Scottish Government to double annual investment in active travel to £15 a head
The Scottish Government has pledged to double its investment on active travel from £40 million to £80 million from 2018/19 – which based on the country’s population of 5.4 million people equates to...
View ArticlePrime Minister urged to extend dangerous driving law to cyclists
Theresa May has been urged today at Prime Minister's Questions to make extend the law on dangerous driving to include cyclists.The appeal followed the conviction last month of Charlie Alliston, aged...
View ArticleDevon County Council set to green-light Exeter's first protected cycle lane
Devon County Council’s cabinet is expected to give the go-ahead next week to Exeter’s first protected cycle lane.Running for almost a kilometre from Pinhoe into the city centre along Pinhoe Road and...
View ArticleAustralia’s biggest cycling organisation considering u-turn on support for...
Australia’s largest cycling organisation is considering changing its stance on cycle helmets, under which it currently endorses legislation that makes it mandatory for riders to wear one.Craig...
View ArticleGovernment announces cycle safety review in wake of Alliston case
*/ Transport Minister Jesse Norman will today announce that the Government is launching what it says will be a wide ranging review in to cycle safety. The review has been launched in response “to a...
View ArticlePlans for new West London Cycle Superhighway unveiled - but there's a missing...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched a consultation for a Cycle Superhighway that will run from Kensington Olympia to Brentford and which will provide nearly six kilometres of protected cycle lanes...
View ArticleObey! Transport minister tells cyclists to follow Highway Code… well, he asks...
Transport Minister Jesse Norman has asked cycling organisations to remind their members to follow the Highway Code, less than 48 hours after announcing a review on whether dangerous and careless...
View ArticleLabour pledges to spend £10 per head annually on cycling and walking if elected
Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald has said that a future Labour government would spend £10 per person per year on cycling and walking in England.He made the announcement at a rally organised by...
View ArticleBritish man living in France pedalling 600 kilometres to Westminster to...
A British man who lives in south western France is pedalling 600 kilometres to Westminster deliver a 15,000-signature petition against Brexit to Prime Minister Theresa May.Paul Hearn, aged 57, will...
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Sadiq Khan unveils plans for new Cycle Superhighway in south-east London
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has opened a second consultation in the space of a week for a new Cycle Superhighway, the latest one providing a link from Greenwich to Tower Bridge.The planned route of...
View ArticleChris Boardman urges government to protect all road users as deaths hit...
British Cycling policy advisor Chris Boardman says that a 5 per cent annual rise in the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads is “concerning” and has urged the government to...
View ArticleLiverpool to remove 1 in 4 of its Citybike docking stations
Liverpool City Council is to remove around one in four of the docking stations belonging to its Citybike bike-sharing programme, saying that they are not being used enough.The 33 docking stations in...
View ArticleI’m not a "headline grabbing hypocrite"…I’m a keen cyclist - Transport...
You may remember a news story by Laura Laker on road.cc from a couple of weeks ago that appeared under the heading, Obey! Transport Minister tells cyclists to follow Highway Code… well he asks leaders...
View ArticlePublic inquiry into protected cycle lane in Camden opens on Tuesday
A public inquiry into a protected cycle route in central London will open on Tuesday, with Camden Cycling Campaign saying that the outcome may have “wide significance for the future of cycling...
View ArticleIreland’s transport minister backs compulsory hi-visibility gear for cyclists
Ireland’s transport minister says he is in favour of making hi-visibility gear compulsory for cyclists – although before introducing any legislation, he would like to see people encouraged to wear it...
View ArticleCycling UK calls for longer bans alongside tougher sentences for drivers who...
The national charity Cycling UK says that longer bans from driving should accompany government proposals unveiled at the weekend to introduce tougher prison sentences for motorists who kill or cause...
View ArticleE-bikes could be subsidised and helmets compulsory under new government plans
E-bikes could be available with subsidies under policies being examined in an effort to get more people cycling.Roads minister Jesse Norman told the Guardian that electric cargo bikes could be used to...
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11 things we've learned this week
1. Ed Sheeran? Hard as nailsEd_Sheeran,_V_Festival_2014,_Chelmsford_ licensed CC BY 2.0.jpgSay what you like about his music, but after falling off his bike, breaking both arms and carrying on to the...
View ArticleCycling MP Julian Huppert says he won't stand again in Cambridge
The cycling advocate former MP Dr Julian Huppert has said he will not stand again for election in Cambridge.Following a defeat in the 2015 election to current Labour MP Daniel Zeichner, Huppert has...
View ArticleParis to get new Vélib' bike hire fleet - and 3 in 10 will be e-bikes
The city of Paris has unveiled the next generation of its Vélib' bike-sharing scheme, which will hit the streets of the French capital from 1 January. Lighter than their predecessors – and brighter in...
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