Almost 1,000 cyclists fined under Peterborough’s Public Space Protection Order – in just three months

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and 15 for failing to dismount from a bicycle.

isn't the embarrassment of falling in the street bad enough when the cleat won't come out of the pedal?

I wonder how many criminals they caught in the same period whilst driving motorvehicles, 2014 8 people were killed on the roads of peterborough, I#m pretty sure that all of them were caused by errant motorists.

Yet another breach of the rules for PSPO.

Similar to  Fish _n_Chips posting above,  I too have had a long standing relationship with the city, and I agree with quite a bit of it...

Having read the info on the PCC website from the link above I had a good chuckle: The reality I have seen around the city is that the bike paths are, in many places, a badly lit, "broken tarmac and smashed glass" surface like a really sadistic Paris-Roubaix (only flat) designed by vandals, and it will take more than a few thousand quid taken from ASBO hoodies scooting up Bridge street to fix that.

Let's not label these miscreants as antsocial cyclists: they are antisocial people who just happen to have been on a bike when they got caught being antisocial: on another day they could have been nicked littering or whatever - I would suspect they are just generally that type of selfish, careless person.

The "cyclists" the council are trying to encourage are a different type of person surely, and will be annoyed by being lumped in with them?

(Just as an aside,  the picture on the road .cc article isn't any part of Bridge Street (or even 'Borough) I recognise either...it can't be - Bridge Street is never that busy any more!!)

The picture isn't of a cyclist, it's of a person riding a bike in a pedestrian area. Wearing jeans and jacket isn't the attire of a person who rides more than a few miles.

http://www.environmentcapital.org/september-2017/sustainable-transport/s...

"Sustainable transport systems make a positive contribution to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the communities they serve."  Well, a thousand of those sustainable transport cyclists are certainly making a contribution to their communities, a financial contribution.

"We all know that walking and cycling are better for our health than driving and that getting public transport cuts congestion and is better for the environment. 

We need to use this knowledge to inform our choices."

"Our 2020 growth plans means that 9% more journeys need to be sustainable."

"Targets to 2020:

Increase the number of people who walk and who cycle at least three times per week by 1% annually.
Increase the percentage of people satisfied with cycle routes and facilities in the city from 58% to 62%."

Good luck with that.

So basically, just the usual local authority "we really support cycling, and we're really environmental, but secretly we hate cyclists."

I live in this god forsaken city.  

It used to be popular for Cycling in the 70’s and 80’s with new cycle lanes but people are driving and whinging in traffic.

Bridge Street has had a no cycling sign there for over 2-3 decades.

It used to be so busy to walk through without walking into someone else but that’s dying from online shopping.

I used to approach the area, get off my bike, walk 30 seconds to the city hall walk through to the road parallel and carry on cycling as that’s a normal road.

Only an idiot would carry on riding through Bridge Street  with that many shoppers/kids/elderly walking and it’s usually chavs with rusty bikes but hey it catches lazy nice bikes tools  - it’s too risky to hit someone unless at late night where it does allow you to cycle through.

Person giving advice above will also tell you to ride through red lights and drive the wrong way as it’s ok as long as you don’t get caught.  Give me people another excuse to hate cyclists.

Or just follow the Highway Code and road signs ffs.

Why stop? Ride faster!

https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/council/campaigns/environment-capital/