Since we won £27,000 for the development of our campaigning toolkit we've been pondering what to call it. The themes we want to capture in the name are: The idea of a central place where cycle users around the UK can submit problems they encounter on the street network A central place to facilitate campaigning […]
This is a technical post – you can stop reading now if you're not into web development! We've been continuing to develop the spec that we recently published for the toolkit. Several options for development have emerged. We outline these in our Technical Options Report. We'd welcome any comments. CycleStreets has secured £27,000 of funding as […]
We’re pleased to publish an updated specification for the campaigner toolkit, following consultation with groups. There’s been lots of useful feedback submitted by e-mail, twitter, blog replies, and in meetings we’ve had. These comments were turned into about 5 pages of bullet-points for working into the spec. Many of the points raised were useful points […]
As we announced recently, CycleStreets is one of the winners of the GeoVation contest, with our bid for a comprehensive online campaigning toolkit to assist cycle campaign groups around the UK. The first phase of this project is finalising a specification for the toolkit. Here is the description of what it will do. This outlines what the toolkit will […]
We’re pleased to announce that our bid, for a comprehensive online campaigning toolkit to assist cycle campaign groups around the UK, is a winner in the GeoVation contest! It brings £27,000 for the development of a toolkit which, in the words of one supporter, should be “a hugely important step forward for all cycle campaigning groups”. Our […]
As we prepare to face the judges at the Dragon's Den -style contest for GeoVation on May 4th, we're encouraged that more support is continuing to come in. CPRE (The Campaign to Protect Rural England) work actively on transport matters amongst other issues around the UK. They have added their support: "The Campaign to Protect Rural […]
A Cambridge-based project to improve cycling around the Britain has reached the finals of a national funding contest, GeoVation, run by the Ordnance Survey. GeoVation aims to combine Geography and Innovation to help fund ideas which will help improve transport of various kinds. The bid by Cambridge-based CycleStreets, who run the UK-wide cycle journey planner […]
Last week we took part in the GeoVation Camp at the Ordnance Survey's splendid new HQ in Southampton. It was a fun, if exhausting, weekend. The purpose of the weekend was for GeoVation to narrow down to a final shortlist the ideas that would go to the final. Our proposal is called 'Helping Campaigners Campaign' (a […]
We're pleased to announce that our GeoVation bid, 'Helping Campaigners Campaign' has been shortlisted from the 155 ideas submitted to GeoVation! The proposal is for an extensive suite of tools that will really help cycling campaigners around the UK – people who are already enthused – to be more effective in their work. It will […]
Cycling in the Netherlands happens because of bike-friendly culture and excellent infrastructure. Let's face it – cycling conditions in the UK need to be improved massively. Cycle lanes that end unexpectedly, roads shared with lorries and traffic fumes, non-existent cycle parking. Any cyclist can give you a catalogue of problems that need tackling. The end result […]