Woking
Woking Borough measures just eight miles across, with Woking town centre approximately in the middle. With most people needing to travel a maximum of four miles to reach the town centre or railway station, Woking’s layout and relatively flat topography lends itself well to cycling.
Modern Woking grew up around its railway station, with approximately 6.7 million passengers now using it each year. A substantial increase in cycle parking is planned for Woking station, from 300 to 1,000 stands.
The Cycle Woking programme will provide safe and convenient cycle routes and improved cycle facilities. The Basingstoke Canal towpath will be upgraded, providing an attractive off-road facility for many local people, and access to the town centre will be improved, including the removal of a ban on cycling through sections of the town.
A range of marketing and communications tactics will be employed to promote new and upgraded routes and attract people to cycling. The routes will be given a ‘Planets’ theme, based on War of the Worlds by HG Wells, who lived in Woking during the late 1800s. Community-based bicycle recycling schemes will be set up in deprived areas of Woking: local enterprises will source unwanted bikes and make them roadworthy at low or no cost, as well as providing low cost bike maintenance facilities.
For more information visit www.woking.gov.uk/transport/cyclewoking
