Mechanic tells road.cc how Fix Your Bike scheme has slowed his workload as...
A bicycle mechanic who set up shop in March after his previous events company went out of business due to the coronavirus pandemic has told road.cc that he has seen a fall in trade since the...
View ArticleEast Sussex to scrap half of its planned emergency active travel schemes
East Sussex County Council is set to scrap half the planned cycling and walking schemes, despite receiving more than its originally allocated share of Department for Transport (DfT) emergency active...
View ArticleBikelash! PM urged to act as fears grow that golden age of cycling could fall...
Campaigners have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson with concerns Active Travel England, the linchpin of the Government’s "golden age of cycling", may take a year to launch, and 18 months to get...
View ArticleSlow roll-out to bike owners and slower payments to bike shops undermining...
The government’s Fix Your Bike voucher scheme – which allows people to claim £50 to get a neglected old bike back on the road – continues to suffer a number of problems likely to hamper its fundamental...
View ArticleTransport Secretary tells councils to stop "abusing" emergency active travel...
Emergency measures to improve active travel are “hugely popular with the silent majority” according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. He has however warned councils who have “abused” the cash that...
View ArticleFix Your Bike: Just 28,000 more vouchers in second release "in the coming...
The slow roll-out which has been a feature of the Government’s Fix Your Bike scheme looks set to continue with only another 28,000 people set to benefit from the second tranche of vouchers – and still...
View ArticleLondon’s latest protected Cycleway now open
London’s latest protected Cycleway, covering 3.6km from Tower Bridge Road to Rotherhithe, is now open – with one local business owner saying she is “thrilled” by the passing trade it will bring, and...
View ArticleGreater Manchester to get 55 miles of new cycling routes by end of 2021
Greater Manchester is to get 55 miles of new cycle routes by the end of 2021 as well as 140 new crossings and the city-region continues its major drive to encourage active travel.The plans, unveiled...
View ArticleFour in 10 people unaware of government efforts to boost cycling including...
The insurance company LV= says that more than four in 10 people – 42 per cent – are unaware of government efforts to promote cycling including urging councils to provide safe infrastructure, and the...
View ArticleAlmost everyone who walked or cycled more during lockdown plans to continue...
The road safety charity Brake has called on the government to accelerate efforts to make it easier and cycle for their daily journeys as new official figures reveal that nearly everyone who walked or...
View ArticleGrant Shapps backtracks on cycling and walking pledge
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has backtracked on the pledge he made in May to make roads safer for people on bike and on foot by providing £225 million in emergency active travel funding to councils...
View ArticleEaling Council wins crucial vote on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods at emergency...
Ealing Council won a crucial vote at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday evening which could have resulted in suspension of the borough’s implementation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs).The leader...
View ArticleRiding two abreast: Sarah Storey calls for Highway Code to be clearer
Dame Sarah Storey has asked people to respond to the Government’s Highway Code consultation to request greater clarity on riding two abreast. She is critical of proposed new wording which would tell...
View ArticleGovernment backs Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycleways in reply to...
The government has rejected a petition calling on funding for schemes aimed at reducing motor traffic, including Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs), to be withdrawn, with the Department for Transport...
View ArticleParliament to debate Low Traffic Neighbourhoods this afternoon
It may not be the biggest thing happening in politics today – there’s the small matter of the US presidential election and, on this side of the Atlantic, Prime Minister’s Questions followed by the...
View ArticleEdinburgh working on emergency infrastructure to protect cyclists at location...
An Edinburgh councillor has said that the city is working on bringing in emergency infrastructure to protect cyclists at the location where a woman was killed earlier this week while riding her bike,...
View ArticleOxfordshire County Council leader backs highways chief who endorsed tweet...
The leader of Oxfordshire County Council has backed the councillor in charge of the county’s roads after he expressed approval for a tweet that cyclists “forever wanking off the Dutch” should just move...
View Article“Why bother about evidence?” Cycling UK responds to Tory MPs’ call to end...
“Why bother about evidence?” That’s the question posed by Cycling UK in response to a letter from 14 Conservative MPs, including former minister for cycling Robert Goodwill, as they appealed to...
View ArticleGovernment confirms £175 million active travel spend - but it's not new money
The government has today released £175 million in funding to local authorities in England to make streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians – but it has warned councils that if their plans do not come...
View Article8 out of 10 people support measures to reduce motor traffic according to...
A government survey has found that 65% of people in England support reallocating road space to cycling and walking in their local area, while as many as 78% support measures to reduce road traffic....
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