so there you go hannes.

It is good that you are thinking of conducting safe cycling clinics to educate cyclists on how to cycle safely, I feel, based on past experiences, that it is an effective way to impart the knowledge of safe cycling on.

We are currently conducting Safe Cycling Clinics in Tampines and Pasir Ris Town and some adhoc request from primary schools. At the moment it is not a regular session but clinics will be incorporated into the grassroots events. We touch on some essential traffic rules in the clinics but not go into details. Your project sounds like an incorporation of our current clinics, so if you were to provide me with more details on the project like the date, time and place etc, we can see what we can do about it.

May I suggest you drop me an email (safecyclingsg@pacific.net.sg) with your contact number and I will see if I get back to you soon enough

Hope this helps you.

Cheers!

Steven

I would like to comment on the safe cycling clinics for pavement cycling plan you brought up. I think that it’s a great idea! As a cyclist myself, i frequently face the dilemma of not wanting to risk my safety by cycling on the road, yet pavement cycling is not legalized (i live in Sengkang Town). In the event that pavement cyclist is legalized, i would definitely be willing to attend such clinics to not only learn how to cycle safely, but also ensure the pedestrians’ safety as well as i understand their concerns about cyclists posing a threat to them on the pavements. There is a need to increase such cyclist education to assure the fears of pedestrians, and encourage both parties (cyclists and pedestrians) to give way to one another to minimize the conflict that you mentioned.

Furthermore, i would like to point out that after hearing about the ‘safe cycling guide’ you mentioned in your post above, i went on SSC website to view it as i’ve never known about its existence. Although it was a great help, being pretty long and somewhat inaccessible and not well known, i don’t think that it would be widely read by cyclists. perhaps in your project you could implement a shorter, more concise brochure or pamphlet that could be easily distributed and available to all.

All the best for your project!

I am representing a group of students from Victoria Junior College, doing a project titled ‘Reducing Conflict between Cyclists and Pedestrians’. The main aim of our project is analyse, and provide solutions to reduce the possible conflict that may occur between pedestrians and cyclists in the event that pavement cycling is legalized.

One of our solutions to reduce conflict between cyclists and pedestrians is to conduct safe cycling clinics to educate cyclists on how to cycle safely, and also be considerate on the pavements (eg. cycling at the side, not speeding). This way, pedestrians will be more at ease knowing that their safety is not compromised due to errant cyclists. As the Safe Cycling Task Force frequently conducts safe cycling clinics for cyclists on roads, we would like to seek your opinion if the Task Force would be willing to conduct safe cycling clinics for pavement cycling in the event that it is legalized.

The purpose of these clinics, in addition to teaching cyclists to cycle safely, would also be to encourage them to be considerate to pedestrians. Hence. we are also seeking help from the Singapore Sports Council in publishing Safe Cycling Guides for pavement cycling and also to encourage pedestrians to be considerate to these cyclists on pavements. These guides can be used by the Safe Cycling Task Force in conducting the clinics, and also given out to participants.

We really appreciate your help in commenting on the feasibility of our proposed idea, and indicating if the Task Force is willing to undertake this project of conducting safe cycling clinics for pavement cycling in the event of pavement cycling being legalized. Please feel free to contact us for further clarifications on our project.

Thank you very much, once again, for your help.