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Taxi protest over Bank junction branded 'misguided'
A taxi protest planned today against a daytime ban on all vehicles bar buses at Bank junction has been called misguided by cycling and walking charities who say changes would improve safety as well as...
View ArticleTransport secretary Chris Grayling ignites fresh row by claiming cyclists...
Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling has said that people riding in cycle lanes are not road users – leaving British Cycling policy advisor Chris Boardman feeling “embarrassed” for the Tory...
View ArticleGritting of London Cycle Superhighways - a case of hit or miss?
The forecast “thundersnow” may have given London a miss – a light dusting of the white stuff yesterday afternoon was pretty much it, to the disappointment of many.But preparations for the expected snow...
View ArticleFrench MP's call to criminalise mechanical doping rejected
A French parliamentarian’s proposal to criminalise mechanical doping in cycling was rejected by the country’s secretary of state for sport at the National Assembly in Paris yesterday. However, he...
View ArticleFrench MP's call to criminalise mechanical doping rejected
A French parliamentarian’s proposal to criminalise mechanical doping in cycling was rejected by the country’s secretary of state for sport at the National Assembly in Paris yesterday. However, he...
View Article“No place for attitudes such as Mr Grayling's” says West Midlands police chief
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner has become the latest prominent figure to voice criticism of Transport Secretary Chris Grayling regarding his recent comment that 'cyclists are not road...
View ArticleMayor of London Sadiq Khan clarifies cycle superhighway 'pollution' comments
The Mayor’s office has clarified comments made by Sadiq Khan, and confirmed that segregated cycle routes will continue to be built. During a recent appearance on the LBC radio station, the Mayor of...
View ArticleBoardman: I'll show transport secretary Grayling what it really means to be a...
Chris Boardman has expanded on his criticism of Chris Grayling after the Secretary of State for Transport made a distinction between cyclists and ‘road users’ earlier this week. British Cycling’s...
View ArticleFrance makes cycle helmets compulsory for children aged 11 and under
France is introducing a law that will require children aged 12 and under to wear an approved helmet while riding a bike, whether they are pedalling themselves or being carried as a passenger.The...
View Article'Cycle lane sceptic' MP objects to characterisation of logistics sector as...
A Transport Select Committee member has suggested that cycle lanes may exacerbate urban congestion on the grounds that bikes cannot do a significant proportion of the jobs currently undertaken by HGVs...
View ArticleNew Forest cycle event charter "seems to have stood the test of time," says...
The New Forest Cycle Event Organisers’ Charter, introduced in 2015 following incidents of sabotage of sportives, reports of bad behaviour by some participants and problems caused by date clashes with...
View ArticleTransport Scotland 'refreshes’ Cycling Action Plan
Transport Scotland has launched a ‘refresh’ of the document that outlines how the Scottish Government aims to hit its target of 10 per cent of everyday journeys being made by bike by 2020. The report...
View ArticleVideo: Chris Boardman urges people to support British Cycling and AA's...
British Cycling have issued a video in which their policy advisor, Chris Boardman, urges people to sign the Turn The Corner petition that the organisation launched in partnership with British Cycling...
View ArticleBristol City Council accused of trying to rig consultation over Victoria Park...
Bristol City Council has been accused by people opposed to plans for a cycle route through the city’s Victoria Park of attempting to rig the process, by helping to distribute leaflets supporting the...
View ArticleTfL putting brakes on London's Cycle Superhighway programme?
Transport for London has expressed reservations about “the sheer scale and speed at which the current batch of Cycle Superhighways were put out there” and has pledged to learn lessons from this,...
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99 UK cyclists killed or seriously injured by road defects - warning that...
Potholes that put cyclists’ lives at risk will inevitably worsen, as local authorities fight a losing battle against deteriorating roads, campaigners and personal injury experts warn.In 2014 and 2015,...
View ArticleBristol City Council drops plan for commuter cycle route through Victoria...
The future of a proposed commuter cycling route in Bristol has been thrown into doubt after the city’s council announced today that plans are being withdrawn so that further consultation can be carried...
View ArticleDon’t mention the War ... Unexploded bomb from the Blitz shuts down former...
“Don’t mention the War,” goes the line from Fawlty Towers. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson ignored that sage advice on Wednesday. And, irony of ironies, the following day, his flagship East-West Cycle...
View ArticleNot enough funding for Scottish government to hit cycling target, says...
While expressing support for much of the detail of the recently-refreshed Cycling Action Plan for Scotland (CAPS3), Cycling UK says that without more funding, the government will not hit its target of...
View ArticleNicole Cooke to give evidence to MPs tomorrow in doping investigation
Former world and Olympic champion Nicole Cooke will give evidence tomorrow to a House of Commons committee that is examining doping in sport. Given the strong views she has expressed on drugs cheats in...
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