Edinburgh sees “statistically significant” shift towards cycling and walking...
Edinburgh’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) has had a profound impact in its first year of enforcement, according to a new study and supporting data which show a clear “statistically significant” shift towards...
View ArticleHigh Court orders Labour council to scrap “unlawful” low traffic...
A Labour council in London has been ordered to scrap an “unlawful” low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) in West Dulwich, south London, after losing a High Court battle that campaigners say could become a...
View ArticleGovernment’s cycling funding cuts unlawful, Court of Appeal rules – as...
The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of campaigners challenging cuts to cycling and walking funding in England, agreeing that the swingeing and controversial cuts to the active travel budget in 2023...
View Article“E-bikes aren’t a problem when 99.5% of road deaths involve cars”: Chris...
Chris Boardman has called for public “anger and frustration” about road safety to be “pointed in the right direction”, and away from its current “easy” focus on cycling infrastructure and e-bikes,...
View ArticleDangerous “fake” e-bikes undermining UK’s cycling efforts and putting...
The government’s failure to tackle the unsafe and illegal use of e-motorbikes threatens to irrevocably damage the reputation of the UK’s legal e-bike industry, as well as undermine its efforts to...
View ArticlePolitician furious at "disgraceful" cycle lane replacing "historic" paving...
While complaints about cycling infrastructure, whether it be from outspoken residents or opposition politicians, is nothing new; Gloucestershire County Council has been hit with one of the more unique...
View ArticleCouncillor accuses “unelected” cycling lobby of “bullying and intimidation”...
A Green city councillor has claimed she felt “bullied” by the cycling lobby to support plans for a pump track in Battenhall, accusing the group of placing “inexcusable pressure” on council members and...
View Article"Devastating consequences": US bike industry may not recover from Trump...
The US bike industry may not recover from the "devastating consequences" of Donald Trump's controversial tariffs until 2030, a lobby group has warned. In an at-length piece published in the Financial...
View ArticleThe end of bike camera reporting? Police in Wales stop taking action on...
Motorists who are caught on camera overtaking cyclists, pedestrians, and horse riders too closely in Wales will avoid punishment for the foreseeable future after GoSafe, the country’s road casualty...
View Article“Middle-aged men in Lycra” stereotypes and media culture war clichés about...
Media-fuelled culture war clichés about “middle-aged men in Lycra” are doing real harm to public health by distorting how people think about cycling and active travel, Sir Chris Whitty — England’s...
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