Dear All,
I have been co-opted onto a new Cycling Strategy 'task and finish' [whatever
that means] group at Cardiff University. There is no precedent here at the
University for any form of cycling strategy and it looks as though the VC is
keen to make Cardiff an exemplar of 'good practice'. In the long term this will
involve working with the civic authorities to integrate whatever the University
does on it's city centre and suburban campuses with a wider cycling strategy for
the city.
This is really an appeal for ideas from everyone on the list for ideas or
examples of things that have worked/haven't worked, in terms of institutional
initiatives around encouraging increased cycle use, from home to the campuses
and between campuses.
At the moment we are working on our short to medium term goals and this
includes all of the usual suggestions. A sensible map of routes around the city,
better signage [is that a word?], visible infrastructure - bike stands etc,
pushing the promotional (events bike to work week that sort of thing). Also the
great shower debate has begun, though Nick Oddy's point that if you need a
shower having cycled into work you've taken the wrong route swings it for me.
So, in the first instance, is anybody working in an institution where the cycle
scheme - bikes paid for through wages - operates? If you do, how did you
convince payroll that this was possible? Actually the finance dept are not being
co-operative because they think it will involve lots of work for them.
Can anybody tell me about any University, or other large institution,
initiatives that we might be able to take stuff from.
Many thanks
Ben
Dr Ben Fincham
Research Associate
Qualiti
Cardiff School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University
59-60 Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
Tel +44 (0)29 2087 5322
www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi
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