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CYCLING DEMONSTRATION TOWN |
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This funding for Lancaster as a Cycling Demonstration Town has now come to an end. See p.80 onwards of this document for Lancaster City Council’s summary of the 6-year project. History Lancaster and district was one of only six towns to receive extra funding from Cycling England in October 2005 to promote cycling - particularly utility cycling - and demonstrate what can be done to increase levels of cycling. This meant an extra £0.5 million a year for each year from 2005-2008, which had to be matched by local authority funding. In 2008, Lancaster was awarded funding for a further 3 years. The funding is due to run out in 2011, and the question of what happens thereafter is a pressing one for us. Dynamo was initially enthusiastic about the opportunities offered by the extra funding and - equally important - the status of being a Cycling Demonstration Town. The euphoria, however, has inevitably been tempered by reality. Read the Dynamo assessment of the first 2 years. Links to documents of interest are below: · Dynamo assessment of the first 2 years · Cycle-Aid summary (October 2006) of activities in all six CDT towns · Cycle-Aid summary (April 2006) of activities in all six CDT towns · Dynamo summary (January 2006) of action so far · Dynamo proposal for cycle promotion in Lancaster and district from 2006 onwards · Notes of Dynamo 23 November meeting and ideas arising from it · Comments and ideas from a CTC Right to Ride representative · Article from The Guardian 9 January 2006 on Darlington (a fellow Cycling Demo Town) |