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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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Ask your Councillors for on-street cycle storage!

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Read on to find out how to get secure cycle storage on your street.

Urgent: get your council to do more on Active Travel

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The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down, wreaking havoc on health and jobs. As a result, many of us are spending far more time at home – prompting traffic levels to drop, along with air pollution and carbon emissions. Restrictions on travel and movement mean roads are now being used more by walkers and cyclists.

Petition: Make streets safe for social distancing & save lives (Playing Out)

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All of us – including children and vulnerable people – are having to frequently step into the road to follow the 2m rule, as most pavements are too narrow to pass safely. We’re also being encouraged to walk and cycle more as lockdown eases.

Ask your council for cycle space during lockdown (Cycling UK)

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Temporary cycling and walking space won't only help people get their daily exercise safely, but will allow key workers to cycle to work, whether they are hospital staff, care workers, or others providing vital services. Please let your council know how much this is needed, why it's important in your area, and how easy it is to do.

Ask your council to reallocate road space for walking (Living Streets)

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Under the current Covid-19 guidance, it is vital that, when we take our permitted daily exercise outside, we are able to do it safely. It is also important that keyworkers are able to travel safely.

Show support for the Transport Select Committee's report asking for the Government to change the law on pavement parking (Guide Dogs)

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When cars are parked on pavements, people with a vision impairment may have to risk their lives by walking into the road just to get by them.

Ask your Councillors for on-street cycle storage!

Urgent: get your council to do more on Active Travel

Petition: Make streets safe for social distancing & save lives (Playing Out)

Ask your council for cycle space during lockdown (Cycling UK)

Ask your council to reallocate road space for walking (Living Streets)

Show support for the Transport Select Committee's report asking for the Government to change the law on pavement parking (Guide Dogs)

Scrap dangerous 'smart motorways' (Petition - Change.org)

Add your name: A child's right to clean air shouldn't be a postcode lottery (The Air Team)

Demand clean air now (British Heart Foundation)

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