Foleshill Cycleway
coventrysociety The City Council has received funding from Government to help improve cycling, walking and wheeling (pushchairs and wheelchairs), and reduce traffic in Foleshill. The project aims to make Foleshill an…
Transport
Consultation on Plans for the Eastern Bypass
National Highways are consulting the public about plans to improve the A46 Eastern Bypass near Walsgrave. The scheme is part of a government commitment to improve the A46 ‘Trans-Midlands Trade…
New Measures to Enable Active Travel in Foleshill
The City Council has announced new measures to improve pedestrian crossings, provide a high-quality cycleway and improve bus service reliability are to be introduced along the Foleshill Road after a…
New Cycleway Planned for Allard Way
Cabinet Member Pat Hetherton approved plans for a new cycleway along Allard Way this week. The new route extends the network of off-road cycle routes linked to the Binley Cycleway.…
New bus, cycling and walking routes in the city
Plans for new cycling, walking and bus routes serving one of Coventry’s major development and growth areas are currently being drawn up following the award of over half a million…
The Portrait Bench
CovSoc member Peter James tells us about an interesting sculpture. Peter writes…… If you cycle or walk along the cycle route between Kenilworth and Warwick University you will see a…
E-bikes go like the wind
Former CovSoc Chair, Keith Draper, raises his concerns about mixing cyclists and pedestrians. Keith writes…. I recall from years ago when I worked at the Coventry Evening Telegraph how a…
Another Transport Experiment in Coventry
The City Council has signed up for yet another experimental transport system for the city. The project goes by the catchy title “Multi-Area Connected Automated Mobility” (MACAM) and is focused…
Coventry’s Mini Tram Takes a Step Forward
The West Midlands Combined Authority has approved funding for the next stage of the development of the new mini-tram system. As reported previously, the plan is to develop a Very…
What links R2D2 to a Coventry Electric cab company?
CovSoc founder member and former Chair, Paul Maddocks, has written the following article for the Historic Coventry website and we re-print it here with their kind permission. A good fiend…