Cycle campaigning

No campaign group is going to make a blind bit of difference to lorries and junctions between now and the end of the summer. I feel that some of the groups have become particularly insular and caught up in their own manifestos to the point of losing focus on some issues that are probably more pressing than others.

Thanks for the feedback. However I think you're missing a crucial point: the most pressing issue for any London-centric campaign is the Mayoral election on 3 May 2012. LCC activity between now and then will be focussed on securing a commitment form the next Mayor to make our streets as safe and inviting for cycling as they are in Holland, as part of the Go Dutch campaign voted for by our members.

Other issues remain important, of course. Yet our ambition is to run the most visible, engaging and mass participatory single-issue campaign ever in the history of the GLA. we simply cannot do that unless we are concentrating on one message.

You are absolutely right though that the summer presents an opportunity to campaign on behaviour. I would go beyond existing cyclists though and use it as an opportunity to promote cycling to those escaping overcrowded tubes and busses.