November Newsletter - UK Bus Awards, Western Cycle Corridor, Top Transport and more

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Welcome to your November Transport Nottingham Newsletter!

This monthly newsletter aims to keep you informed on everything that's going on across Nottingham from walking, cycling, public transport and our Citycard savings to our Major Transport Projects

Western Cycle corridor - phase two consultation

On Monday the 19th October construction on the first phase of the Western Cycle Corridor began with the first steps towards our Cycle Super highway.

Having reviewed the feedback from the consultation we are re-opening consultation for phase two of the corridor between Dunkirk Roundabout and Lenton Abbey to give residents the chance to have their say on the more detailed plans.

Informational leaflets will be delivered to affected residents with details of how to have your say and consultation events.

Keep an eye out on our Cycle City website for more information on the consultation.

Citycard Cycles £1 for 24 hours!

For an entire year we have provided our Citycard Cycles hire scheme to Nottingham residents and visitors absolutely free. During this time we have had over 5,800 hires and over 90,000 hire hours recorded.

On the 9th November the free period came to an end and charging was reintroduced at £1 for 24 hours.

This will mean that individuals will have to activate their mobile phone and add credit to their account via a debit/credit card prior to booking.

More information on this story.

Midlands Connect

Last month the Midlands Connect partnership was launched. It includes more than 40 public sector and private organisations across the east and west midlands. It is pressing for better road, rail and freight links and is working on a regional transport strategy to power the Midlands Engine.

We are proud to be a part of this partnership which works alongside the Department for Transport to set out plans for long-term transport investment priorities to help unlock growth and jobs.

Find out more about this story.

UK Bus Awards

We're shortlisted for our electric bus project in the 2015 UK Bus Awards to be presented on the 24th of November.

We currently have 45 electric buses operating on our Linkbus Network with a further 13 on order from BYD in China to operate on our Citylink Park and Ride service making us the largest Electric bus fleet in the UK.

Watch this space for news on if we're successful!

Cycling for All

Cycling for All has now come to an end for the 3rd season in a row, and what a great season its been with 530 attendees, 305 people learning to cycle and 67 benefiting from Dr Bike services.

RideWise, the Nottingham based cycling charity, carries out the events with the aim of inspiring more people to give cycling a go, no matter what their ability.

Find out more about Cycling for All

Winter Walks

Sustrans Nottingham are on a mission to get people out enjoying frosty winter walks, if you share your favourite place to walk locally with them you could win one of a selection of prizes up to the value of £30. Just let them know the place, how to get there from the city centre and if possible a cheeky snap!

Find out more about this story.

Citycard Savings

Save 10% off at Homemade Cafe with your Citycard (drinks excluded). Established in May 2005 Homemade is an award winning cosy, friendly place to enjoy homemade delicious food.

Find out more about this Citycard saving.

Top Transport

This November we are celebrating Transport in Nottingham with our Top Transport campaign.

Get involved by sharing what you love about Nottingham on social media using the hashtag #TopTransport and you will be entered into a prize drawer to win one of Nottingham's brand new pay as you go Smartcards with £10 pre-loaded.

Find out more about the campaign.

Footprints

Our Road Safety Team operate a scheme called "Footprints" whereby for 10 weeks in the Autumn term children and parents are encouraged to walk to school in order to receive a collectable metal pin badge prize for taking part.

So far we've had 14,173 school children along with their parents across 40 schools taking part in the project.

Find out more about Footprints by visiting the website

Go Low Nottingham

We are due to find out if we have been successful in our bid to government for a share of £35 million worth of Government funding after making the shortlist to become one of the UK's first Go Ultra Low Cities.

You can support our bid by following our activity on social media and using the hashtag #GoLowNottm.

Find out more about our Go Ultra Low ambitions.

Totally Transport

Our Push Pull Officer has been busy working hard to encourage employees at all three of Nottingham's business parks to get out the car and travel more sustainably.

On the 13th of November the winners of the Totally Transport competition including the winner of a Brompton Cycle will be announced by Scott Knowles, Chief Executive of the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce.

We'll keep you updated on our lucky winner in our December newsletter!

Winter Cycling

As the festive season moves ever closer it's time to think about cycle safety during the winter months and our partners at The Big Wheel are on hand to offer advice and information on keeping safe during Winter.

For tips on cycling during the cooler and darker days alongside a video produced by The Big Wheel in partnership with TravelRight, Sustrans and Ridewise visit the Big Wheel website.

New addition to the City Car Club family

A new addition to the City Car Club fleet was added the end of October at Bulwell Riverside Joint Service Centre.

The Car is the fourth new addition to the fleet which sees short and long term hire made available to members of the public.

A public launch event will take place on Friday the 13th November at the Bulwell Riverside between 12:30-1:30pm where local residents and staff at the Centre can come along and find out more about the scheme and the benefits of joining.

Find out more about this story.

Some of these projects and this newsletter are delivered as part of the Nottingham Urban Area’s successful Local Sustainable Transport Fund programme, helping to establish Nottingham as an exemplar for integrated sustainable transport.

For further details visit www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/LSTFprojects

Transport Strategy, Nottingham City Council, Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

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