Warrington Cycle Campaign is a cycling campaign group that aims to promote safer cycling and more cycling. Although based in
Warrington
Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...
in
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
, the campaign has received international recognition, mainly due to its "Cycle Facility of the Month" feature.
The Warrington Cycle campaign has produced publications aimed at improving the safety of cyclists on the road. These include a leaflet encouraging better understanding between
bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...
drivers and cyclists and a report on the design and use of cycle lanes.
Cycle Facility of the Month
The Cycle Facility of the Month
is a humorous feature that highlights poor, unusable and absurd cycle facilitates. This feature has received international recognition in the media and from national governments.
The first facility the site featured in March 2001 was in Warrington, but the feature quickly went national, with the April 2001 facility showing a cycle lane in
Camden, then in October 2007 it went international and featured a cycle lane in
France
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.
Crap Cycle Lanes
Based upon Warrington's Cycle Facility of the Month, Eye Books produced a book called ''Crap Cycle Lanes'' showing 50 of the worst facilities.
Proceeds from the book go the Cyclists' Defence Fund, a UK charity that provides legal representation for cyclists.
See also
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Segregated cycle facilities Segregation may refer to:
Separation of people
* Geographical segregation, rates of two or more populations which are not homogenous throughout a defined space
* School segregation
* Housing segregation
* Racial segregation, separation of huma ...
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List of cycleways
List of cycleways — for all types of cycleways, bike path, bike route, or bikeway's transportation infrastructure and/or designated route, listed by continents and their countries.
Greenways and/or rail trails can include a cycleway−bike p ...
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Utility cycling
Utility cycling encompasses any cycling done simply as a means of transport rather than as a sport or leisure activity. It is the original and most common type of cycling in the world. Cycling mobility is one of the various types of private t ...
References
External links and bibliography
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Cycle Facility of the Month
''Crap Cycle Lanes''. Publisher Eye Books 10 November 2007.
Warrington
Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...
Cycling organisations in the United Kingdom
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