Warrington Cycle Campaign is a cycling campaign group that aims to promote safer cycling and more cycling. Although based in
Warrington
Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...
in
England
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, the campaign has received international recognition, mainly due to its "Cycle Facility of the Month" feature.
The Warrington Cycle campaign has produced publications aimed at improving the safety of cyclists on the road. These include a leaflet encouraging better understanding between
bus
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drivers and cyclists and a report on the design and use of cycle lanes.
Cycle Facility of the Month
The Cycle Facility of the Month
is a humorous feature that highlights poor, unusable and absurd cycle facilitates. This feature has received international recognition in the media and from national governments.
The first facility the site featured in March 2001 was in Warrington, but the feature quickly went national, with the April 2001 facility showing a cycle lane in
Camden, then in October 2007 it went international and featured a cycle lane in
France
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Crap Cycle Lanes
Based upon Warrington's Cycle Facility of the Month, Eye Books produced a book called ''Crap Cycle Lanes'' showing 50 of the worst facilities.
Proceeds from the book go the Cyclists' Defence Fund, a UK charity that provides legal representation for cyclists.
See also
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Segregated cycle facilities
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List of cycleways
List of cycleways — for all types of cycleways, bike path, bike route, or bikeway's transportation infrastructure and/or designated route, listed by continents and their countries.
Greenways and/or rail trails can include a cycleway−bike p ...
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Utility cycling
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References
External links and bibliography
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Cycle Facility of the Month
''Crap Cycle Lanes''. Publisher Eye Books 10 November 2007.
Warrington
Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...
Cycling organisations in the United Kingdom
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