Cycling Rangers News & Events

New CycleHoops installed

Submitted by robert.morton on 30 April 2012

Following on from the successful trial of CycleHoops installed earlier this year at Brushfield Street, a further series of CycleHoops have been installed thoughout the Borough. The CycleHoops enable secure cycle parking whilst also making use of existing street furniture to minimise street clutter. There are now CycleHoops at the following locations:

Brushfield Street (serving Old Spitalfields Market)

Spital Square (serving Old Spitalfields Market)

Fashion Street (near junction with Brick Lane)

Columbia Road (outside Stingray Globe cafe)

Greenfield Road (outside Ebrahim College)

Fieldgate Street (outside Al Tayyab's restaurant)

Bethnal Green Road (outside Solis Launderette)

Usher Road/Roman Road (serving Old Ford housing office and Barclays Bank)

Widening of Lea Valley towpath between Three Mills and Greenway

Submitted by sam.margolis on 22 March 2012

The issue of a narrow towpath on this section of the Lea has been raised by LBTH officers with British Waterways and has been noted by Rangers. This has helped encourage funding to be found for widening the whole towpath section between Three Mills and the Greenway, providing a much enhanced walking and cycling route in that area. There are also proposals for a widening of the section south of Three Mills in the future although this is dependant on additional funding.

Cycle parking outside Bethnal Green Royal Mail Delivery Office, Emma Street

Submitted by robert.morton on 6 March 2012

4 cycle stands have been installed outside Bethnal Green Royal Mail Delivery Office, Emma Street, by Tower Hamlets Council, providing much needed cycle parking for residents who use the delivery office.

Rangers info drop-in session

Submitted by alix.stredwick on 8 February 2012

Are you a Ranger with some questions to ask the project manager? Would you like some help with using the website? Or do you know someone else who'd lke to become a Ranger?

On Saturday 18 February at the Wheelers Workshop Alix Stredwick will be there to show you the site in full and talk you through what's involved. If you'd like to just find out more about becoming a Ranger yourself you can also come along. Drop in any time between 11am and 3pm. Details: http://www.towerhamletswheelers.org.uk/diary?event=11

New contra-flow cycle lane on Stepney Way

Submitted by sam.margolis on 26 January 2012

As part of the redevelopment of Royal London Hospital a new contra-flow cycle lane has been installed on Stepney Way, allowing cyclists to travel west-east and east-west along this route. New cycle parking facilities have also been installed for staff and visitors to the hospital and further facilities are to be installed soon.

New cycle parking installed on Brushfield Street!

Submitted by sam.margolis on 15 December 2011

Brushfield Street, on the borders of the City of London, is heavily used by cyclists and there have been several comments from Rangers about lack of parking in the area. We have therefore used this area to pilot the innovative 'CycleHoops' designs, attaching to existing furniture, with 6 hoops of various styles installed. At the date of this post there were 12 bikes parked up on the 14 spaces available. New CycleHoop installed on Brushfield Street - December 2011

New online Rangers pages!

Submitted by alix.stredwick on 14 December 2011

All new web pages mean that Rangers can now submit all your ideas online! We've worked with Skylark Technology to get all the processes online so that it is much easier for Rangers to get your ideas through to Tower Hamlets officers.

The launch is taking place on Wednesday 14 December 2011 before the Tower Hamlets Wheelers meeting. Feedback from Rangers would be most welcome, so that any necessary tweaks can be made.

Recruitment day

Submitted by alix.stredwick on 30 May 2011

Now there are 20 Rangers on the scheme, following a successful recruitment day on 29th May at the Wheelers Workshop. Thank you very much to the Wheelers for letting TI 'set up shop' in their workshop space. We have also teamed up with the CTC to link up officially to their website fillthathole.org.uk. If you would like to submit reports via CTC for Tower Hamlets, please get in touch to be a Ranger, so we can collate all these reports under the same project.

The first audit reports have come in! On the right is an example of a small improvement of the type we're looking for on Bancroft Road where a dropped kerb is needed - thanks Bob! The text that Bob added in to his audit form is highlighted in yellow to show how simple it is. All instructions are given to Rangers in the Volunteer Booklet.