A '''bicycle user group''' ('''BUG''') or '''cycle user group''' ('''CUG'''), '''bicycle association''' or '''cycling organization'''<ref>[https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/setting-cycle-user-group-your-workplace Setting up a Cycle User Group in your workplace | Cycling UK]</ref> is a group set up to promote cycling issues in, for example, a place of employment or a local government area. The user group might be a part of or affiliated with a bigger cycling organization representing cyclists' interests at the city or state level.
==Activities== For example, the group may lobby employers or local authorities to:
* Install bicycle parking facilities * Encourage motorists to respect cyclists and promote cycling culture * Install shower facilities in places of work * Construct bicycle paths and on-road bike lanes * Reduce speed limits on local roads or otherwise improve local roads for cyclists
The group may encourage other members of the organization or area to take up cycling.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-02 |title=Where should cyclist ride on the road? |url=https://vintagecyclinggifts.co.uk/blogs/cycling/where-should-cyclist-ride-on-the-road |access-date=2024-03-16 |language=en}}</ref> They may make special arrangements to assist new cyclists, such as:
* A program of rides * Community bike days * Preparing maps of good routes * Offering education and advice * Organizing group commuting by bicycle buses * Assistance in obtaining cycling grants * Performing cycling audits or maintaining wayfinding systems such as numbered-node cycle networks to aid cyclability
==See also== * Bicycle Network, an Australian charity * Walking audit, an assessment of the walkability or pedestrian access of an external environment
==References== <references/>
==External links== *[http://www.bicycleusersgeelong.org.au Bicycle Users Geelong] *[https://www.bicycleinstitutesa.com/bugs/Bicycle User Groups] – Bicycle Institute SA
Category:Cycling organizations Category:Cycling activism