Transport
'Secrets in the Blood' coming to the Beijing Olympics ?
Article | Beijing 2008 | Corruption & Ethics | Cycling | Sport
In the run up to the Beijing Olympics, Matt McGrath sets out to expose corruption, drug use and cover-ups at the highest levels in sport. BBC World Service Investigation
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Mon, 28/07/2008 - 19:31.
Beyond Belief in the Olympic Zone
Article | Clays Lane | Compulsory Purchase | Cycling | Housing | Human Rights | Local groups | Manor Gardens Allotments | Politics | Travellers
There is a credibility gap between what people in local voluntary bodies have been told by professionals in the Olympic industry and what local volunteers' experiences of outcomes has been. This has happened most to those local voluntary bodies which have been affected by relocations from sites within the boundaries of the Olympic Park.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sat, 01/03/2008 - 09:55.
Eastway Cyclists visit Hog Hill Circuit
Article | Cycling | Displacement
Riders from some of East London’s leading clubs viewed Hog Hill’s new cycle circuit which is being built by the London Development Agency (LDA) to relocate the Eastway Cycle Circuit. They gave the thumbs up to that part of the circuit which will be open in March on their visit to the upper fields where an ‘indy circuit’ of less than 1km is being built. They saw how it features several bends and climbs that will be an ideal short training circuit.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Thu, 28/02/2008 - 19:22.
When will the cyclists get adequate training facilities ?
Article | 2012 Legacy | Cycling | Funding for Training
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sun, 09/12/2007 - 22:02.
£5000 fines for VIP road lanes
Proposed Olympic VIP lanes will let ministers, athletes and corporate sponsors drive around London jam-free in 2012. But motorists who steer into the restricted routes could be hit with astronomical £5,000 fines, according to proposals put forward in the latest version of the London Olympics Bill.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Mon, 12/11/2007 - 11:25.
U-turn over East End's last parking 'oasis'
TRAFFIC chiefs are set to make a U-turn and scrap draconian plans for new parking controls near the 2012 London Olympics site. Tower Hamlets council is poised to drop proposals for a full-scale parking clampdown in the 'Fish Island' neighbourhood of Old Ford.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Thu, 08/11/2007 - 13:18.
Eastway Cyclists sold short by ODA
Letter to the East London Advertiser
THE Olympics Development Agency has missed yet more deadlines for relocating our cycle circuit at Hackney Wick which closed last November.
London's 2012 Olympics has been nothing but a total loss for road-race, time-trial and mountain-bike cross-country that we used to do so successfully at Eastway.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sat, 20/10/2007 - 13:11.
London Underground refurbishment company Metronet bankrupt
Article | Politics | Public transport
London's £30 billion subway upgrade program, aimed at easing overcrowding and vital to the success of the 2012 Olympics, is at risk after its leading contractor applied for protection from creditors.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Thu, 02/08/2007 - 08:28.
Eastway Cyclists struggle with the ODA planners
Article | Cycling | Displacement | Planning & Development | Sustainability
Below is the press release from the official governing body of our sport... Reading between the long, wordy, lines, it seems that British Cycling are now realising what the Eastway Users' Group has been telling them all along; that the plans for the new velodrome didn't show good enough facilities for a road or a mountain bike circuit. And without the bulldozing of these circuits, there wouldn't be any Olympic Park at all...
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Wed, 04/07/2007 - 11:33.
2012 Games Site Preparation
Press Release | 2012 Transport | Cycling | Environment | London 2012 | Planning & Development | Public transport | Roads | Sustainability | Transport
Road closures
Road, cycle and pedestrian routes across the Olympic Park
Preparation works are now underway on the Olympic Park site As part of these works it is essential to close some road, pedestrian and cycle routes on 2 July Details of routes that will be affected are:
Submitted by Peter Mudge on Sun, 17/06/2007 - 14:57.

