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1. Radical Changes in the Cycling Policy of Cardiff 
I want to express all my disappointment regarding the current facilities for cyclists and, in particular, for cycle-commuters in Cardiff.
I have been living in this city for almost six years and I have witnessed little or no improvement.
Cardiff is an extremely bike-unfriendly city. This is a true shame, given its consistently flat layout and small size. A simple look at the map provided by the council (http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/cycling) shows that, outside Bute Park, there are effectively no traffic-free paths apart from the link between the centre and the bay. Unfortunately, not many people work in Bute Park, which, by definition, is a recreational area.
Two of the three main employers in Cardiff are the University and the NHS. Because of the presence of the University and the University Hospital, an extremely large amount of commuters transits daily through Cathays and Heath. The area enclosed by North Road to the West, Dumfries Place and Newport Road to the South, Waterloo Road to the East and the Eastern Avenue to the North comprises some of the busiest commuting routes; yet there are zero traffic-free paths. This is unacceptable.
Park Place, Albany road, Newport Road, Column Road, Richmond Road, with buses, cars (often parked on both sides of the street) are a nightmare for a cyclist.
I live in Princes Street and work in the Heath Hospital. My natural itinerary goes through Connaught Road, Pen-y-lan Road, Ninian Road, Wedal road, Allensbank Road. These streets are horrendous. There are a lot of potholes, badly placed patches and unlevelled surfaces. Nothing has changed in the last year and half. A lot of these disrupted spots are located at the far sides of the roads, exactly where people cycle. Exactly where, in some streets, the supposedly red bicycle lanes are painted (it seems that in Cardiff, to create a cycling path, all you need is a bucket of red paint and a brush). I am not even getting into the layouts of these lanes, very often starting and ending abruptly and without any logic (e.g., Senghennydd Road, Crwys Road, Allensbank Road, Withchurch Road).
The whole segment which starts from the roundabout where Ninian Road meets Fairoak Road until the junction of Allensbank Road with King George V Drive (which is the entrance of an Hospital Site!!!) looks like a freshly bombed ground. The same applies to the side streets of Ninian Road and to Inverness Place. The link in the header of this text shows once more how bad Cardiff is at this regard!
I understand that the maintenance of the roads is not an easy task. However, a traffic-free cycling path requires almost no maintenance, given the very little weight passing on it as compared to cars. This point can be readily proven by cycling along Jamest St. and Clarence Road in the bay, where the cycling path that a year ago was brand new, now is already completely ruined.
Whoever is responsible for all this should be ashamed in front of the people, because he/she miserably failed in taking care of such an essential aspect of the daily life of the city and the commuters.
2. Please Help Give Nia A Home In Cardiff
I am a local Brown Belt Nia teacher, who would like to use a derelict building to offer Nia - health, fitness and well-being classes for all ages.
The building we propose to use has been empty for the last few years and starting to fall into disrepair. It is the old sales building on Windsor Quay, Cardiff and was only granted a temporary planning permission and now a demolition order has been served on it.
The plan is to destroy the building and replace it with landscaped gardens. In other words a piece of grass or flower bed.
We believe that repairing the building and making good use of it by offering small community classes that will improve the health and well-being of local people is more valuable than their plans. Tearing it down would be absurd. It would be a poor environmental and social decision to do this.
Nia is a barefoot practice and over the last 6 years our group has been desperately looking for a safe, clean space where we would be able to dance. We would create a place where everyone would be welcome - providing classes for all ages and all backgrounds. We would dance, share, get fit, heal, inspire and be inspired.
The exciting news is that the building's owners would even donate it to us as they see us offering value to the community and they don't want to tear it down.
The only thing stopping us is the Cardiff Council Planning Department.
Please support us, tell all your friends, help us find Nia a home in Cardiff. Sign our petition to show how important it is that we save this building and use it for a good cause - improving the health and well-being of the whole community.
3. Reconsult on the Cardiff LDP Alternative Sites Consultation
Cardiff County Council has failed to inform its citizens about the "Local Development Plan Alternative Sites Consultation" in a manner consistent with the Cardiff LDP Delivery Agreement.
