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Help get cycling back on track

As Ministers prepare to set out a 30-year policy framework for Britain’s railways, CTC is launching a major campaign, urging all cyclists to lobby for the cycle-rail combination to be included in the Government’s plans.

CTC, the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation, has set up www.ctc.org.uk/cyclerail from which any cyclist can automatically email their MP, urging him or her to support better cycle-rail integration. This can be done in just two minutes.
 
Helping to launch the campaign, CTC president and journalist, Jon Snow, said: “Cycling and rail travel are perfect partners. The combination provides a ‘doorstep-to-destination’ option for longer-distance journeys which might otherwise be possible only by car. It is also a really simple way to set about tackling a whole range of problems all in one go: obesity, air pollution, congestion and climate change to name but a few.”
 
CTC Cycles & Public Transport Campaigner, Dave Holladay, said: “The Railways White Paper is a golden opportunity for Ministers to secure the ‘joining up’ of cycling and the railways for many years to come. We also urge them to include well-designed cycle spaces in the newly announced inter-city and commuter trains – that really would get things off to a flying start.”
 
Personal anecdotes about the problems (or examples of good practice) you have encountered will help them to impress on Ministers that this is an issue which really needs addressing.

www.ctc.org.uk/cyclerail
 

Published Friday 30 March 2007