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Allowing “speeding” cyclists to ride on “struggling” high street would lead...
Plans to allow two-way cycling on a pedestrianised shopping street – which local cyclists argue would provide a “great boost” to a “struggling” area which is “ideal for cycling”– have been opposed this...
View ArticleIrish Prime Minister slams €336,000 bike shed at Parliament with 18 cycle...
A bike shed which cost €336,000 (£283,149) to build at the Irish Parliament and has 18 individual Sheffield-style cycle stands, but still bearing the possibility of the bikes getting wet in the rain,...
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Cyclists in Scotland finally set to be able to submit dangerous driving...
After years of complaints that delays to the introduction of a dedicated road safety reporting tool and inaction on the part of the Scottish government and Police Scotland were putting the lives of...
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Iain Duncan Smith wants cyclists to know "they're not above the law", makes...
Iain Duncan Smith, the politician who spearheaded the campaign to pass new dangerous cycling laws such as causing death by dangerous cycling, has again appealed for new legislation — the Conservative...
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Cyclist fatalities fall by 4% to lowest ever recorded level, but cycle...
The number of cyclists being killed on the UK’s roads has fallen once again from 91 fatalities in 2022 to 87 in 2023, the latest reported road casualty statistics published by the Department for...
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“I only like cyclists when they get run over,” says controversial Italian...
Prominent and controversial Italian politician and journalist Vittorio Feltri has been roundly condemned by the cycling community in Italy, including Tour de France stage winner and former European...
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Tory councillor who wanted mandatory cyclist number plates vows to keep high...
A Conservative councillor and former MP has claimed that removing the controversial cycling ban from Worcester High Street will turn it into a "dangerous and unwelcoming" place — just months after...
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Bike ban council wants "safe place where people don't worry about bicycles"...
"We are supposed to be encouraging people to cycle into town. Should we be fining people who are using their bikes to go into town?" That was the question posed by one Bedford councillor at a meeting...
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“The greatest risk to all road users is caused by people driving”: Deaf and...
Cycling activists have claimed that tackling Worcester’s illegal parking “scourge” and creating a safe, protected bike network, which would help delineate spaces for pedestrians and cyclists, will...
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“Unfair” Cycle to Work scheme “problems” need to be addressed, admits...
The Labour government has admitted that it “absolutely recognises” there are “problems” with the current Cycle to Work scheme, which MPs have claimed is “unfair” and excludes people on low incomes from...
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Conservative government “pursued poisonous culture wars” between cyclists and...
Labour’s Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has vowed to “take back streets” for cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers, after accusing the previous Conservative administration of pursuing “poisonous culture...
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Cyclists "horrified" by Iain Duncan Smith's Telegraph column suggesting...
Iain Duncan Smith's campaign for updated legislation to punish instances of "dangerous cycling" continued this weekend, the MP penning a column in the Telegraph newspaper titled: "Dangerous cyclists...
View ArticleBuild safe cycling routes to help people ditch cars for local journeys, urges...
A senior doctor has urged Worcester policy makers to see past "so much negativity locally" and implement safe cycling routes that encourage and enable people to leave their cars at home for short local...
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Active travel campaigners blast “clumsy, unworkable, and discriminatory” plan...
Birmingham could be the latest city in the UK to implement a controversial ban on people riding bikes in pedestrianised areas, after a new report by the local authority recommended adding cycling to a...
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Charity that runs London parks wants new laws to prosecute cyclists for...
The charity responsible for London's Royal Parks has asked the government to amend legislation "with a view to setting speed limits for cyclists" in its parks which, if introduced, could see riders...
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Local High Steward blames congestion on new “cycle-only” traffic light on...
A former Liberal Democrat MP, who has served as the High Steward of Colchester since 2015, has accused a “cycle-only” traffic light on a new bike lane of causing congestion on a town centre street;...
View ArticleConservative councillor wades into cyclist hi-vis clothing discussion with...
A Conservative councillor in Northumberland has been criticised for "reprehensible" comments about cyclists, having penned a bizarre rant on Facebook in response to a county council post telling...
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Cycling UK and British Cycling urge Labour to "significantly increase" active...
A coalition of academics, health groups, cycling organisations and other major bodies have written to Labour's Chancellor Rachel Reeves calling for active travel funding to be increased to 10 per cent...
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Cycling UK lauds Rachel Reeves for recouping additional £100 million for...
Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s first budget delivered today has been met with mixed reactions from active travel campaigners and charities, with Cycling UK giving the new administration credit for...
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“Safe, efficient, and easy to use”: Cycling junctions “keep everyone...
A week after a new cycling and walking-friendly roundabout in Cambridge was criticised by one local driving instructor as “chaotic” and “too distracting”, with residents claiming that the layout was...
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