Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham blasted after claiming there is a...
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has claimed there is a “growing debate” around making it compulsory for cyclists to wear high-visibility clothing – and has also implied that part of the cost...
View ArticleOxford roundabout where cyclist was killed to be made safer, works to be...
Works to make a roundabout in Oxford safer for cyclists following the death of a bike rider there earlier this year are due to start in a fortnight’s time and will be completed by the end of the month,...
View Article'Road tax' is coming... but not for cyclists
Pay attention to discourse around cycling for long enough online, down the pub, on radio phone-ins or talk shows and you are sure to hear mention of 'road tax' eventually, but it is not cyclists who...
View ArticleCalls for safe infrastructure after Bristol cyclist killed in lorry crash
A Bristol councillor has called for a “step change in infrastructure” to make the city’s streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians after a woman riding her bike was killed in a crash involving a lorry...
View ArticleHove woman persuades council not to locate “unattractive” cycle hangar...
A woman in Hove has persuaded the local council not to put a cycle hangar outside her home because it was “unattractive” – leading one councillor to observe that people opposed to them do not seem to...
View ArticleAutumn Statement – Jeremy Hunt denies plans to raise fuel duty plus the BBC...
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, who made his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons yesterday, has denied he plans a 23 per cent hike in fuel duty – the first rise for more than a decade,...
View ArticleImprovements to notorious roundabout will benefit both cyclists and...
Cycling campaigners in Oxford have said that safety improvements currently being carried out on one of the city’s busiest and most notoriously dangerous junctions will benefit all road users.The...
View ArticleActive travel campaigners release footage of anti-LTN vandals setting...
Active travel campaigners in favour of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Oxford have released footage of bollards being driven over, removed, and even set alight by opponents of the traffic-calming...
View ArticleLabour councillor slams "arrogant" cycling group, claims cyclists are...
A Labour councillor in Bristol has launched a series of verbal attacks on a cycling campaign group and certain sections of the city's cycling community who, he says, endanger pedestrians.Cllr Fabian...
View ArticlePiers Corbyn tells councillors “man-made climate change does not exist”… then...
Piers Corbyn travelled to Oxford yesterday, in his bruised and battered 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier, emblazoned with a huge poster protesting London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone, to tell local councillors that...
View ArticleBoris Johnson gifted £4,000 second-hand bike ... by President of Kurdistan
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared a gift of a second-hand bike given to him by the President of Kurdistan – although it is unclear when it was given to him, and whether it would have...
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“Are we practising what we preach?” MPs call for more “secure and accessible”...
Two MPs have urged their fellow politicians at Westminster who support active travel to “practise what they preach” by calling for the UK to emulate the likes of Germany and Denmark by installing more...
View ArticleGovernment shuts down mandatory cycling helmets question from Conservative MP
The Department for Transport has insisted the government has "no intention" to make wearing a helmet while cycling a legal requirement.Addressing a written question from the Conservative MP for...
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Council green-lights safety changes to London's lethal Holborn gyratory
Changes to a junction in central London where a number of cyclists have been killed have been given the go ahead by Camden Council’s cabinet.The decision to approve changes to the Holborn gyratory...
View ArticleCouncillor says workers told to call police in event of “trouble” over...
Brighton & Hove City Council is said to be advising contractors installing bike hangars in the south coast city to call police should they be challenged by members of the public while going about...
View Article£33 million funding to help councils across England build network of active...
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced funding of £32.9 million to help councils across England build a network of active travel experts to help the government realise its ambition of...
View ArticleCycling instructors consider strike action as real-terms pay cuts and poor...
As industrial disputes continue to dominate the headlines in the early days of 2023 – with rail workers, bus drivers, nurses, National Highways workers, teachers, and ambulance staff all set for...
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Residents “threatened with police” after “surrounding” contractors installing...
Brighton and Hove City Council has been accused of misleading the public after it claimed that a group of “unhappy” residents “surrounded” contractors tasked with installing one of the city’s new bike...
View ArticleIsle of Wight Council says it is £350,000 out of pocket after Tour of Britain...
The Isle of Wight Council says it has been left £350,000 out of pocket after the final stage of the 2022 Tour of Britain was cancelled in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.The eight-day stage race...
View ArticleWife of “much loved” cyclist who died after wheel got stuck in nine-inch...
The wife of a “much loved” member of the cycling community in the north west of England, who died after his front wheel became lodged in a nine-inch-deep crack in the road surface, throwing him from...
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