by Nikki Brown | Feb 15, 2023 | Transport
The default speed limit on roads in Manchester is set to be reduced to 20mph in a bid to make walking and cycling safer in the city. Manchester city council’s new active travel strategy also aims to cut 40mph speed limits to 30mph by 2028. Manchester City Centre has...
by Nikki Brown | Feb 3, 2023 | Transport
Greater Manchester’s cycle hire scheme users can now pay for their journeys before they hop into the saddle, saving them money. A new and convenient way to pay – ‘minute bundles’ – will now be available to riders through the Beryl app. Minute bundles will allow users...
by Nikki Brown | Feb 2, 2023 | Transport
New ‘cycle stores’ which will enable Tameside children to ride their bikes to school and store them safely have been officially opened by Active Travel Commissioner, Dame Sarah Storey. Arlies Primary School and Silver Springs Primary Academy in Stalybridge are the...
by Nikki Brown | Jan 23, 2023 | Sustainable Living, Transport
Bury’s first ‘School Street’ has opened to help keep pupils safe and encourage them to walk or cycle to school. A traffic-free environment now exists outside Guardian Angels Primary School during peak times in the morning and afternoon. The initiative is a...
by Nikki Brown | Nov 17, 2022 | Transport
A new scheme that provides bikes to local communities has launched across Greater Manchester, following a £145,000 investment from Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). Bike libraries allow people to borrow a bike flexibly, to use it when it suits them and without...
