# Bicycle user group

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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](/source/cycling) issues in, for example, a place of employment or a [local government](/source/local_government) area. The user group might be a part of or affiliated with a bigger [cycling organization](/source/Cycling_club) representing cyclists' interests at the city or state level.

==Activities==
For example, the group may lobby employers or local authorities to:

* Install [bicycle parking](/source/bicycle_parking) facilities 
* Encourage motorists to respect cyclists and promote [cycling culture](/source/cycling_culture)
* Install [shower](/source/shower) facilities in places of work
* Construct [bicycle paths](/source/Segregated_cycle_facilities) and on-road bike lanes
* Reduce [speed limit](/source/speed_limit)s 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 audit](/source/cycling_audit)s or maintaining wayfinding systems such as [numbered-node cycle network](/source/numbered-node_cycle_network)s to aid [cyclability](/source/cyclability)

==See also==
* [Bicycle Network](/source/Bicycle_Network), an Australian charity
* [Walking audit](/source/Walking_audit), an assessment of the walkability or pedestrian access of an external environment

==References==
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==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

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