message to councillors across Greater Manchester that it is time to make …

November is now… Movember. Join the Movember m‘stache rides!

transport

news release

26th Nov 2013

On Friday 29th November, Love Your Bike and Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign (GMCC) are inviting people to join one of the Bike Friday m’stache cycle rides and help support Movember – the men’s health promotion campaign. [1]

Make a bright start to your day!

transport

news release

24th Oct 2013

On Friday 25th October, Love Your Bike are inviting people commuting to work or education to join one of the Bike Friday cycle routes and ‘make a bright start to your day’. [1] With the clocks going back on Sunday …

Time to ‘Go Dutch’ on Oxford Road as Bike Friday kicks of Bike Month MCR

transport

news release

29th May 2013

Love Your Bike are inviting people to join a special ‘Time to Go Dutch’ Bike Friday cycle ride from Whitworth Park on Friday 31st May. [1] Many of the Bike Friday routes will meet at Whitworth Park and then cycle …

Cycling City Ambition grant – make your support visible!

transport

news release

29th Apr 2013

Tomorrow (30th April) the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) will be submitting a bid to the Department for Transport’s Cycle City Ambition Grant. To encourage people to support the bid and call for bold and …

Get Manchester cycling – time to show our ambition

transport

news release

25th Apr 2013

On Friday 26th April, Love Your Bike are inviting people to join one of the Bike Friday cycle routes to show their support for the recommendations in the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group report ‘Get Britain Cycling’. [1] They can …

If you Love Your Bike, then Lock It!

transport

news release

14th Feb 2013

On Valentine’s Day (14th February), the Love Your Bike campaign will be launching “Love It Lock It” to encourage people to keep their love for their bike alive by securing it with a good quality lock. [1]

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