Act Now for Walking & Cycling
October is make-or-break for Walking and Cycling in North Tyneside. Take Action Now. Construction on a new permanent cycleway along the coast, the Sea Front Sustainable Route, should have started …
Experiences of Rake Lane
About me I’m Steve, a regular cyclist & a confident road user but I still prefer to cycle on segregated cycle routes, and I use them whenever they are available. …
Our Second Kidical Mass
On Sunday 25th September, we rode as a kidical mass for the second time in North Tyneside. Over 160 riders, of all ages on all kinds of cycles, rode from …
Kidical Mass 2 – 25th September 2022
We’ll be using this page to share details and updates for our second kidical mass ride, on Sunday 25th September: Please arrive at the starting points (see below) in good …
Quality Matters
We’ve recently polled our members on a number of issues to decide how we take forward campaigning for ‘living streets’ in North Tyneside. One of the questions we asked was …
LCWIP Infrastructure Plan? What is it?
(Why haven’t we got one?) Back in 2017 the government introduced the idea of a “Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans” (LCWIP) and all local highway authorities should by now …
Better Junctions for Routes to Schools
The council has been looking at new crossings and a tighter roundabout at Farringdon Road / Broadway / Mast Lane Cullercoats. This is something that we think is a great …
Almost 300 North Tynesiders join our first ever kidical mass!
More than 270 riders of all ages and abilities, from tiny children in trailers to grandparents on ebikes, and everyone in between, joined our first ever North Tyneside kidical mass …
Moving forward on the seafront and why it matters
This morning the Department for Transport and Active Travel England released details of the next wave of central government funding for walking and cycling, including amongst other things the North …
Our call for action in Whitley Bay
On 7 April 2022, we wrote to the three Whitley Bay councillors asking them to urgently act to reduce motorised traffic in the ward, following two serious collisions in the …