Riders face expulsion from Bus Lanes – because of parking charges…
Posted in: Campaign History Tags: no to bike parking tax, NTBPT, RAV, riders are voters
Organisations behind the Riders Are Voters campaign have called for sense to prevail amidst growing concern that a pre-emptive decision on the future of motorcycle access to bus-lanes has been, or is about to be, taken.
Broadcasts by BBC television, recently, revealed that London Mayor Boris Johnson may be about to end motorcycle access to bus [...]
RAV Meets New Roads Minister
Posted in: Campaign History Tags: MAG UK Org, motorcycle test centres, RAV, riders are voters
Less than two weeks after the formation of the new government, Mike Penning MP, the new Minister with responsibility for Britain’s roads at the Department for Transport invited ‘Riders Are Voters’ campaign organisers from the Motor Cycle Indusry, British Motorcyclists Federation and the Motorcycle Action Group to a high-level meeting with senior civil servants.
Nich Brown, [...]
MPs return to Parliament as new government starts to function
Posted in: Campaign History Tags: early day motion, RAV, riders are voters
The first session of Parliament takes place today, Tuesday 18th May, following a week of political deal-making between the major parties.
Also, we now know which ministers we will be talking to about delivering the Riders Are Voters Manifesto.
In years gone by, almost all of the work was funnelled through Civil Servants toward one [...]
Riders in South Birmingham visited by Lib-Dem Candidates
Posted in: Campaign History Tags: Lib Dem Candidates meet motorcyclists, MAG UK Org, RAV, riders are voters
Riders in South Birmingham were visited by two Lib Dem candidates last night.
(picture shows just a handful of the riders present, with Nicholas Lane on the extreme right and Martin Turner with the guitar)
The local MAG group meeting is held at the Royal Oak in Studley, which is on the boundary of the Redditch and [...]
