Criticism of £100,000 'Grass covered' bike stands built 'to keep seats dry'
Sinn Fein has criticised plans for new grass-covered bicycle stands in Belfast arguing it was a waste of £100,000 of public money just 'to keep cycle seats dry'.The party abstained on a vote at Belfast...
View Article“Immediate” safety changes announced for killer junction in Holborn
“Immediate” safety changes aimed at providing more space for people on bikes have been announced for a junction in London’s Holborn district where several cyclists have lost their lives in recent years...
View ArticleCampaigners seek funding for legal challenge to removal of Poole active...
Campaigners seeking to challenge a council’s decision to remove an active travel scheme in Poole, Dorset are appealing for donations to fund their application for a judicial review, with Cycling UK...
View ArticleMPs and peers call for new Highways Act to support active travel in England
Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords have called on the government to make changes to the Highways Act to encourage local authorities in England to invest in active travel...
View ArticleFox News pundit slams Joe Biden bike ride – but ignores the hundreds of...
“Cycling is the new golf” is hardly a new cliché – but no-one seems to have told a Fox News pundit who questioned President Joe Biden’s fitness for office after he was filmed (not for the first time)...
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Lockdown sees cycling gender gap narrow, government statistics reveal
The government-imposed lockdown to try and contain the coronavirus pandemic resulted in the gender gap in cycling in England narrowing, according to statistics published today by the Department for...
View ArticleTreat road deaths as public health issue, says Oxfordshire’s cycling champion
Oxfordshire’s cycling champion says road deaths need to be treated as a public health issue to prevent future tragedies. Andrew Gant, Liberal Democrat councillor and cycling champion at Oxfordshire...
View ArticleTory chairman: Get off your Peloton and back to your desk
Tory chairman Oliver Dowden has told the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester that “People need to get off their Pelotons and back to their desks,” in what a trade union has described as an...
View ArticleGlasgow to build 270km cross-city active travel network
Glasgow has unveiled plans for a 270km active travel network including improved facilities for cyclists and pedestrians that will cover the whole of Scotland’s largest city and leave no home more than...
View ArticleCycle lane 'a bit crap' because cars can still park in it, says councillor
A cycle lane in Sheffield has been branded 'a bit crap' by a local councillor - because cars are still allowed to park in it.Double yellow lines were painted the length of Clarkehouse Road but because...
View ArticleBudget reaction: £2 billion for active travel not enough for government to...
Active travel campaigners have said that funding for active travel announced in today’s Budget and Spending Review from Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will not be enough to meet the...
View ArticleMPs to debate killer hit-and-run drivers after petitions hit 100,000 signatures
Members of Parliament will debate hit-and-run drivers who kill other road users later this month, with two petitions on the subject passing the 100,000-signature threshold needed for the issue to be...
View ArticleBillionaire Tory peer calls for removal of temporary cycle lanes in London
A City billionaire controversially elevated to the peerage by Boris Johnson last year has called for the removal of temporary cycle lanes in London.Lord Peter Cruddas told the House of Lords today: “I...
View ArticleAndy Burnham urges residents to not chuck hire bikes in canals
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has asked residents to not chuck the city's £17m rental scheme bikes into the canal. Burnham admitted feeling nervous about the scheme opening later this month...
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Tory councillor apologises for comparing LTNs to South Africa’s apartheid era...
The leader of the Conservative group on Hounslow Council has apologised for comparing the impact of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) on residents in Chiswick to the experience of South Africans...
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Are world leaders "delusional" when it comes to active travel? COP26...
“Out of the galaxy delusional”… that’s a flavour of what Bike Biz founder and current Forbes and Guardian contributor Carlton Reid thought of the conversations being had at COP26 about eco-friendly...
View ArticleCanadian minister criticised for ‘using bike as prop’ while attending...
MPs’ Zoom backgrounds became a talking point during lockdown last year, whether it be the Damien Hirst portrait of the Queen that former Health Secretary Matt Hancock had in his office, SNP Westminster...
View ArticleScotland’s active travel minister criticised again for lack of helmet
Scotland’s active travel minister, Patrick Harvie, has once again come under criticism for not wearing a cycle helmetHarvie was appointed the Scottish Government’s minister for zero carbon buildings,...
View ArticleAdam Tranter appointed first West Midlands Cycling & Walking Commissioner
Adam Tranter has been appointed cycling and walking commissioner for the West Midlands by the region’s mayor, Andy Street, who is looking to move ahead with initiatives to increase active travel...
View ArticleDepartment for Transport commissions report on Active Travel Fund schemes –...
If a week is a long time in politics, how about three years? That’s how long we’ll have to wait to read the full report commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) into cycling and walking...
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