KLWN Bike Users' Group, the West Norfolk & Fens Cycling Campaign. Riding together and pushing for better #space4cycling around Fens, Wash and Thetford Forest
West Norfolk, England
Joined November 2015
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A breakdown of our key findings in the latest #ActiveLives Adult Survey 👇
📈 Activity levels for those aged 55+ are the highest they’ve been since records began, with those aged 75 driving this trend
🚲 1 million more adults walked or cycled for travel
🏡 Where you live impacts on how likely you are to be active
To see the report in full: sportengland.org/activelives…
ALT Activity levels continue to grow among older adults.
ALT There is a growing divide in activity levels based on where someone lives.
ALT 1.1 million more adults have walked or cycled for travel compared to 12 months ago.
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Can you help? Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision between a car and cyclist in Bawsey last night (24 April 2024) and would like help identifying the car involved, believed to be a red VW Golf, which failed to stop - orlo.uk/C5Wwh
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If NYC residents can get the life enhancing benefits of 20mph streets they why can't residents in your home village, town or city have the same. Congrats NYC for doing what's right to make their place a better place to be.
Disappointed @JamesOWild doesn't mention the active travel projects. They seem to have been quietly sidelined after a few (but not all) disability-discriminating barriers were removed from cycleways. Lynn has done the hard bit and made a LCWI Plan. Please give it some funding!
£25 million Town Deal for #KingsLynn includes exciting projects such as St. George’s Guildhall; new library, adult skills and community hub; and @cwa_college School of Nursing Studies
Extra £20 million will complement those projects & new ones to boost jobs, skills, heritage.
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Over a million more adults walked or cycled for travel 🚶🚲
@activetraveleng Commissioner & #SportEngland Chair @Chris_Boardman shares his thoughts on how active travel plays a key role in creating a more active nation 👇
#ActiveLives
ALT 1.1 million more adults have walked or cycled for travel compared to 12 months ago.
ALT Breakdown of active travel.
ALT “Today’s Active Lives figures show that, year-on-year, one million more adults are choosing walking, wheeling and cycling as a way to get from A to B. The nationwide investment that is being put into delivering high-quality routes is paying off. By enabling more people to build activity into their daily lives we’re making the nation healthier, happier and greener. It’s a win-win for us all.” Chris Boardman National Active Travel Commissioner and Sport England Chair
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Happy New Year! 🎆
The next round of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) applications opens today, 1 January 2024, & community groups have until 1 February to apply.
More details here:
west-norfolk.gov.uk/news/art…
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All over the world 20mph and 30km/h limits are being set as the norm in villages, towns and cities. It's not fascist or communist, or even right or left, but is a simple and cost-effective way to make places better places, especially for the most vulnerable road users
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Calling all West Norfolk residents! Come have your say on the future of cycling and walking infrastructure in your area. Join us at @HunstantonOasis, today 24 May from 12:30pm - 6:30pm where you will be able to see the plans for our part of the County.
ℹ️ bit.ly/3ogXlXW
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I'm talking to @BBCNorfolk about 1020 about #Norfolk getting £2¼m for #cycling and walking projects, including upgrading crossings of #A1078 EBW and the #A149 near #Sandringham (two projects from the #LCWIP). edp24.co.uk/news/23532387.no… gov.uk/government/news/milli…
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And people cycling can ride two abreast. It may be safer for them to do so.
Refresh your Highway Code knowledge and help keep everyone safe: gov.uk/government/news/the-h…
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More than 400 child friendly bike rides have been arranged this weekend around Europe to campaign for child- and bicycle-friendly places, safe routes to school, and independent mobility.
There are several taking place in the UK.
kidsonbike.org/400-demonstra…
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Do you have any horror stories about tying to take your bike on the train (particularly in the UK)? Or maybe you've always had a great experience, but either way let us know about it in the comments! #cycling #bikesontrains
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"The 60mph default speed... is clearly unsuitable, unsafe and a contributor to road deaths on many minor rural roads." - Duncan Dollimore, head of campaigns, via @Independent.
To tackle the risk on rural roads, we must talk about reducing speed limits.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/ra…
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Calling all schools in the East of England, please sign up to the Big Walk and Wheel now! Great free resources and amazing prizes up for grabs! So far we have over 1000 schools signed up for Big Walk and Wheel week, will you join us?
here: bigwalkandwheel.org.uk/
#bwaw#sustrans
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New calculations show that 20mph limits in an urban environment makes a significant reduction in fuel costs of up to 10p per mile or £247 a year for a 5 mile daily urban commute. All due to the slow/stop/start nature of urban traffic, etc. 20splenty.org/20mph_fuel_sav…
#KingsLynn #TuesdayMarketPlace #cycleParking closing about 2 days earlier than the adjacent car parking, no replacement spaces and no date for reopening. Why? How does this encourage cycling @WestNorfolkBC? Do you not care that cyclists spend 30% more? @vision_lynn @moreKingsLynn
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It's nonsense like this in @TeamQEH planning applications (for a big, visible car park! and still no secure cycle parking!) which makes me despair that safe #space4cycling to #NHS sites, unless @activetraveleng can impose conditions on funding.
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A ban on pavement parking would improve local streets and help protect vulnerable road users.
It’s popular policy across the political spectrum: 78% of Daily Express readers recently said they supported a UK-wide pavement parking ban.
express.co.uk/life-style/car…
ALT Headline ‘Inconsiderate’ pavement parking blasted as readers back UK-wide ban
ALT 78% said yes when asked “Should pavement parking be banned across the UK?”
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See how journey times are largely unaffected by the speed limit in an urban environment. Why save a couple of seconds on a stretch of road just to wait an couple of seconds more at the next obstruction. Another reason why #20splenty where people are videos.futuretransport.info/…