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The World of Croydon
www.croydon-lcc.org.uk
is the web site of the recently revived Croydon Cycling Campaign,
the local branch of London Cycling Campaign. Group coordinator
and webmaster Jeremy Rickard has had a busy year since restarting
the local group with group press officer Austen Cooper. I joined
them about 6 months ago and took over the running of the newsletter.
Following a leaflet campaign in local libraries, our membership
in Croydon is at last on the rise, and new faces are beginning
to appear at monthly meetings, so we can at last begin to help
tackle the problem of Croydon's outdated transport practices,
and try and change attitudes amongst council officers and the
politicians. However, we are in no doubt about the difficulties
ahead; the missed opportunity to successfully integrate safe
cycling and Tramlink and poor quality cycle facilities generally
appear to have contributed to the 28% rise in cycling casualties
between 1998 and 1999, and the 10% rise in pedestrian casualties
in the same period points to a general deterioration in road
conditions.
In the coming year we hope to make our mark on Croydon, encouraging
more people out on the roads to cycle whilst getting the council
focused on improving conditions on the roads and meeting their
own targets to increase walking and cycling and reduce road traffic.
We also hope to build better links with other environmental and
community groups. One of the aims being to get a wide range of
people involved in events such as Car Free Day and a festival
of cycling, both currently being considered by Croydon Council.
Croydon Cycling Campaign, Jeremy Rickard, 20 Harrison's
Rise, Croydon CR0 4LA 020 8686 2811 - jeremy@croydon-lcc.org.uk
Monthly meetings on the second Wednesday at 8pm in the Ship of
Fools opposite West Croydon Station.
Mike Armstrong
mike@croydon-lcc.org.uk
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