Make Hereford The Place To Cycle!
Welcome to the new website for Cycle Hereford. Our website is one way we hope to raise awareness of the benefits of cycling and the needs of cyclists and so contribute to growing the numbers of cyclists in Hereford and the amount of cycling they do. Our other activities include lobbying the Council for improvements for cyclists, commenting on Council proposals affecting cyclists and participating in Bike Week.
Why Cycle
Did you know:
- cycling is the most efficient way to get around for trips under 5 miles?
- you can cycle across Hereford in around 25 minutes?
- cycling for 30 minutes a day will help you to keep healthy
- Herefordshire's glorious countryside is only a 15 minute cycle ride from the city centre?
Cycling has a huge range of wider benefits. Cycling...
- is safer than motorised travel for all other road users
- protects the local environment from noise and pollution
- requires a fraction of the space needed by motor vehicles both for moving and storage
- conserves irreplaceable fossil fuel resources
- emits no carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas
Cycling could slow down global warming if it was given more attention in the transport system. It could replace the car for many shorter trips (over mile and under 5 miles). A significant shift to cycling could ease Hereford's congestion problems.
The members of Cycle Hereford believe that to secure these benefits, the road network should be managed to ensure as far as possible that cyclists have the same door to door comfort and convenience in making their journeys as drivers do.
Broadly this means making it safer for cyclists and motorised traffic to share the road by reducing the speed and volume of motorised traffic and by providing high quality on-road lanes where traffic volumes and/or speeds require them. Streets which are important for activities other than the movement of motorised traffic (and this means most streets in built up areas) should have a 20mph speed limit. We advocate segregated cycle paths and tracks where these can provide short cuts for all cyclists and routes for children or novice/leisure cyclists.
It also means improving the standard of cycling. Good basic cycling skills and the right attitude are essential to road sharing, improving communication with other road users and safety.
You can read our 'Blueprint for Cycling' by clicking here.
In June 2007 we gave a joint presentation to the County's now disbanded 'Pedestrian Access and Cycle Forum'setting out our approach. You can view this presentation by clicking here.
See our comments on current cycling schemes here.
To find out more about improving your cycling skills, please see our links section.