Bike Birmingham: A Sustainable City’s Cycling Strategy 2011 -2015 Mike Cooper Team Leader...
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Bike Birmingham: A Sustainable City’s Cycling Strategy 2011 -2015
Mike Cooper
Team Leader -TravelWise Team
Our vision for cycling
“to get more people cycling more often, to
reduce traffic congestion and improve our
activity levels, our health and our
environment”
Key points:
• Improve the balance between utility and leisure cycling• Work more closely with major trip generators• Use the planning process more effectively• Make a commitment of £1 million for cycling facilities
over the next four years
• City Council officers• Transportation• Leisure• Be Active• Sports Partnerships• CYPF• Sustrans• British Cycling• West Midlands Police
• Branding• Events for example Sky ride / BMX Championships• Training • BCC Cycling Website• Strategic Cycle Network• Monitoring• Map• TravelWise Website
• Top Cycle Location• Planning Process for example Travel Plans• Bicycle Passport• Forum
Partnerships:
• Centro• British Cycling• Sustrans• West Midlands Police• Business Improvement Districts• Company TravelWise affiliates• PCT Clusters