As you will see below, cycle campaigning is not just about getting a new cycle lane somewhere.

St Pancras International

A joint campaign with City Cyclists to get adequate cycle parking, carriage of a bike on the same train and safe and convenient access by cycle to the Station.

Read about the background and the outcomes

This campaign was launched by a demonstration at St Pancras International on 14th November 2007. For background of the campaign, see

Just in time for the demo, parking for 100 bikes was installed in the Car Park at St Pancras International. After a short period, the entry was closed to cyclists and access is still problematical. Currently (June 2008) you can walk in via the Car park entrance.

April 2008 – you can take your bike on the same train with you. June 2008 access map on Eurostar website.

Camden Council has published cycle safety audit on the roads around the station in April 2008.

Camden Council has designed and implemented most of link to the SSL: only two-way cycling in Regents Square remains to be done.

Swiss Cottage Gyratory

A campaign for CCC strated in July 2007. We really would like to have the gyratory revert to two-way working. Following a very disappointing consultation from TfL, we brought this up at WCRSAG on 4th July and were supported by all present.

Read illustrated account of protest ride.

Read more about this campaign.

Hampstead Heath

Our old campaign was dormant from 2001, but has been active again since summer 2006. See the latest news on the Campaign.

Camden Council has been awarded £30K Greenway funding for 2007-8 to build the shared use path on Spaniards Road.

CCC campaigns in the Kings Cross Area

The large area to be redeveloped by Argent and the new stations at St Pancras have kept CCC's Kings Cross Team (John Chamberlain, Anne Boston and James Brander) busy ever since 2004. The history of this campaign is described in CCC campaigns in the Kings Cross Area

Camley Street link

Our Campaign for the Camley Street-Agar Grove Link started in late 2002 and has now come to life again, mainly thanks to Paul Braithwaite's efforts. Site meeting with stakeholders and Dave Stewart on 8 Dec 2006. Camden Council awarded Greenway funding (£100K in 2007-8 and £140K in 2008-9). Housing manager has given the OK to do a consultation. Dave Stewart to work on the design. Consultation and permission autumn 2007. Embankment cleared Spring 2008 and route through bridge parapet into Agar Grove decided.

Regents Park

CCC is participating in the Campaign for Cycling in Regents Park together with the LCC Parks and Canals Group on which Anne Boston is a member. Things are looking promising since the appointment of Mark Camley (Chief Executive) of Royal Parks in 2006. Trial of cycling on Broadwalk in Summer 2007. Another trial expected in Summer 2008. More about the Regents Park campaign

LCC Cultural campaign

We started to participate in LCC Cultural campaign

May 2007: Access to camden lock area, where camdenlock.net puts coming by bike first and links to our map with a route and bike stands.

We have had some influence on Eurostar website where they now show a map of cycle routes to the station based on one we designed.

But unfortunately, we had no responses from others we chased and interest declined.

Judd Street one way?

In Spring 2006 we were busy with a campaign to prevent Judd Street from becoming one way (to protect the safety of Route 6 in Mabledon Place) and to have two-way cycling in Midland Road. Details of the Judd Street campaign. Judd Street is to remain two-way and Midland Road is currently under discussion under Kings Cross area cycling.

Assessing the need for cycling facilities

CCC has a sufficiently large number of members for it to be able to demonstrate the need for cycling facilities. But we need constantly to find out what is needed, which we do by a variety of different means:

• through our monthly meetings, mailing list and website
• at events like the cyclists breakfasts where cyclists stop and talk to us
• through questionnaires

Very many of the useful improvements for cyclists have occurred through the council's introduction of 20 mph zones, clear zones, home zones and road closures. Therefore we support these enthusiastically whilst checking the details for cycle friendliness.

Responding to consultations

CCC is a consultee on the council's proposed road schemes. Responding to these is a regular background campaigning task, which is undertaken by Jean Dollimore, Stefano Casalotti, Meade McCloughan, John Chamberlain and Dominic Tinley. Input to our responses via the mailing list from cyclists with local knowledge helps us to do a better job. The details of our responses to consultations over the last five years are shown on a separate set of web pages at: Consultations

Meetings with Camden Officers

CCC has regular meetings with Dave Stewart of Camden Council to discuss the details of projects being planned and implemented. See: Cycle facility engineering

Other ongoing campaigns:

Bicycle storage in peoples homes managed by John Chamberlain.

Respect for pedestrians managed by Stefano Casalotti.

History

The Highlights of CCC's campaigns from 1994 to 2003 are described by Paul Gasson.