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The APPCG is. by it's nature, a political entity and to an extent, so are the AA, IAM and FTA. If you don't involve motoring groups in matters pertaining to the road then you can expect that very little will ever happen. This is not an issue of ownership or hypothecation but of necessarily sharing space. Where we need to share space with the largest other road user groups, there is a need to involve them in how that space will be shared. This is even more true as the aim of this enquiry is to increase the numbers that are sharing on our side of the equation.
To be fair to those representatives; Edmund King describes himself and has demonstrated himself to be a keen cyclist, the IAM does have policy on promoting cycling and even runs courses that it claims adhere to the same standards as Bikeability (I'm not going to deny that they do, I just haven't seen any comparative analysis) and the FTA have actively been involved in national cycling safety initiatives and issued their own Cycling Safety Policy in conjunction with the LCC.
Seems to me that APPCG have picked organisations that are effectively on our side already and will be able to provide valuable input on how cycling levels can be increased.