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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Consultation: Interim Strategy for Cycling in Manchester

transport

16th Dec 2011

“Manchester is a city which is passionate about cycling in all its forms, with a host of national and international cycling events taking place in its world-class facilities and a large number of partners and groups dedicated to the development …

'20's Plenty where people live, says Love Your Bike'.

transport

news release

21st Nov 2011

On Friday 25th November, during Road Safety Week [1], Love Your Bike are inviting people to join one of the Bike Friday cycle routes and call on Greater Manchester local authorities to introduce a 20mph speed limit policy to help …

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is requesting your feedback regarding proposals for cycle parking facilities

transport

29th Sep 2011

Following the successful bid to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) would like to ask for your thoughts regarding additional and improved cycle parking facilities for Manchester City Centre and other towns throughout Greater Manchester.

World Carfree Day! Leave your car at home and tell us about it…

transport

20th Sep 2011

22nd September is World Car Free Day. If you normally drive to work, why not try a different mode of transport. Walking and cycling are cheap and get you fit, and public transport gives you time to read the paper… …

Take the Get2 Challenge for European Mobility Week

transport

12th Sep 2011

Get2 Challenge – How do you Get2 work or college? Get to work or college a different, healthier way during European Mobility Week (16th – 22nd September), record your journeys here and be in with a chance to win some …

A Snapshot of Cycling in Manchester: TfGM Cycling Survey Results In

transport

1st Sep 2011

The results of a survey of 490 cyclists in June 2011 are available.

Love MCR, Love Your Bike! Join us for August Bike Friday

transport

20th Aug 2011

Our Bike Friday rides on 26th August took part in We Love MCR Day . We love Manchester and that’s why you choose healthy, pollution-free transport.

More Events

transport

20th Jul 2011

See Love Your Bike’s Cycling Events Calendar for more cycling events.

10th July Manchester Blackpool Ride Ride with Us, Sponsor Us…

transport

18th Jul 2011

On Sunday 10th July, an intrepid band of Manchester Friends of the Earth supporters cycled the 55 miles to sunny Blackpool to fundraise for Manchester FoE’s campaigning work. The riders saw a mixture of rain and shine, but mostly the …

Alive With Pedal Power

transport

14th Jul 2011

Manchester Friends of the Earth volunteers spent Friday and Saturday 15th and 16th April running the Love Your Bike stall, providing encouragement to the general public to make cycling a healthy, desirable part of their daily lives. Manchester Arndale kindly …

Cyclists banned from taking bikes on trains home from Blackpool after Christie fundraising ride

transport

6th Jul 2011

…Graeme Sherriff, transport campaign co-ordinator at Manchester Friends of the Earth, said it was ‘a shame’ the firms seemed unwilling to transport fund-raisers. Read the full Manchester Evening News article.

Love Your Bike Welcomes Funding for GM Commuter Cycle Project

transport

5th Jul 2011

Love Your Bike welcomes today’s announcement by Norman Baker M.P (Transport Minister) that Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) £4.9 million key component bid for the GM Commuter Cycle project has been successful.

Cycling to Blackpool rocks!

transport

news release

On Sunday 10th July, thirteen intrepid Manchester Friends of the Earth supporters will cycle 55 miles from Manchester to Blackpool to raise funds to support the organisation’s environmental campaigning work. [1]

Metrolink stepping forward on the Trans-Pennine Trail

transport

26th Jun 2011

Manchester Friends of the Earth welcomed the decision by the Transport for Greater Manchester committee (TfGMC) to keep the Trans-Pennine Trail within the Metrolink corridor in Didsbury and continue to enable access for all. Read full article in Bury Focus.

Metrolink stepping forward on the Trans-Pennine Trail

transport

news release

24th Jun 2011

Manchester Friends of the Earth today welcomed the decision by the Transport for Greater Manchester committee (TfGMC) to keep the Trans-Pennine Trail within the Metrolink corridor in Didsbury and continue to enable access for all. [1]

MOSI welcomes cyclists during National Bike Week

transport

22nd Jun 2011

…Other events are planned in Manchester for National Bike Week, including a fashion show – Bike Fabulous. Read full Manchester Evening News article.

Levenshulme – train station to Manchester city centre

transport

18th Jun 2011

Meet outside Levenshulme train station at 8am and cycle to Ezra and Gil Cafe, Manchester City Centre.

Finding Your Way

transport

30th May 2011

Online and printed maps of Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs of Greater Manchester are available from TfGM. Cycle Streets offers a cycle journey planner.

Cycle to Work and Beat the Petrol Prices

transport

25th May 2011

With the rising costs of petrol and diesel very much in the news, cycling to work has never been such an attractive option. Not only is it quick, it is also cheap. On Friday 27 May, the Love Your Bike …

Bike Friday – Cycle to Work and Beat the Petrol Prices

transport

news release

24th May 2011

With the rising costs of petrol and diesel very much in the news [1], cycling to work has never been such an attractive option. Not only is it quick, it is also cheap.

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