Health & Transport
The Love Your Bike campaign are looking for gather opinions from cyclist
on sharing road space with buses, a short survey is attached.
Closing date 19th March 2010
Dear Friends
We are writing to ask for 5 minutes of your time to complete an online survey about your experiences sharing the roads with buses whilst cycling in Greater Manchester.
Comments we have received from cyclists and non-cyclists alike indicate a perception that buses make the roads more dangerous for cycling. We are concerned about the risks to the cycling community, and the potential for others to be put off cycling at all because they perceive the roads to be too dangerous because of the behaviour of other road users.
This survey is designed to get a feel for the seriousness of this issue and to get a sense of what type of behaviour is the most problematic. Alongside this survey we are talking to bus drivers to learn about their perceptions of cyclists, since we need to accept that the cycling community could often do better too.
We intend this survey to be the start of a dialogue with bus companies and local transport authorities to make the roads safer for cyclists, to make cycling in Greater Manchester a more attractive prospect, and ultimately to get more people cycling more often.
Please do take 5 minutes to fill it in. The closing date is 19th March. We'll be announcing the results by the end of May.
The internet address is www.tinyurl.com/busesandbikes
many thanks for your contribution
Graeme Sherriff / Pete Abel
Love Your Bike Campaign