Peterborough councillors will be able to fine illegal cyclists by Christmas

One of many reasons to avoid Peterborough.

Can people try to read the article?

My interpretation: this isn't the council conflating cycling with kiddie fiddling. This isn't the council singling out cycling as the hobby of Satan.

This is the council barely mentioning cycling, and joining agencies against a whole spectrum of anti-social behaviour. They've lumped cycling down a pedestrianised street in somewhere in that spectrum, but this is pretty uncontroversial, no?

So why is the headline in the Peterborough Telegraph about cycling and cyclists? It's trashy clickbait - incitement, at worst. That's the sinister aspect of this story.

Great to see a progressive council that includes cycling in amongst  such activities as "fly-tipping and littering and ... issues such as drug dealing and child sexual exploitation”.

But it won't be an offence to ignore them, will it? What can they do if you just keep on riding and don't stop?

Just looked at that road on Google Streetview, the gap betweeen the buildings would be wide enough for 2 lanes each way, + a cyccle lane either side and a "normal" sized pavement too.
If cycling in this pedestrianised "highway" is such an issue (recent reports stated 4 cyclists spotted in a 2 hr period)why not actually create a segregated cycle route through the area, and make it clear that cycling elsewhere will attract fines.  Also fines for pedestrians wandering blindly in the cycle lane.

I'm gobsmacked, and it takes quite a bit to get me to 'gobsmacked'.

What the council *seem* to be doing, ie. combining agency efforts against anti-social behaviour, *seems* to be perfectly logical - a good move.

The article headline focusing on the cycling fine delay - WTF?!?! There's next to nothing about cycling in the actual body.

This isn't a story about cycling - where does the Peterborough Telegraph and other media get off in turning it into one? This is insidious baiting of an outgroup that it is fashionable to kick, and hugely irresponsible.

What is with megalomaniac council leaders? Mentioning cycling in the same breath as drug abuse and sex offences as well...and there will be idiots buying into it

Inthe Viz map of the British Isles Peterbrough is  illustrated with a picture of a man  sitting in an armchair wearing  carpet slippers and blowing his brains out with a revolver. 

Why not install a sign saying 'cyclists, pedestrian area, ride a walking speed'? Works well in DE

Lol, Bridge Street must be a hot bed of criminal activity all brought on by people cycling.

He [Cllr Holdich] told the Peterborough Telegraph: “I’ve made no secret with officers that I’m very disappointed that we are not in a position for the council staff to affect the cycling in Bridge Street, but police still have those powers and will be working with our folks to issue tickets.

“I believe that our new approach will play a part in tackling concerns like fly-tipping and littering as well as working to prevent issues such as drug dealing and child sexual exploitation.”

Is Cllr Holdich really linking cycling in Bridge Street with fly-tipping and child sexual exploitation?