Holyrood committee rejects default 20mph speed limit
A proposal to introduce a 20mph speed limit for residential streets and minor roads in Scotland has been rejected by the Scottish Parliament committee which has been examining the plans. British...
View ArticleHackney woman told to knock down bike shed - because it's too tall
A woman in Hackney who had a bike shed built in her front garden for her family and her neighbours to use has been told to knock it down – because it was too tall.According to the Hackney Gazette,...
View ArticleTfL plans 20mph speed limit in Congestion Charging Zone
Transport for London (TfL) has announced proposals to make 20mph the default speed limit for the “red route” roads it controls inside the Congestion Charging Zone the centre of the capital – while the...
View ArticleYou will now be able to get bikes worth over £1,000 on the Cycle to Work scheme
Cycling Minister Michael Ellis has announced a revamp of Cycle to Work schemes, with new guidance released today by the Department of Transport making it far easier for employers to offer bikes worth...
View ArticleCity of London residents call for crackdown on cycle tour groups
Residents in the City of London are calling for a crackdown on cycle tour groups, claiming they present a danger both to themselves and pedestrians – an allegation tour organisers reject, while...
View ArticleCampaigners call Scotland’s missed target of 10 per cent of journeys by bike...
Campaigners have said that it is “tremendously disappointing” that Scotland will miss the target of achieving 10 per cent of journeys by bike by 2020.The target was set in the 2010 Cycling Action Plan...
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Work to start on London’s Cycleway 4 with Sadiq Khan praising supportive...
Work starts on London’s Cycleway 4 with Sadiq Khan praising supportive boroughs Work to start on Cycleway 4, Khan praises boroughs' supportMayor gives update on SE London route on same day he sent...
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Anti-cycleway West London councillors drove to Clean Air Day leafleting stunt
Two Conservative councillors who have been vociferous opponents of a planned cycleway through Chiswick in West London have been accused of hypocrisy after it emerged that they had both driven their...
View ArticleDfT blocks Chris Boardman’s plans for thousands of continental-style zebra...
A plan by Greater Manchester cycling and walking commissioner Chris Boardman to add zebra crossings to 20,000 side streets across the city region has been scotched by the Department for Transport...
View ArticleMother of cyclist killed in Notting Hill urges council to reveal identity of...
The mother of Eilidh Cairns, the cyclist crushed to death under a lorry in Notting Hill Gate as she rode to work in 2009, has written to the leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea...
View ArticleDonald Trump agrees to hold off imposing further tariffs on Chinese cycling...
US President Donald Trump has agreed with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, not to introduce further tariffs on Chinese imposts to the country worth $300 billion, including on cycling-related...
View ArticlePressure mounts on Kensington & Chelsea to explain cycleway “opposition”
Pressure is mounting on the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) to explain how many people who wrote to it regarding a proposed cycleway along Holland Park Avenue and Notting Hill Gate...
View ArticleBrussels mayor accused of clearing park of homeless refugees before Tour de...
City authorities in Brussels have been accused of trying to rid a park in the Belgian capital of homeless immigrants ahead of next weekend’s Grand Depart of the Tour de France by making increased...
View ArticleCanada’s first bicycle mayor lashes out against helmet law
Canada’s first bicycle mayor has hit out against British Columbia’s compulsory cycle helmet laws, saying that focusing on cyclists having to wear them and other safety gear reflects a failure on the...
View ArticleCouncil says it won't reinstate cycle lanes after road resurfacing -- because...
A council has said it won’t reinstate cycle lanes on a road it has just resurfaced – because the narrowness of the carriageway puts cyclists in danger if the lanes were in place.In a tweet posted...
View ArticleGovernment to remind retailers and hire firms of law after TV presenter...
The government is reportedly set to remind retailers of the law regarding the use of electric scooters after a woman riding one was killed in a collision with a lorry in London on Friday – the first...
View ArticleBoris Johnson accused of embellishing bike theft story
Boris Johnson, who is set to win the Conservative leadership election next week and succeed Theresa May as prime minister, has been accused of embellishing a story about the theft of his bicycle.The...
View ArticleCycling UK urges transport secretary to tackle “active travel crisis”
Cycling UK has urged secretary of state for transport Chris Grayling to tackle what it describes as an “active travel crisis,” calling on him – and presumably any successor with a cabinet reshuffle...
View ArticleTransport for London looking at taking control of roads where boroughs block...
Transport for London (TfL) could take control of roads where boroughs are blocking planned safe cycling infrastructure with Heidi Alexander, the capital’s deputy mayor for transport, accusing certain...
View ArticleFormer London cycling commissioner appointed Boris Johnson's transport advisor
Boris Johnson has appointed London's former cycling commissioner as transport advisor, reports Forbes. Andrew Gilligan, a senior correspondent for the Sunday Times, played a major rule in the...
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