Exeter Cycling Campaign

Our guest speaker is Tom Fyans, chief executive of the London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social, and he'll be bringing inspiration and tales of the amazing active travel developments in London in recent years.

🚲Lovely cake, great people, big inspiration at our AGM 🚲 – Exeter Cycling Campaign 96

Join us for cake, great company, a brilliant guest speaker from @londoncycling.bsky.social, and dazzling conversation about all things active travel at our annual get-together on Monday March 9.

Information here: exetercyclingcampaign.org.uk/%F0%9F%9A%B2...

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✍️ In our latest newsletter:

Exeter Highways Committee meets on 29 January.

👍 Barnfield Road plans look positive.

🚴 Dryden Road consultation will keep Dryden Road safe.

🔄 We'll ask for action on the dangerous Stoke Arms roundabout.

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🚲Can you help make Exeter even lovelier in 2026? 🚲 – Exeter Cycling Campaign 96

Our first newsletter of the year is out! Sign up below to receive it!

🏆 Quick wins and how to get involved.

🙋🏼 Can you help us? Volunteer for roles big and small!

📅 Next Exeter Highways and Traffic Orders Committee (Hatoc) is on Jan 29. Can you attend?

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With salt, I believe. With attendant issues.

A person holds their bike next to a section of black ice on a cycle/walking path.

Following our campaign, DCC trialled ice treatment on Exeter cycle/walking paths.
But new cycling/wheeling routes=>demand ⬆️
eg E3 Pynes Hill- Wonford-CityCentre has 000s of 🧑‍🦽🚶🚲🛴👨‍🦯journeys but remains untreated.

We'll be talking to DCC about this!

Where have you experienced issues this week?

"Take care, get angry, campaign for more walking/cycling paths to be treated."

An important message - and not just for Exeter.

Do they know it's IceMass time at all?

We note this route is shaped by convenience for the council, not need. It doesn't include any routes into the city centre. It doesn't include any residential areas west of the river. It doesn't include strategic routes like Rifford Rd, Ludwell Valley, JLC.

A map of Exeter showing the extent of cycle routes treated for ice in 2026. This forms a rough triangle around the city. No routes into the city center are shown as treated.

BLACK ICE WARNING!

We've had email re black ice, & falls on Rifford Rd path & etc

Take care, get angry, campaign for more walking/cycling paths to be treated.
Councils say aim = 50% journeys🚶🚲🧑‍🦽
Shouldn't the routes be treated?

www.devon.gov.uk/news/highway...

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In 2026 we'll prob have continue to counter "the Populist Playbook"(HT @brenttoderian.bsky.social) - it looks familiar!
But let's press for the good stuff too eg Nurses Way/Stoke Arms roundabout.
What are your top 10 priorities for a lovelier Exeter & safer cycling?
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Works for me!

🎅🚲12 Days of Walking, Wheeling & Cycling Christmas 🚲🎅 – Exeter Cycling Campaign 96

Happy Christmas to all our followers, from the Exeter Cycling Campaign!

Our latest newsletter, the last for 2025, is out, with 12 pieces of good news about our achievements this year. Please subscribe to receive more good news in 2026!

Newsletter: exetercyclingcampaign.org.uk/%F0%9F%8E%85...

"But there are children going to school now who need safer routes and parents who need the confidence to let their kids walk, wheel or cycle to school, to cut congestion, air pollution and deliver healthier, more active travel choices for everyone.”

"The report is quite clear: a higher ranking brings more funding, and that’s what Devon needs to implement its ambitious local cycling and walking infrastructure plans. Some progress has been made at places like Rifford Road and Magdalen Road.

"It is time for the new administration at County Hall and city and county councillors on the Highways Committee to set the bar higher, deliver new schemes at pace and announce their ambition to become a capability Level 3 authority and aim for more funding in the future.

Photo shows a street view of a busy roundabout with five rounds off it. This is Stoke Arms Roundabout in Exeter.

“That extra funding could have paid for the now cancelled Mallison Bridge replacement and made the Stoke Arms roundabout safe for all, with money to spare to spend elsewhere.

Exeter Cycling Campaign Chair James Diamond said: “Similar county councils like Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire have successfully moved from a Level 2 to a Level 3 this year. As a result they have won much better funding deals.

With a population of over 840,000, this amounts to a per-person allocation of just £4 per head per year. Councils with higher capability ratings were awarded much more funding.

On a scale of 1-4, Devon was awarded a capability rating of Level 2 and a four year funding deal of £13.4M. This is the funding that pays for new safe routes to school, work and the shops for people on foot, wheels and bike.

Young people using the cycle path in Rifford Road, Exeter

We have calculated that Devon has missed out on about £8.8M in funding for safer walking, cycling and wheeling in the latest national gradings and funding deals for local authorities published recently by Active Travel England. 🧵

The report details each option and the impacts they may have. The report will be sent to councillors this week.

We hope this is a positive contribution to the debate and we look forward to the full consultation in 2026.

Read the report here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5w65f...

At the October Exeter Highways Committee meeting, councillors asked for options to make Dryden Road, Bovemoors Lane and local streets safe and attractive.

Thanks to the local residents who helped us work up 15 options in a workshop at Wonford Community Centre.

New report from Exeter Cycling Campaign just out: options for Dryden Road.

If you want to help us do that by joining our planning consultation team please be in touch info@exetercyclingcampaign.org.uk You don't need to be an expert and there is lots of suppprt available.

This shows that by speaking up for a future where walking and cycling are safe, convenient and central to city life, the Campaign can help shape new developments that move Exeter towards a healthier, fairer transport system for all.

We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this process, and recognise the challenging decisions Councillors must make.

The approved planning application reflects many of these priorities —including over 500 bike parking spaces, e-bike charging, non-standard cycle spaces, just four car parking spaces, widened footways, improved junction crossings, and safeguarded land for future cycling and bus improvements.

In our response to the Heavitree Road former police station redevelopment we pushed for better cycle storage, space for non-standard bikes, safer access routes, and stronger connections to the E3 cycle network.

800 plus homes planned at former Exeter police station Blocks could be six storeys high

www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n... We are really happy to see that engaging positively with Exeter City Council really does make a difference 🧵

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