Cycle campaigning

Anyone doing the flashride next Wednesday?
http://www.lfgss.com/thread80284.html
^ Thanks for posting.

In case you hadn't already heard about it, please do get behind this protest ride next **Wednesday 22 February. Meet at the Duke of York steps, The Mall, 6.15pm. **

    The short ride is being organised by [iBikeLondon](http://ibikelondon.blogspot.com/2012/02/time-is-right-join-me-for-ride-to.html), [Cyclists in the City](http://cyclelondoncity.blogspot.com/2012/02/flashride-wednesday-22-february-615.html)  and London Cycling Campaign in advance of the the biggest Parliamentary debate on cycling this country has seen in 16 years. It will be sensibly marshaled and  respectful to other road users. Expect it to last 30-45 minutes.

See also:
http://ibikelondon.blogspot.com/2012/02/time-is-right-join-me-for-ride-to.html
and this heartfelt post:
http://cyclelondoncity.blogspot.com/

Never before have we had such an opportunity to get cycling and safety for cyclists on the political agenda and after a terrible year for deaths on our roads, many of us refuse to sit back and wait any longer for change to come.

The worry though, judging by by the responses to the cycling debate that many Conservative MPs have sent to their constituents, is that the emphasis risks being 'cyclists should wear helmets, cyclists should wear hi-viz, cyclists should have more training'. We need to tell them what we want and make them understand the real issues.

This is the briefing note MPs have been given: http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06224. In a nutshell, status quo. 'How can we make it safer on existing roads with more of the same?' This is simply not good enough.

Cheers,
Alex