These are the campaign issues we'd like your views on:
Key routes across parks to be clearly signed as permissible for cyclists
Cycling is legal in Ealing parks, but can attract hostility from people who don't know this. Research shows that where shared use is signed as permissible, the presence of cyclists is more readily accepted.
Produce guidelines explaining the type of front garden bicycle storage that will be acceptable without requiring planning permission
At the moment you require planning permission to erect a bicycle shed in your front garden. Despite this hundreds of Ealing residents have installed bicycle sheds, or metal bike bunkers in their front gardens without planning permission. This leads to uncertainty, and in at least one case, the council has asked a resident to remove a shed. We would like the position clarified so home owners can install bicycle sheds without fear of prosecution.
Construct a circular quiet route for cyclists
Ealing has some great off-road and quiet routes for cyclists. We would like to see sections of them linked together to form a circular quiet route that families and leisure riders could enjoy.
Extend 'no parking in cycle lane' regulations along Uxbridge Rd to 8pm / or convert to mandatory cycle lane
The Uxbridge Road is a key commuter route for Ealing cyclists. At the moment motor vehicles can park in the cycle lanes in Acton after 6.30pm. Our research shows that the cycling rush hour continues until 8pm, and we feel the cycle lanes should be kept open for these cyclists. A long-term aim is to convert these cycle lanes to mandatory lanes, so they are available to cyclists at all hours.
Ealing Council to formally adopt the new London Cycle Design Standards 2014 as the default borough standard when designing facilities that affect cyclists
Adopting the new Cycle Design Standards will prevent the installation of the poorly designed infrastructure we have seen in the past.
Remove non-sinusoidal speed humps from cycle routes shown on the London Cycle Guides and, where necessary, replace them with sinusoidal humps.
Sinusoidal humps, with their gentle initial slope, are smoother and easier for cyclists to ride over, but are just as effective at slowing down motor vehicles.
At road closures replace barrier gates with a single foldable bollard.
Roads closed to motor vehicles are typically closed with a gate for emergency vehicles, and gaps on either side for cyclists to pass through. Often these gaps are partially blocked by motor vehicles. Replacing the gates with a single foldable bollard in the centre of the road will allow cyclists to pass through the gap on a straight line, maintaining a safe central position on the road.
At subways with pairs of barriers, remove at least one of the barriers to allow cyclists to pass without dismounting
In cycle-friendly Europe, barriers are rarely used. Where they are, a single barrier is sufficient to improve sight lines and prevent collisions.
Complete scheme design for a borough cycle route to link Ealing Broadway to the East-West Cycling Super Highway in Acton and secure funding to install it at the same time as the Cycling Super Highway
Our final scheme would provide a link to the Cycle Superhighway that is planned to run alongside the A40 from Acton into central London.
