Month: April 2015

Information on Bike Train Leaders for Ride2WorkDay

Here is a table of Bike-Trains that will be travelling on Ride2WorkDay – 22 April 2015.

Feel free to join any of them for all or part of their routes. Happy cycling.

RouteRoute MapMeeting PointDeparture TimeBike Train Leader
Bedfordview to SandtonClick hereOutside Italian Sporting Club730am so arrive sometime beforeAndrew
Brixton to Forest TownClick hereCorner High Street and Ripley Road8am so arrive sometime beforeMuhammed
Brixton to BraamfonteinBrixton down along new bicycle lane on Enoch Sontonga on new bike laneCorner of Caroline and Symonds roads8am so arrive sometime beforeMehita
Cresta to SandtonClick hereCresta – Engen garage corner Judges and Republic7am so arrive sometime beforeWarren & Nuren
Emmarentia to RichmondClick hereDelta Park along Braamfontein Spruit730am so arrive sometime beforeJames
Johannesburg CBD to Wits Main CampusThrough Park Station and BraamfonteinRahima Mousa Street (Jeppe Street) and Joubert Street 830am so arrive sometime beforeGilles
Melville to Wits Main CampusBack routes all the way to campus entering Wits via Yale RoadCorner of 4th and 7th, outside De La Creme bakery8am so arrive sometime beforeNicky
Montgomery Park to SandtonMostly along the, Braamfontein SpruitCorner of Beyers Naude and Preller Drive745am so arrive sometime beforeLawrence
Northcliff to Wits Main CampusLinden, Greenside, Parkview, Westcliff to WitsVerdi Shopping Center, Corner Verdi Ave. and Vincent Road 615am so arrive sometime beforeBenjamin
Parkhurst to Wits Education Campus
Click hereOutside Jolly Roger's Parkhurst730am so arrive sometime beforeJoshua
Parkview to BryanstonQuiet convenient routesFirst pick up point (Corner Wicklow and Westcliff drive) and Second pick up point (7th ave and 3rd ave Parktown North)First pick up point @645 am and Second pick up point @705amDave
Parkview to Wits Education CampusThrough WestcliffCroft Coffee Shop8am so arrive sometime beforeStephanie
Soweto to Johannesburg CBDOrlando stadium junction6am so arrive sometime beforeRaymond
Sunninghill to SandtonSunninghill via The Braamfontein Spruit to Sandton GautrainChilli Lane Shopping Centre, Sunninghill 630am so arrive sometime beforeShaun

 

 

Support the corridor of commuter cyclists

Every day hundreds of commuter cyclists travel to various destinations along William Nicol Drive. This as far as we know is the only road in the greater Johannesburg area that carries such high volumes of people traveling on bicycles. It is amazing to watch.

If there is any road anywhere in Johannesburg that should be prioritized for protected separate bicycle lanes development, it is this one.

JUCA will be offering any support that this community of cyclists require. Following a consultative meeting with the cyclists on this corridor, we will be inviting partners to work with us in supporting and celebrating these commuter cyclists.

We also call on the City of Johannesburg and Gauteng Provincial Government to take immediate steps towards developing protected bicycle lanes on this vital corridor.

HOW TO SUPPORT: they always need extra bike equipment, so if you have spare parts or accessories, please donate! Also, cheer them up when seeing them! They are true cycling heroes of Johannesburg.

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Call for Bike-Train Leaders for Ride2Work Day

 

JUCA is calling for experienced commuter cyclists to lead Bike-Trains on Ride2Work Day – 22 April 2015.

The Bike-Train leaders will ferry a convoy of cyclists from their neighbourhood to the area in which they work.

The idea is simple:
1. Identify a street intersection or landmark from where to start the Bike-Train.

2. Indicate a time where people can meet you. We suggest 8am but this is up to the Bike-Train Leader.

3. Identify a convenient and comfortable route for novice riders. We suggest routes contained in the Johannesburg Commuter Bicycle Map. However there may be other more suitable routes.

4. Get in touch with us contact@juca.org.za with the above information.

We will publicize this information on the JUCA website and on the Ride2Work Day Facebook Page.

For more information on Ride2Work Day see https://www.facebook.com/groups/ride2workday/

 

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