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.

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

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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 …

80mph speed limits slam "Greenest Government" into reverse

transport

news release

3rd Oct 2011

Manchester Friends of the Earth is dismayed by the proposals outlined by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Transport during the Conservative Party conference to allow 80 mph speed limits on the UK’s motorway network. The Minister has claimed that …

World Carfree Day: Give your car the day off.

transport

news release

22nd Sep 2011

Thursday 22nd September is World Carfree Day and Manchester Friends of the Earth is inviting people in Greater Manchester to give their car the day off and try alternative ways of travelling to work [1].

PARK(ing) Day: Redesigning Manchester – one parking space at a time!

transport

news release

16th Sep 2011

On Friday 16th September, Manchester Friends of the Earth is inviting people to join with citizens in cities around the world who will be temporarily transforming metered parking spaces into public parks and other social spaces, as part of international …

News release: Friday 26th August: Love Manchester – Love Your Bike

transport

news release

22nd Aug 2011

On Friday 26th August, Love Your Bike are inviting people to join one of the Bike Friday [1] cycle routes and attach the ‘I Love MCR’ logo to their bicycle to show the world that the people of Manchester are …

Cycling to Blackpool rocks!

transport

news release

5th Jul 2011

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

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]

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.

Bike Friday’s Healthy Ride in Red

transport

news release

21st Feb 2011

Make Manchester a safer Cycling City!

transport

news release

24th Jan 2011

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