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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Car-free in the twenty minute city

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Imagine a city centre where you can get anywhere easily and safely. Where you can hear birdsong and breathe clean air. Where green spaces nestle amongst beautiful heritage and architecture. Where business, education and people flourish.

Campaigners deliver 11,500-strong Better Buses petition to Mayor Andy Burnham

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On a sunny, but chilly, Friday lunchtime (3rd January) volunteers from Manchester Friends of the Earth joined the Better Buses for Greater Manchester march to hand in the petition signed by 11,500 people supporting the proposals for bus re-regulation (franchising).

Car Free Day 2020

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Compared to many other towns and cities, there were very few streets closed across Greater Manchester on Car Free Day (Sunday 23rd September).

Build it and they will come! Manchester City Council wants to build yet another car park...

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Manchester City Council want to turn the derelict Central Retail Park in to a temporary (5-years plus) 440 space car park.

Joining the long queue for Better Buses in Greater Manchester!

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On a blustery evening, Manchester Friends of the Earth campaigners joined the 'Longest Queue for Better Buses' rally outside Andy Burnham's offices on Oxford Street.

Atmosphere: Towards a proper strategy for tackling Greater Manchester’s air pollution crisis (IPPR North)

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In groundbreaking new analysis, King’s College London (KCL) has estimated that 1.6 million life years will be lost in Greater Manchester in the coming century due to its poisonous air.

Manchester Cycle Forum - what is the most compelling argument for....

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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 …

Manchester Day Parade and the Clean Air Machine

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On Sunday 18th June 2017, Manchester Friends of the Earth joined over 2,000 people taking part in the Manchester Day Parade. Keen to be creative and communicate an important message whilst fitting with the ‘Abracadabra’ magic theme of the year’s …

Aviation’s plan for a climate get out of jail free card – a recipe for disaster

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The aviation industry is currently meeting in Canada hoping to secure a deal that will allow them to massively increase their climate pollution whilst hiding behind dodgy offset schemes.

Are tram tracks safe for cyclists? (BBC Inside Out)

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Cyclists in three UK cities – Nottingham, Sheffield and Edinburgh – have raised concerns about the safety of tram tracks following a series of accidents. John Melia was run over by a car after his wheel got caught in a …

Love Your Bike is 10

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Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate our anniversary on Friday 18th March. It’s 10 years since the launch of the ‘Fast Lane Fat Lane‘ adverting campaign that kicked off Love Your Bike, an occasion to reflect on what we’ve …

The rise and fall of a Zombie Car Park!

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In May 2013, the Manchester Evening News reported on “Calls for brakes to be put on ‘zombie’ car parks” in Manchester. A ‘zombie car park’ is the nickname given to long-term ‘temporary’ car parks, that thrown up on the sites …

Bicycle crashes and Metrolink : A Freedom of Information Act request and response.

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In December 2014, Love Your Bike again raised concerns regarding the designs of Metrolink tram routes at road junctions such as Southmoor Road in Wythenshawe. This followed on from concerns raised by Sean Sutton (the British Cycling Head Coach at …

Every breath you take..... A Citizen Science project measuring air quality in Manchester

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On Saturday 31st January, Manchester Friends of the Earth hosted the How Clean is My Air? workshop run by Andrew from the Network for Clean Air. The workshop helped provide 12 people with the skills to undertake a ‘citizen science’ …

Concerns with Metrolink tram routes: Statement to Manchester Cycle Forum

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On Thursday 4th December 2014, cycle forum members were invited to a briefing meeting to look at the proposed signage for the ‘cycling provision’ at the Southmoor Road / Altrincham Road junction in Wythenshawe which has already been built as …

Join the campaign against higher evening rail fares

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This morning, volunteers from Manchester Friends of the Earth joined campaigners from Fair Fares Now and the RMT and TSSA unions to protest against the introduction of evening peak fares.

Big Commute Challenge - Cycling Council Leader Wins

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As part of Bike Month MCR, Love Your Bike organised the Big Commute Challenge. At 8am Friday 20th June, five commuters set off from Crumpsall to see who would reach Albert Square first. Council Leader Sir Richard Leese came in …

Fallowfield Loop - Temporary Closure (between Yew Tree Road - Mauldeth Road for a 5 day period between 22nd April - 9th May)

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Sustrans will have to temporarily close the Fallowfield Loop between Yew Tree Road and Mauldeth Road access points in order to carry out some surface renewal.

Bike Friday March 2014 - Spring Clean Your Bike!

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Thanks to all those who came along to our ‘Spring Clean’ special Bike Friday on Friday 28th March. It featured – free bike maintenance checks by Dave Trainor of RevoleMCR – free samples of Green Oil – free Kaaboom concentrate …

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