{"id":19922,"date":"2018-03-06T10:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T10:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=19922"},"modified":"2018-03-06T15:12:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T15:12:51","slug":"cyclists-call-for-safe-storage-scheme-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/cyclists-call-for-safe-storage-scheme-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists call for safe storage scheme in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cyclists are calling on Cardiff Council to introduce a cycle storage scheme in the city.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Campaign group Cardiff Cycle City say they&#8217;re negotiating with Cardiff Council to get more protection for bikes in the city.<\/p>\n<p>They say bike hangars, which are lockable pods that can store bikes in the street, will help keep them safe.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme is currently being used in Bristol and London.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cycle hangars provide a really safe and secure and attractive storage option for people who may not necessarily want or be able to keep their bikes in their houses,&#8221; said cyclist Alec Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Especially if there&#8217;re incidents of crime that&#8217;ve been reported in the area, having the option of keeping your bike in a visible, safe and secure location is a fantastic thing and they&#8217;ve been trialled successfully in other cities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The hangars can cost more than \u00a31000, with some councils charging residents a monthly fee of around \u00a32.50 to use them.<\/p>\n<p>But Labour Councillor for Canton, Ramesh Patel, says caution is needed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has to be tested and we have to see how practical it has been in other cities,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also have to look at problems it could introduce- for example, does it become a target for antisocial behaviour?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclists are calling on Cardiff Council to introduce a cycle storage scheme in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[743,744,750],"tags":[1496,129,1015,166,766,1525,619],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19922"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20058,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19922\/revisions\/20058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}