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Pedals is concerned by the disappearance of secure cycle parking facilities from plans for the New Central Library and Bus Station development on the site of the old Broadmarsh Car Park.

• Original plans contained a secure cycle parking hub but

This is some background information relevant to the blog post Secure Bike Parking Vanishes from New Central Library & Bus Station Plans.

What was on the site before?

• Former Broadmarsh bus station and carpark (now demolished)
• 1179 car parking spaces,

On Saturday 8th September a Pedals petition gained 124 signatures at The Tour of Britain Start in West Bridgford. The petition was in support of the proposal to build a Foot Cycle Bridge over the Trent, east of Lady Bay … Read more

Pictures show the bridge site from the south bank looking north towards the entrance to Trent Basin housing site.

Since 2014 Pedals and 4 other local groups have been working on plans for a new foot-cycle bridge on the east … Read more

Following contact with Councillor Collins and Councillor Liversidge, we have now had a response to the comments we raised on the Broadmarsh plans.

Pedals’ questions are in bold text below, followed by the City Council response:

1) There appears to … Read more

Derby’s new electric bike sharing scheme is gaining new converts

Featuring a selection of the state-of-the-art ebikes, Derby launched the UK’s largest electric bikeshare scheme in June.

A total of 200 ebikes provided by US-based Social Bicycles, can now be … Read more

Pedals seeking comments on the County Council’s Arnold and Carlton area cycle route plans – Gedling and Carlton residents encouraged to have their say on new cycle Network.

Local people are being asked to choose from 11 potential routes as … Read more