Hard Brexit and a Trump presidency - what do they mean for the UK cycling...
Even by the standards of what has been a tumultuous few months, last week was a landmark one in politics on both sides of the Atlantic. Last Tuesday, UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed plans for a...
View ArticleMontana bill banning cyclists from ordinary two-lane roads to be rewritten
A bill that would have banned Montana cyclists from many of the state’s roads is being redrafted after a strong reaction from the local cycling community. If passed in its original form, the bill would...
View ArticleMillions of pounds set aside for cycling in England to be spent instead on...
Millions of pounds of the £300 million set aside by the government to be spent on cycling in England during the lifetime of the current parliament will instead go on initiatives such as promoting...
View ArticleAndy Burnham pledges up to £17 per head for cycling as Manchester Mayor
The Manchester Mayoral hopeful Andy Burnham has made a cycling pledge for the city, saying he would spend £17 per head for cycling.The figure, which matches London’s funding commitment, contrasts...
View ArticleFormer Team Sky doctor and Sir Bradley Wiggins Jiffy Bag courier summoned to...
Former Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman and ex-British Cycling employee Simon Cope have been summoned to appear before a House of Commons Select Committee as MPs try and establish exactly what was in a...
View ArticleParliamentary inquiry into Cycling and the Justice System opens tomorrow -...
The All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group (APPCG) will open its inquiry into Cycling and the Justice System tomorrow afternoon, with proceedings from the Palace of Westminster streamed live on...
View ArticleMP says justice system too often fails to punish drivers who hit cyclists
Ruth Cadbury MP has said that the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group’s (APPCG) inquiry into Cycling and the Justice System, which began yesterday, will investigate whether more needs to be done to...
View ArticleSport England survey finds twice as many people cycle for leisure than for...
A new survey from Sport England suggests that there are twice as many leisure cyclists in the country than people who use bicycles as a form of transport.The finding comes from the Active Lives survey,...
View ArticleWest Ham Labour Party calls for cyclists to be made to use cycle lanes
West Ham Labour Party calls for cyclists to be made to use cycle lanes Members of the Labour Party in an east London constituency are calling on the government to make it compulsory for cyclists to...
View ArticleCyclists in Parisian suburb perplexed at speed bumps in cycle lane - but...
Cyclists near Paris are demanding that speed bumps installed on a cycle path in a suburb of the French capital be ripped up – although the local council says that they have been put there to protect...
View ArticleTransport minister: No plans to introduce ‘Dutch Reach’ anti-dooring...
Transport minister Andrew Jones, whose responsibilities include cycling, has said there are no plans to introduce the ‘Dutch Reach’ technique, aimed at preventing bike riders from being ‘doored’, to...
View ArticleFrontrunner for West Midlands mayoral election pledges 40-fold increase in...
The Conservative candidate who is frontrunner to become the first mayor of the West Midlands has pledged to increase annual spending on walking and cycling 40-fold should he be elected in May, saying...
View ArticleBike licences call for Birmingham and the West Midlands
A survey ahead of May’s first-ever West Midlands mayoral election this May has found that local residents would like the successful candidate to introduce a bicycle licence – “to stop cyclists being a...
View ArticleUK's mountain bikers say keeping sane is prime reason to ride off-road
Today sees the launch of Rides of Way: Cycling UK’s Off-Road Report 2017, in which the charity aims to give an insight into who the UK’s off-road riders are and what motivates them - with one of the...
View ArticleFellow peer tells Tebbit "on your bike" as Tory ex-minister rants about cyclists
A Labour peer yesterday interrupted a Lord Tebbit rant about cyclists to pithily advise the former Conservative Cabinet member, "then get on your bike!"BikeBiz reports how Lord Tebbit – who famously...
View ArticleIreland eyes up close pass initiative
A close passing law has been proposed in Ireland, following on from successful trials in the USA and parts of the UK.But police, or gardaí, who will be expected to enforce the law, say they need more...
View ArticleBritish Cycling cautiously "pleased" over cyclist omission from personal...
British Cycling has raised concerns over the access cyclists will have to legal representation in small claims court in the future following news that the government's proposed changes to personal...
View ArticleMPs' investigation to examine use of controversial drug tramadol in pro cycling
A House of Commons Select Committee that is investigating doping in sport and has quizzed people connected with British Cycling and Team Sky including Sir Dave Brailsford, is to examine the use of the...
View ArticleMP says pollution is going up because “road space is being turned over to...
Speaking yesterday during a parliamentary debate, Conservative MP Sir Greg Knight became the latest politician to blame cycle infrastructure for urban congestion problems. Knight said that pollution...
View ArticleCouncil plans to remove ghost bike tribute to young cyclist killed in Bath
Bath & North East Somerset Council says that it plans to remove a white ‘ghost bike’ commemorating a young cyclist who was killed while riding his bike more than three years ago.It says the...
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