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London Road Scheme: We need your help!

Julia Shaw — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:20:43 +0000

Stage 1 of the London Road Active Travel Scheme runs from Boxgrove Roundabout to Aldi and includes:

Safer cycle paths segregated from road traffic up at pavement level.
Creating new crossing points
Upgrading bus stops

Click to email all councillors in support of the scheme!*

Please support this scheme by by emailing all Surrey County Council cabinet members* before the middle of October. Please add one or two sentences as to why this is important for you and your family. Be sure to add your home address to the email. The cabinet will make a decision on stage 1 of the scheme on 29th October 2024. Without your support this scheme will not go ahead.

For further information see our London Road Active Travel Scheme page.

^{*If opening on a PC, the email may be placed in your drafts folder.}

London Road

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Pedestrian and Cycle Crossings: We need your help!

Julia Shaw — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:42:00 +0000

Have you ever waited at a pedestrian or cycle crossing and wondered why it takes so long for the green person or cyclist to appear? And why road users wait less time?

Sign the petition!

GBUG are currently campaigning to improve pedestrian and cycle crossing timings in Guildford. Please sign our petition.

For more information on why this is important and what can be done, please visit our Pedestrian and Cycle Crossing Timings page.

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Beryl e-bike hubs are popping up around town

Julia Shaw — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:41:20 +0000

Beryl e-bike hubs have started being installed around Guildford. Here is one outside the library! Hubs will be installed from Jacobs Well to Shalford over the next few months. Charges are 16p/minute plus £1 to unlock the bike. (Bundles of minutes are available more cheaply). Users who leave bikes outside the painted bays will receive a fine.

We at GBUG are very excited about this exciting scheme but Guildford needs better cycling infrastructure for the scheme to reach its full potential. To help GBUG campaign for safe cycling infrastructure, join our mailing list or email info@g-bug.org.

See https://beryl.cc/scheme/guildford for further details about hiring the bikes, and GBUG’s page about the campaign.

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A25 improvements are underway

Julia Shaw — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:26:59 +0000

Improvements have started to the north side of the A25 Ladymead include widening the footway and introducing signalised toucan crossing facilities over the vehicle entrance/exit to Ladymead Retail Centre. This will overcome the gap in the existing shared pedestrian and cycling route along the A25.

GBUG have further information on this package of improvements.

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Help campaign for safer cycling for children – Join Kidical’s next ride on Sunday 29th September 2pm

Julia Shaw — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:31:57 +0000

Kidical’s next ride is in Guildford on Sunday 29th September at 2pm. For more information see our Events page.

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Funding announced for the Guildford to Godalming Greenway

Julia Shaw — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:17:22 +0000

GBUG are delighted that phase 1 of the Guildford to Godalming Greenway has been awarded funding! The Godalming Cycle Campaign came up with the idea to provide a surfaced, all-weather cycle route between the two towns. GBUG joined with Godalming Cycle Campaign to push the idea forward with Guildford Borough Council. Construction is due to commence from 2025.

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Guildford’s long awaited LCWIP

Julia Shaw — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:07:04 +0000

Guildford’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) was endorsed by the council on 8th August. See our LCWIP page for a summary of the new cycle routes that have been given the highest priority for implementation.

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Can you help marshal at the 40th anniversary event of the Guildford Town Centre Races?

Julia Shaw — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:11:22 +0000

Charlotteville Cycling Club are proud to be hosting the CANYON Guildford Town Centre Races on Wednesday 3rd July.

This will be the 40th anniversary of the event and with the extended course which was trialled last year. It’s set to be a great evening of racing, with U8s to elite level racing there really is something for everyone to enjoy watching.

Due to the event growing and now part of the British Cycling National Circuit Series for the 2nd year, they are up against it for volunteers to marshall the event. If anyone is able to give any time to marshal they would absolutely appreciate the support. Each volunteer gets a Bottle(bidon) and T-Shirt for giving up their time.

Race times are shown in the image below and they would have marshal’s in place by 5pm up until the final race which finishes approx. 9.30pm.

Marshal duties are fairly simple, they ensure the crossing points and certain areas on the course are manned to provide guidance to spectators and also close the crossing points when riders are approaching.

If you are able to volunteer, please let Mark Rymell know what time you’re available from and to, via email (rymell@hotmail.com) and he will coordinate locations and meeting times.

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Four exciting long distance events this summer!

Julia Shaw — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:56:48 +0000

West Surrey Cycling Club are running four long distance cycling events this summer ranging from 100 to 200km. For more information visit our events page.

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Families campaign for safety: join mass bike ride through Guildford on Saturday 27 April

Julia Shaw — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:28:54 +0000

Plans for a Burpham to Guildford active travel scheme in Guildford were diluted this year despite more residents supporting it than voicing concerns.

And people of Guildford will soon take to the streets to continue the call to put people, and especially children, first when designing travel routes around town.

In the afternoon of Saturday 27 April, you’re invited to join a family-friendly mass cycle ride around Guildford.

Bring your blankets and sandwiches at 12:45 p.m. for a pre-ride picnic near the London Road entrance to Stoke Park. Then at 2:00 p.m. we’ll set off on a slow-paced, marshalled, circular ride that will be suitable for anyone, even cycling newbies, to join in with.

One of the ride organisers, local mum Chloe Sutcliffe said, “After around 300 people turned out for each ride in 2023, we are hoping to see the numbers increase this year. Everyone, no matter their age, is welcome to join the fun and help show that Guildford does want safer infrastructure so more of us can choose to leave our cars at home when travelling to school, the shops or the park”.

Fellow organiser and local parent Beth Moore said, “I didn’t take up cycling regularly until I settled down in Guildford several years ago. I hate the frustration of sitting in a car in traffic, breathing in pollution. Public transport isn’t reliable enough where I live. Walking and riding our bikes are the only options for my family when we don’t want to use the car. Riding around town has really improved my fitness and mood. This historic town wasn’t built for cars and has so much potential to be a wonderful place to cycle.”

This is the third ride organised by the Guildford arm of Kidical Mass. The first two rides both attracted hundreds of participants. We are part of the Kidical Mass movement, a global campaign which envisions a future where children and young people can safely and independently cycle and walk around the streets in their local areas.

A number of local politicians have told us they will attend, including Angela Goodwin, MP, Zoe Franklin and several councilors from Guildford Borough Council.

You can find out more by following the Kidical Mass Facebook page, and on the G-BUG event site.

Families join the 2023 Kidical Mass ride outside GLive

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