Chesterfield Cycle Campaign

Transport MInister, Lord Adonis today announced that £14 million would be spent to create 10 new cycling hubs at mainline stations and 10,000 extra cycle parking spaces across the country too… although those with good memories will remember that he made a similar announcement in June when he promised £5m to create 10 new bike hubs at mainline stations.

Before we get all cynical it should be said that £5m of this is new money and it will have an effect. We also now know where the

previously announced cycle hubs will be: Waterloo, Victoria and St Pancras in London, as well as Leeds, Sheffield, York, Hull, Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Liverpool Lime Street, okay, the Leeds cycle hub was already going ahead before the other nine, but it's all going in the right direction. The 10 cycle hubs will be based on the Dutch model – the hub at Leeds station will be called a CyclePoint in Holland they are known as CycleFiets, over here, as over there, the hubs will provide secure parking plus bike servicing and other facilities.