Fiets! Let’s Cycle like the Dutch!
Sustainable travel and cycling advocacy, news and developments in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and the wider UK | The personal cycling stories of BicycleBen
The clocks have gone back, Christmas adverts are on the TV, nights are drawing in – it can only mean one thing: it’s time for official ‘road safety’ organisations to preach their annual messages of “be safe, be seen” to people travelling outside of motor vehicles, and (if we’re lucky) *asking* drivers to please – pretty please – drive carefully.
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Warwickshire County Council has approved the design of an “upgraded” roundabout that sits between Bedworth and Coventry, just within the county border. The junction is an important link in the Coventry-Bedworth-Nuneaton urban corridor and indeed has been part of a long-planned cycle route. But with this roundabout design omitting a north-south cycle link, that route for active travel may be scuppered.
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In what is an ideal opportunity to promote the benefits of active travel to the local authority, Warwickshire County Council is asking for opinions about its budget for the financial year 2026/27 – including areas of priority and those which maybe should/could receive a monetary reduction given the challenges all local authorities are suffering with regard to funding.
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Following the successful pilot of a scheme at Eastlands Primary School in Rugby, and in exciting news for those who want to see improved safety, better air quality, and more pleasant environments outside of school gates, Warwickshire County Council has revealed that it is planning a new School Streets trial, with Chetwynd Junior School and Caroline Close in Nuneaton set to benefit.
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Nuneaton has a lot of residential development going on, and one of the newest sites is seeing a brand new secondary school being built, set to open its doors for its first cohort of Year Sevens in September this year. All very exciting – except for the nearby main road which remains at its historical 40mph limit. Will the County Council entertain dropping the maximum speed down to 30mph?
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The long-awaited Nuneaton to Coventry “super cycleway” may take a small step forward later this week with a tiny part of the route being put to the Portfolio Holder for Transport for approval. This features as part of a broader programme of road improvements and covers the south-most section through Exhall – only about 0.55km (0.35mi) and with serious compromises in quality.
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Earlier this year I entered into a protracted complaint with the County Council about the sudden installation of a chicane barrier on a short piece of path that is vital for accessing a formal shared use route. Counting from the date of installation, the matter has been going on for almost seven months, so here’s a quick update.
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Earlier this year, Warwickshire County Council applauded itself on the installation of a new guardrail barrier by a school, yet in doing so it has reduced pavement width, apparently ignoring DfT guidance on accessible space.
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Consultations are currently underway following proposals to expand two Nuneaton schools to accommodate growing demand. Those schools, like so many others, are known to suffer with motor traffic congestion at the peak times of drop-off and pick-up – a situation that will only get worse without some form of mitigation.
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The seemingly unending chicane barrier issue raised with Warwickshire County Council continues as a manager finally responds to the escalated complaint detailed back in July. It’s taken a long time, and a lot of chasing to get this reply – but which still fails to properly consider the points originally raised back on 16 May 2024. To briefly recap, in
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