Bikes on Trams! (but not yet)

[Simon Geller]

You might not have realised it, but March is Bikes on Trams Month - well, it is in a small corner of
Sheffield. Hugh McClintock & Dave Morris of Nottingham's School of the Built Environment have put a
survey of attitudes to future integration of bikes and trams up on their website - please go there
and fill in the form, it's at

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/research/projects/r016/questionnaires.htm

In Sheffield, Stagecoach Supertram have agreed to allow us to conduct a survey in two parts. We will
spend a day on the trams looking at whether the space is available to carry bikes, and at the same
time do a survey of passengers to find out what their attitudes to bikes on trams are. The date we
have fixed for this survey is the 30th of March, and we do need volunteers - please get in touch if
you could spare some time to help on this important project.

Looking forward to the Future of Integrated Transport!

Simon Geller

Pedal Pushers Sheffield Cycle Campaign: http://www.pedalpushers.org.uk

 

[Albert]

"Simon Geller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> You might not have realised it, but March is Bikes on Trams Month - well, it is in a small corner
> of Sheffield. Hugh McClintock & Dave Morris of Nottingham's School of the Built Environment have
> put a survey of attitudes to future integration of bikes and trams up on their website - please go
> there and fill in the form, it's at
>
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/research/projects/r016/questionnaires.htm

will do. I live just near the tram lines and have been wondering about carrying bikes on the NRT. I
often cheat and get the robin hood line into Nottingham £1 / 6 min = no sweat

> In Sheffield, Stagecoach Supertram have agreed to allow us to conduct a survey in two parts. We
> will spend a day on the trams looking at whether the space is available to carry bikes,

out of rush hour I would have thought so with the amount of empty busses skeeting about between 9:30
and 3 pm .

> and at the same time do a survey of passengers to find out what their attitudes to bikes on
> trams are.

guess ! these will be the same (local) passengers that shouted, spat and fought for the tram to be
banned as an eyesore, unnecessary, messy, noisy, complete waste of money etc, but who are now
rubbing their hands with greedy glee at the 30% increase in the value of their homes (over and above
the national hyperinflation) which has resulted in 30k houses shifting pronto for 80k

and the tram hasn't even gone live yet.

Albert

 

[Andrew]

In terms of integrated transport I noticed that all the buses in Vancouver had bike racks on the
front of them, absolutely superb.

--
Andrew

"Look laddie, if you're in the penalty area and aren't quite sure what to do with the ball, just
stick it in the net and we'll discuss all your options afterwards." Simon Geller
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You might not have realised it, but March is Bikes on Trams Month - well,
it
> is in a small corner of Sheffield. Hugh McClintock & Dave Morris of Nottingham's School of the
> Built Environment have put a survey of
attitudes
> to future integration of bikes and trams up on their website - please go there and fill in the
> form, it's at
>
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/research/projects/r016/questionnaires.htm
>
> In Sheffield, Stagecoach Supertram have agreed to allow us to conduct a survey in two parts. We
> will spend a day on the trams looking at whether
the
> space is available to carry bikes, and at the same time do a survey of passengers to find out what
> their attitudes to bikes on trams are. The
date
> we have fixed for this survey is the 30th of March, and we do need volunteers - please get in
> touch if you could spare some time to help on this important project.
>
> Looking forward to the Future of Integrated Transport!
>
> Simon Geller
>
> Pedal Pushers Sheffield Cycle Campaign: http://www.pedalpushers.org.uk