Section 2.16 of the Cardiff LDP Delivery Agreement clearly states that:
"The Council will use a variety of methods to raise awareness and publicise progress of the LDP including press releases and web site information. This will include features in the Council News paper the Capital Times and Notices in the South Wales Echo."
We are confused as to why, at this stage when residents get a chance to comment on proposed sites that would directly affect them has advertising consisted of only: A legal notice in the classified section of the Western Mail on July 17 2009 (of which the average Cardiff readership for that week was 18,135), and notification e-mailed to the 442 people on the LDP database.
Together these methods would reach only 7.9% of the Cardiff adult population.
We want the council to reconsider its claims that it has satisfied its legal requirements, extend the consultation period and re-advertise this consultation in a manner designed to reach 100% of Cardiff’s population, rather than the 7.9% illustrated above.
We also believe with the amount of confusion not just from the public, but from councillors, such as Neil McEvoy (the deputy head of the council) who had to correct his original statement about the consultation in the Echo AFTER the consultation period deadline, justifies the need for a clearer reconsultation.
4. For Cardiff City to start discounted ticket prices for members of the armed forces
The members of the armed forces provide safety for this county and they also risk there lives on the front line so why should they have to pay full price for season tickets especially when they get bad pay (mostly).
5. Give the Welsh Assembly further powers, away from London
The Welsh Assembly is increasingly important to secure Wales' identity. It is not a part of England as many would happen to believe.
More powers should be given to the Welsh Assembly to work for Welsh people.
6. Transport from Birmingham to Cardiff at 11:30pm on 17th November 2009
We would like to arrange some sort of transport from Birmingham to Cardiff for the people attending the Jonas Brothers concert on 17th November 2009.
Many people from Cardiff wish to attend this concert but are unable to find any available transport to return home to Cardiff. The people attending can easily get to Birmingham via a train but the last train leaves Birmingham at 10:12pm, the concert will not finish until 11pm and the Cardiff citizens are unable to get home.
We have looked at the prospect of staying overnight in a hotel or getting a taxi but the prices of this are extremely unafforadable. We do not wish to miss this concert as it is a once in a lifetime opportunity for these people to see their heroes perform live on stage. All we are asking is for a small type of transport to make the short return journey to Cardiff the same night at an affordable price.
We would really appreciate you considering organising a small trip. We would be extremely grateful and thankful to whom ever would be kind enough to organise this for the fans.
Sincere thanks.
7. Bring The Mighty Boosh book signing to Wales!
A petition to request that The Mighty Boosh do a book signing in Cardiff as they have done one in every other country in the United Kingdom except Wales.
The Mighty Boosh have many Welsh fans as they found out in the three sold out live shows they had in October and November, 2008.
8. Lighting for the alley running parallel to Maindy Road
In the last week there have been three muggings on the alley way running parallel to Maindy Road up to the gate of Cambrian Point, leading out onto North Road. Two of these have involved personal violence.
The alley-way in question at night is virtually pitch black and it is hard to see where you are going, let alone see if there are people around.
The residents of Maindy road have also suffered from a spate of burglaries.
For the last few years Cardiff has been the proud host of a great marathon. In 2007, the previous organisers have decided to no longer run this event.
It is a huge loss for a Capital city to see such a great sporting event disappear, not just for the runners and supporters but for the people of the city who lose out on a cultural event, the local businesses who lose out on revenue from the potential thousands of visitors, the charities who lose out due to reduced sponsorship and the numerous people these events inspire to achieve fantastic personal goals.
Cardiff is a great city and it deserves a great marathon, with your support we can make it happen.
10. Bring Hot Import Nights To Cardiff
Help us to bring a Hot Import Nights show to Cardiff's Millennium Stadium!
We in Wales have yet to see a car show of this stature.
Your support would help them realise that there is need for a show of this kind in Wales!
The show currently has the support of Fast Car Magazine (http://www.fastcar.co.uk/) AB Styling (http://www.abstyling.co.uk/) & SW-CC (http://www.sw-cc.com)
