Transport Secretary caught on camera dooring cyclist
Footage has emerged of the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, dooring a cyclist. The Guardian reports that while he immediately went to check on the shaken cyclist, he left soon afterwards without...
View ArticleSport England to invest £17.3m in grassroots cycling
Sport England has announced £17,310,000 in funding for grassroots cycling – the biggest single award in an £88m investment across 26 different sports. While the funding is down from the £32m covering...
View ArticleLondon mayor Sadiq Khan unveils fresh CS11 plans - but Andrew Gilligan slams...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says that work on Cycle Superhighway (CS) 11 from Swiss Cottage to the West End will begin next year, to the disappointment of opponents of the scheme. However, London’s...
View ArticleCycling UK suggests Chris Grayling should be prosecuted for dooring incident
Cycling UK has said it is willing to provide legal assistance to the cyclist knocked off his bike by Chris Grayling. 'Car dooring' is a criminal offence punishable by a fine of up to £1,000 – although...
View ArticleFormer chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group writes to Prime...
The former chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group has written to the Prime Minister and police to ask what action will be taken following the incident in which Transport Secretary Chris...
View ArticleProposed Coventry cycling ban "latest abuse of public space ASBOs" says...
A ban on cycling is being proposed in Coventry city centre, with the threat of a £100 fine, in a move Cycling UK says amounts to the latest abuse of new “public space ASBO” powers by councils. Coventry...
View ArticleSir Dave Brailsford reveals the medicine contained in package for Sir Bradley...
Sir Dave Brailsford has revealed that the package delivered to Team Sky at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné and destined for Sir Bradley WIggins, who had just sealed overall victory at the race,...
View ArticleTeam Sky boss Dave Brailsford tried to kill Bradley Wiggins Dauphiné package...
The journalist who broke the story about a package delivered to Team Sky at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné that contained medicine destined for Sir Bradley Wiggins says that team principal Sir Dave...
View ArticleCycling UK demands Sunday Times retracts and apologises for Rod Liddle column...
The charity Cycling UK is demanding that The Sunday Times retracts and apologises for “inflammatory and dangerous” remarks made in last weekend’s edition by columnist Rod Liddle in which he praised...
View ArticleSunday Times: Rod Liddle wasn’t condoning ‘dooring’ cyclists – he was just...
Rod Liddle wasn’t condoning ‘dooring’ cyclists in his Sunday Times column last weekend when he appeared to applaud transport minister Chris Grayling for his role in an incident that left a cyclist...
View ArticleJustice for Cyclists: inquiry seeks evidence from cyclists
The All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group (APPCG) is calling for cyclists who have been involved in a collision or near miss to take part in a public inquiry amid concerns the justice system is failing...
View ArticleMP says British Cycling has no paper trail for Wiggins package
British Cycling have been unable to supply documentation to back up Sir Dave Brailsford’s assertion that the Jiffy bag delivered to Team Sky at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné contained the decongestant...
View ArticleRio cyclists recognised in New Year Honours List
The Olympic and Paralympic cyclists have cleaned up for a second time this year, with eighteen riders having their achievements recognised in the 2017 New Year’s Honours List.Laura Kenny, who won two...
View ArticleDonald Trump emerges as unlikely champion of bike couriers
Could Donald Trump’s impending presidency spell good news for America’s bike couriers?That’s what you could be forgiven for thinking following comments made at the weekend about cyber security by the...
View ArticlePothole repair bill could reach £14bn by 2019
New analysis indicates the repair bill for potholes could reach £14bn within two years, reports New Civil Engineer. To reverse the trend, the Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for the...
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Paris mayor: 2017 will be the year of the bicycle
Paris Mayor, Anne Hidalgo, has named 2017 the year of the bike as she pledges to fast forward a doubling of the length of the city’s bike lanes by 2020, and halve motor traffic while pedestrianising a...
View Article6,000 say no to whiplash compensation law changes that would stop injured...
Almost 6 000 people have written to Justice Secretary Elizabeth Truss to voice concerns over proposed changes to compensation rules that campaigners say would make it impossible for cyclists and...
View ArticleSenior MP asks whether 'loss of tarmac' for cycle lanes is causing London's...
A Transport Select Committee member has suggested that “loss of tarmac” for cycle lanes could be a major cause of London’s congestion problems. Rob Flello, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, was...
View ArticleMP who criticised cycling event beats Tube strike ... on a bike
A Tory MP who in 2015 accused the organisers of Velothon Wales of "telling lies" about the potential impact of the inaugural edition of the event on local businesses beat yesterday's Tube strike in...
View ArticleMadrid mayor plans to ban private cars from city's main shopping street
Madrid is set to become the latest major city to remove private cars from its centre under plans revealed by the Spanish capital’s mayor, Manuela Carmena.The former judge has said that by the time her...
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