Cycling in Yorkshire
22nd May 2021
The results of the Harrogate Station Gateway consultation are in. What did people say, and what are the next steps?
Find out in Harrogate Station Gateway Consultation Results.
21st May 2021
The Otley Road Cycleway project has gone from serial missed deadlines to a new strategy of providing no timetable at all. Is the new tactic an improvement on the old, or just as bad but in a different way?
Find out in Otley Road Cycleway Delayed Again.
28th April 2021
Buy Local By Bike is a commendable initiative by Harrogate Borough Council.
Read about Buy Local By Bike Harrogate Knaresborough.
19th March 2021
North Yorkshire has abandoned its plans to make walking and cycling safer on Oatlands Drive, without even going through with its own planned consultation.
Read about North Yorkshire Caves in on Oatlands Drive Before Consultation.
2nd March 2021
The representatives of Harrogate's business groups are focused on 'cars, cars, cars', but is this compatible with the changes we need to make to avoid climate breakdown?
Read about Harrogate Business Groups and the Climate.
21st February 2021
Exciting new plans have been announced for Harrogate's 'station gateway', to make it less dominated by cars, and more easily accessible by bike.
Read about Transforming Cities Harrogate.
18th February 2021
Beech Grove Low Traffic Neighbourhood was finished yesterday. What are the benefits, and the answers to objections?
Read about Beech Grove LTN.
2nd February 2021
You can now order a tailor-made cargo bike, hand-built in Harrogate.
Find out more about Harrogate Cargo Bikes.
26th January 2021
An update on the Otley Road Cycleway - not actual work starting, of course, but news on the Stray land exchange and Northern Powergrid's timetable for moving their services.
Read an Otley Road Cycleway Update.
24th January 2021
How will we increase active travel in Harrogate if North Yorkshire County Council keeps prioritising cars over people?
Read about the Pedestrian Crossings in Harrogate.
7th January 2021
Here's a first draft of a London Underground-style map of Harrogate's cycle network. I'm not sure if it's of any value, except as colourful spaghetti.
Let me know what you think about the Harrogate Cycle Tube map.
3rd December 2020
Have we got some decent cycle infrastructure at the top of Harlow Moor Road? Are the new Cycle Infrastructure Design standards being applied?
Read about Miller Homes 'Cycleway' is not a Cycleway.
11th November 2020
HAPARA, the Harlow & Pannal Ash Residents' Association, has produced a report which is supposed to be about sustainable development. Unfortunately, it dismisses cycling as a solution to transport problems, and calls for road-building.
Read about Deeply Flawed HAPARA Report.
9th November 2020
Zero Carbon Harrogate has published a Vision and Strategic Plan setting out how the District can become zero carbon by 2030.
Read about Zero Carbon Harrogate Strategic Plan.
31st October 2020
Harrogate once had a lot of railways, but most of the lines are disused. Wouldn't it be great if they were turned into greenways?
Read about railways and greenways.
22nd October 2020
Is the surrealist work of bicycle-related art on the corner of the A59 and Oak Beck Road the worst cycle path in Harrogate?
14th August 2020
The sub-standard painted cycle lanes on Oatlands Drive could be replaced with proper protected cycle tracks if the county council succeeds in its bid for funding.
Read about active travel improvements for Oatlands Drive.
After missing out on half its Tranche 1 bid for Emergency Active Travel Fund money, North Yorkshire County Council is to consult community groups over its Tranche 2 bid for £1,065,000.
Read about NYCC to consult over EATF Tranche 2 bid.
Chris Batley wrote to the Yorkshire Post objecting to positive plans for the town centre. I set out the reasons why I don't agree, and why his arguments don't reflect the facts.
5th June 2020
North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) is to bid for funding for active travel improvements in response to the pandemic.
Read about the NYCC bid for active travel funds.
17th May 2020
North Yorkshire County Council is so far failing in its active travel response to the Coronavirus. Widening pavements in a handful of locations for a single weekend makes no sense when the virus can be transmitted on any day of the week.
Read about the NYCC failing in Coronavirus active travel response.
28th February 2020
Harrogate District Cycle Action is today launching its new website, alongside an updated manifesto and refreshed social media accounts. The website invites local people to sign up as supporters and contribute their ideas.
Find out more about the HDCA website.
8th January 2020
Can anyone guess the purpose of this 12m long cycle path? It's by the roundabout at the Bellway housing development, on the old Dunlopillo site, but it doesn't seem to lead anywhere.
Read about daft cycle infra at the Bellway Pannal development.
21st November 2019
A group of councils including Harrogate BC and North Yorkshire CC is making a bid as part of the Leeds City Region for funding from the DfT.
The bid is for a share of the Transforming Cities Fund, which is money to make it easier, safer and quicker for people to travel and get to work, by improving transport connections across city regions.
If the bid is successful, part of the money is to be spent in Harrogate to improve the front of the station, and create better access for pedestrians and cyclists. It will also be spent on improved facilities for walking and cycling in the town centre, and improving public spaces in town.
The bid should be submitted on 28th November 2019.
17th September 2019
In a letter to the Yorkshire Post, Bishop Monkton Councillor Brown claims that 'motorists' are being knocked and made to feel unwelcome in Harrogate Borough. This is a response to some of his arguments.
12th September 2019
A survey by the local MP, to find out what local shoppers think of the town centre, shows how people get there and what they think of the cycle facilities.
Read about Harrogate Retail Inquiry.
12th September 2019
A leaflet from a campaigner against the Otley Road cycleway came through my door today. I disagree with the arguments in the leaflet - read why.
Read about anti-Otley Road cycleway leaflet.
20th August 2019
NYCC published the results of their congestion study, and the answer from Harrogate and Knaresborough was a resounding 'no' to the so-called relief road.
Read about no to Harrogate relief road.