I have been involoved in this sort of thing on and off for years at
Bolton. The sticking point is always the most senior person either in
Estates or Personnel (to do with physical provision or incentives
respectively). My advice: find out early on what their views are as
success depends on them being supportive.
Dr John Parkin
Reader in Transport Engineering and Planning
Department of the Built Environment
The University of Bolton
Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5AB
Dir Tel 01204 903027 Mob Tel 07903 523017
Fax 01204 399074 www.bolton.ac.uk/staff/jp10
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cycling and Society Research Group discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Benjamin Fincham
> Sent: 25 May 2006 10:17
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> Subject: Examples of institutional best practice
>
> 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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