Andrew Adonis slaps down Jacob Rees-Mogg with penny-farthing joke
Former transport minister Andrew Adonis drew laughs at the Cambridge Union at the University of Cambridge last night with a bicycle-related joke at the expense of Tory backbench MP and Hardest of Hard...
View ArticleLondon Assembly report calls for tighter regulation of dockless bike-share...
A new report from the London Assembly’s transport committee says that dockless bike-sharing schemes should be subject to tougher regulation.Published today, the report, called Future Transport: How is...
View ArticleMansfield partially relaxes town centre cycling ban
Mansfield District Council has introduced a partial relaxation of a ban on cycling in the centre of the Nottinghamshire town.The ban, which previously applied 24 hours a day and was introduced under...
View ArticleEight cities invited to bid for share of £6.5m in latest round of Cycle City...
The eight cities to have benefited from Cycle City Ambition funding have been invited to bid for a share of an additional £6.5m. £500,000 of funding has also been announced for Cycling UK’s Big Bike...
View ArticleCycling UK makes it easier to reply on planned A63 cycling ban as...
Cycling UK has appealed for more cyclists to have their say on plans by Highways England to ban cycling on a 15-mile stretch of the A63 near Kingston-upon-Hull that includes the UK’s fastest time trial...
View ArticleBBC’s Jeremy Vine speaks to London Assembly about experience of cycling in...
BBC broadcaster Jeremy Vine will today give evidence to the London Assembly Transport Committee regarding his experience of cycling on the streets of the capital, with proceedings being streamed live...
View ArticleBikes now most common vehicle type in City of London rush hour
A new report from the Corporation of London has revealed that there are now more bicycles on the Square Mile’s streets in the morning rush hour than any other type of vehicle but says that more...
View ArticleDockless bike share firm Ofo to start operations in a fourth London borough
Ofo has announced that it is to start operating in the London borough of Redbridge, the fourth local authority in the capital to have entered a partnership with the China-based dockless bike hire...
View ArticlePolka-dot paint job for New Zealand street to protect cyclists and pedestrians
A street in Auckland, New Zealand is to get painted with polka dots in a bid to slow motorists down and make them look out for cyclists and pedestrians.The scheme on Federal Street is a temporary...
View ArticleSix in 10 back west London Cycle Superhighway during consultation - despite...
A consultation into a proposed Cycle Superhighway in west London has generated more than 5,000 responses, with people in favour outnumbering opponents by three to two. The proposals received support...
View ArticleCampaigners call for segregated cycle lanes on proposed Edinburgh tramway...
Cyclists in Edinburgh have called for a segregated cycle lane alongside a planned extension of the Scottish capital’s tram system.Since the service came into operation in 2009 more than 200 cyclists...
View ArticleIrish Government to bring in minimum passing distance law
Ireland’s transport minister has said that the government in Dublin will make a 1.5 metre minimum passing distance law on roads with a speed limit of more than 50 kilometres an hour.On roads with speed...
View ArticleGovernment reportedly set to announce new causing death by dangerous cycling...
The government is expected to announce plans this week to introduce an offence of causing death by dangerous cycling according to a report in the Mail on Sunday.The new offence would reportedly be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Work starts tomorrow on transforming London's Tottenham Court Road area for...
Camden Council will start work tomorrow on transforming a large part of London’s West End to make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians as well as improving air quality, reducing traffic congestion and...
View ArticleDamning report from MPs slams Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins
A report published today by a parliamentary committee examining doping in sport has given a damning verdict on Team Sky, concluding that it crossed an “ethical line” in using drugs not just for medical...
View ArticleProposed new government planning guidelines urge councils to prioritise...
A new draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) unveiled by Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday urges local authorities in England to make provision for cycling and walking within their planning...
View Article400 cyclists killed or seriously injured due to potholes in past decade - and...
Almost 400 cyclists in Great Britain have been killed or seriously injured since 2007 due to crashes caused by potholes. The figures have prompted Cycling UK, which says that casualties are on “a...
View ArticleLive blog: Got 20,000 euros burning a hole in your pocket? (plus a few more...
Carousel short title: Live blog: 20,000 euros burning a hole in your pocket?Home Page Teaser: All the cycling news from this site and beyondTags Term: live blogroad.cc live blogNews Topics Term:...
View ArticleDfT report says there is a “strong” case for a dangerous cycling law
An independent report commissioned by the Department for Transport has concluded that there is a strong case to change the law to tackle dangerous and careless cycling that causes injury or death....
View ArticleGovernment asks for “help, ideas and evidence” on how to make cycling safer
As well as publishing an independent report that concluded there was a “strong” case for introducing a dangerous cycling law, the Department for Transport (DfT) today launched a consultation calling...
View Article