Government set to open consultation on new causing death by dangerous cycling...
The government is reportedly set to consult on a proposed new law of causing death by dangerous cycling, with an announcement expected this week according to The Times.The offence would carry the same...
View ArticleGovernment opens dangerous and careless cycling law consultation
The government has confirmed the launch today of a consultation on introducing new offences of causing death or serious injury while cycling, as well as changes to existing laws regarding dangerous or...
View ArticleDepartment for Transport to review Highway Code with aim of providing clearer...
The Department for Transport (DfT) has said that it is reviewing the Highway Code with the aim of providing clearer guidance to motorists on how to overtake cyclists safely and reduce the number of...
View ArticleEdinburgh plans monthly car-free Sundays
Edinburgh City Council plans to close streets in parts of the Scottish capital to motor vehicles on the first Sunday of each month in what it says will provide “a legacy for future generations.”Areas...
View ArticleNew Zealand government minister cycles to hospital to give birth
A government minister in New Zealand has been praised by her party’s co-leader for cycling to hospital to give birth.Green Party MP Julie-Anne Genter, who is minister for women and associate minister...
View Article62% say cycling on roads is “too dangerous” – Cycling UK calls on Government...
New figures released by the Government this week reveal that road safety concerns are the most common barrier to cycling. In response, Cycling UK, the national cycling charity, has urged ministers to...
View ArticleFrench prime minister pledges to treble levels of everyday cycling by 2024
Edouard Philippe, prime minister of France, has unveiled a programme designed to treble the number of people in the country using bicycles for everyday journeys by the time Paris hosts the Olympic...
View ArticleThree in four Swiss voters back enshrining cycling in constitution
Three in four Swiss voters have backed a proposal enshrining cycling in the country’s federal constitution in a referendum today.The question of whether “promoting bike paths” should be added to an...
View ArticleHundreds ride on Welsh Assembly to call for doubling of spend on active travel
Less than two months after Geraint Thomas appeared on stage outside the Senedd in Cardiff amid celebrations of his Tour de France victory, hundreds of cyclists have today converged on the building that...
View ArticleSafety work at Greenwich junction where two cyclists have died won't be...
Safety improvements to a roundabout in south east London where two cyclists have been killed in recent years will not happen for at least five years, according to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. The...
View ArticleCopenhagen to mentor Manchester on cycling in programme fully-funded by EU
Less than six months before the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union (EU), it has been announced that Manchester is to benefit from mentoring by Copenhagen on how to become more bike...
View ArticleCars to be banned from half the streets in City of London
The City of London has set out plans to remove cars from half of its streets, implement a 15 mph speed limit and encourage more people to ride bikes there by making it “safer and more pleasant” to do...
View ArticleHundreds stage die-in outside Parliament calling on safer streets for cyclists
Hundreds of cyclists yesterday followed a coffin in a horse-drawn hearse through central London before staging a ‘die-in’ protest outside the Houses of Parliament to call on politicians to make the...
View ArticlePlanned revisions to Highway Code will highlight danger of close passes and...
Transport minister Jesse Norman has confirmed today that the government plans to revise the Highway Code to highlight the danger of motorists overtaking cyclists too closely, and to encourage the...
View ArticlePlans (but no funding) for cycleway alongside HS2
The government has published a 2016 study which looked at the possibility of building a national cycleway along the route of the HS2 railway. However, at present neither the Department for Transport...
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Transport for London and Hackney Council unveil Stoke Newington gyratory plans
Transport for London (TfL) and Hackney Council have today unveiled plans to make Stoke Newington gyratory safer for people on foot and on bicycles.A protected cycle lane on the A10 northbound and...
View ArticleThreefold rise in cycling in Cheltenham town centre after car ban
A trial ban on cars, vans and lorries in several streets in the centre of Cheltenham resulted in a three-fold increase in the number of cyclist recorded passing one location in the Gloucestershire...
View ArticleGreenwich roundabout where two cyclists killed "not built for human beings"...
The deputy leader of Greenwich Council has said that “drastic surgery” is needed at a roundabout in the borough where two cyclists have lost their lives in recent years and that “it is not built for...
View ArticleSustrans review highlights serious flaws in National Cycle Network (+ video)
Sustrans has today published a review of the National Cycle Network (NCN), which it develops and manages, highlighting serious shortcomings in the existing 16,575 miles of routes it comprises and...
View Article£12,000 digital signs warn Bournemouth promenade cyclists to cut their speed
Four digital signs have been installed on Bournemouth’s promenade warning cyclists riding at more than 10 miles per hour to cut their speed – although Cycling UK says the £12,000 outlay would have been...
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