Kirklees Cycling Campaign
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Newsletter No. 29 May 2019
Hello everyone and welcome to KCC Newsletter No. 29. Last Month we shared some good news. This month there is more…
A Successful AGM:
We managed, in the end, to have a successful AGM. It was preceded by Richard Armitage’s engaging presentation as well as an opportunity at first hand to examine electric cargo bikes being used in some of our towns and cities.
We had a generous number of attendees, well in excess of the quorum required, and we resolved to change the existing constitution to requiring only 10 persons to make a quorum at future AGM’s.
There were also a good number of volunteers to make up the new committee. So KCC can look forward to a year of being an effective pressure group in making Kirklees a better place in which to cycle.
Please remember that the committee will always open to proposals from any supporter who wishes to make a presentation. They only have to contact Bill Hunter (secretary)
to get the item on the committee meeting agenda.
TransPennine Express :
From later on this month are expected to revise its current policy of Bikes on Trains. Confidentiality prevents KCC from giving details of the new policy for the moment but suffice to say that cyclists might find it useful to look out for a public announcement in the next couple of weeks and checking the TPEX website:
Cyclists might also find it useful to make a note of Transpennine’s social media contact details. They are:
Twitter: @TPExpressTrains
Whatsapp: 07812 223336
(KCC will be represented, from now on, on the Cycle-Rail Forum for the North)
Evaluating New Cycle Infrastructure:
Cyclists in Britain are getting acclimatised to a backlash every time a piece of road space is re-allocated in an attempt to increase levels of cycling.
Given the lack of any serious cycle infrastructure to date in Kirklees, there hasn’t been the opportunity for this beast to raise its head. If, however, the current plans in the pipeline materialise we will, almost certainly, have to expect backlash.
Within this context, KCC supporters might find it interesting to read the following blog inThe Guardian
John Lewis – Chair Kirklees Cycling Campaign.
Kirklees Cycling Campaign is now Cycle Kirklees 