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The UK Government, in collaboration with Active Travel England (ATE), has recently announced a significant new initiative designed to make walking and cycling more accessible across England. The £291m fund aims to improve infrastructure and provide better facilities for those who choose greener, healthier modes of transport. This funding will primarily be directed towards local councils, providing them with the resources needed to enhance cycling and walking facilities in communities nationwide. The purpose of the new funding is to assist local authorities to implement measures to create a safer environment for everybody, by reducing vehicular traffic and encouraging the use of cycling and walking as an alternative mode of transport. The longer term aim of the funding is to provide significant...
Falco has recently installed a number of cycle canopies and shelters with integral solar PV (Photo Voltaic) powered LED lighting. A key element of keeping bicycles safe is to ensure they are visible and well-lit. Ordinarily a client would have to provide an electric mains feed in order to install costly mains lighting to a shelter. However Falco has a cost-effective and efficient solution using Solar PV panels, to enable the client to go “off grid”. The Solar powered lighting system is both simple and safe. It consists of mounting a PV panel on the roof of the shelter or canopy, this is then connected to a controller and battery pack which in-turn is connected to the LED light. The LED...
Falco has been a family company with its own production site for over 70 years. Sustainability was in our DNA from the very beginning and this is reflected within our complete range of modular cycle parking and shelter products, all designed with full circularity in mind.
All products ranges are contemporary and durable, typical of a Falco product. Falco has been at the forefront of the cycle parking and street furniture market and has built up a renowned reputation for manufacturing products that exceed in both design and durability.
Falco’s operations have supported the Circular Economy for many years, simply manufacturing products with environmentally friendly products, that can last for decades and at the end of the product life can be 100% recycled and manufactured back into a brand new product.
