Christmas Eve (24th December) is the last day for people to comment on the Local Transport Plan (LTP3) consultation. The new LTP will set the direction for road travel, public transport (buses, trains and Metrolink) and walking & cycling in … Continue reading →

Local campaigning group, Love Your Bike, is reminding Manchester residents there are just four days left in  which to comment on Local Transport Plan (LTP3) consultation.  …Read full article.

Friday 26th November, sees the last Bike Friday ‘led’ cycle rides of 2010 and cyclists will be converging on the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) main offices to lobby for active travel (walking and cycling) policies to be given … Continue reading →

On Friday 19th November the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) Policy and Resources committee will vote on a recommendation to continue the ban on Bikes on Trams. Love Your Bike campaigners believe that GMITA transport policy is heading in … Continue reading →

A group of bicycle lovers has challenged the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority to end its ban on bikes on the city’s Metrolink system…..Read full article.

Manchester’s cyclists are preparing to challenge Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority’s (GMITA) ongoing ban on taking bicycles on the city’s Metrolink tram system….Read full article.

On Friday 19 November the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) Policy and Resources committee will vote on a recommendation to continue the ban on Bikes on Trams. Love Your Bike campaigners believe that GMITA transport policy is heading in … Continue reading →

Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) Policy and Resources Committee will vote on a recommendation to continue to ban bikes on trams, tomorrow (Friday 19 November 2010). …Read full article.

With the clocks going back this weekend and with evenings getting darker,  Bike Friday would like people to continue enjoying the freedom of cycling in Greater Manchester…. Read the full article.

The award-winning Manchester-based campaign Love your Bike is organising a mass, city-wide cycling action for commuters next week, ahead of World Carfree Day.   …Read full article.

Today is Bike to work day and to coincide with it Love Your Bike is welcoming the announcement by Manchester City Council that it is launching an Adult Cycle Training project  to help encourage more people to cycle in Manchester.  … Continue reading →

Love Your Bike welcomes the announcement by Manchester City Council as part of the Bike Week celebrations that it is launching an Adult Cycle Training project at the Bike to Work day on Tuesday 22 June to help encourage more … Continue reading →

On Saturday (26 June 2010), the Bike Fabulous cycle fashion show will provide a showcase for a range of stylish and functional bicycles, clothing and accessories and will demonstrate to Manchester Arndale visitors how easy it is to cycle in … Continue reading →

The 19th of  June is the start of National Bike Week and Manchester has some great events lined up. Love Your Bike has teamed up with Manchester City Council and Cycle GM to organise a range of number of events.  … Continue reading →

Bike Friday participants will be cycling into Manchester City Centre to help promote World Environment Day events in Greater Manchester on Friday 28 May. …Read full article.

Love Your Bike and Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign (GMCC) have today released the results of a ‘cycling issues’ survey that was sent to local council candidates in every ward across Greater Manchester. The survey asked candidates their views on a … Continue reading →

The Love Your Bike campaign is encouraging local companies and people across Greater Manchester to take part in national Walk to Work Week (26th – 30th April).  …Read full article.

Three in four cyclists in Manchester say that bus drivers pass too close to them when overtaking, while two in three criticise them for pulling away from bus stops without looking.  ..Read full article.

The Love Your Bike campaign is releasing the results of a survey in which they asked Greater Manchester cyclists to rank the types of bus driver behaviour that makes them feel unsafe on the roads. …Read full article.

…Pete Abel, from the Love Your Bike campaign, said: “We welcome the decision to increase cycle parking provision, although we need to make sure the money is spent on stuff that works and is in the right place.”   …Read full … Continue reading →

Pro-biking campaign groups iron out the differences between themselves and Manchester’s transport authority over the thorny issue of travelling with bikes.  …Read full article.

Cyclists have welcomed a move by transport bosses to set up a review into whether bikes can be taken onto Metrolink trams. …Read full article.

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners are celebrating after they achieved the “best possible outcome” in the fight against the Metrolink bike ban.  The Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) decided on Friday, February 12th, to set-up a cross-working group that would look into … Continue reading →

A transport study is expected to resolve the issue of whether bicycles can be taken on trams in Manchester. Cycle groups claim that bikes are welcome on other tram systems in Europe and they want Metrolink to follow suit.  To … Continue reading →

A bike ban on Manchester’s tram system is to be re-considered after an agreement to set up a working party to consider the issue. Presently, all bicycles are banned on Manchester’s tram system, even Brompton-style folding bikes (unless they’re in … Continue reading →

Love Your Bike campaigners are taking ironing boards and a range of other folding items on trams in Manchester to highlight the contradictions in the Metrolink policy that bans anyone from travelling with a folding bicycle that hasn’t been put … Continue reading →

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners said they are “disappointed” by last week’s decision to continue to ban bicycles on Manchester’s trams and accused transport bosses of acting “against the spirit of democracy” in the way they handled key information.  …Read full article.

GREEN campaigners have accused transport bosses of underhand tactics to force through a bike ban on trams.  Cyclists have spent years lobbying for permission to take their bikes on the Metrolink. Transport chiefs had previously suggested that the rules would … Continue reading →

Trams and bicycles don’t always co-exist happily. Bike wheels are famously drawn towards recessed tramlines, while the electric vehicles’ swift, silent approach requires careful attention on behalf of riders. In Greater Manchester, however, the local councils seem set on taking … Continue reading →