Department for Transport


Final session of Parliamentary Cycling Inquiry takes place on Monday

Report sponsored by Times cycling campaign to folllow

6000 lose driving licence for poor eyesight in 2011 - and that's a 39% rise in the number of bus and lorry drivers

The responsibilty is on drivers to state when their eyesight is too bad to drive

Spring/Summer road casualty figures show drop in 'vulnerable road user' casualties, but it's not all good news

DfT admits that wet weather had more to do with drop in figures than anything else

Cabinet Reshuffle - Greening out for McLoghlin as Transport Minister

Todays reshuffling of the fools in government sees Justine Greening replaced by Patrick Mcloughlin as transport minister. I understand Greening was moderately cycling friendly but have no idea about her replacement - sounds like a job for some road.cc investigation!

Cycling's North/South divide revealed by new DfT figures

Breakdown of figures by local authority reveals most areas with high usage in South and East, North lags behind

DfT advises cutting some rural speed limits to 40mph to protect vulnerable road users

Advice u-turn on urban 20mph zones too… the DfT is now in favour

DfT publishes final assessment of Cycling City and Towns initiative - in 17 separate reports

Reports put online by government with little fanfare or fuss - and it's left to the reader to draw national picture

Minister for Roads insists on perpetuating 'road tax' myth

Mike Penning repeats claim that motorists pay for roads, despite Road Fund being abolished 75 years ago

Slowing motorists down the best way to increase safety for cyclists says DfT report

Review of evidence casts doubt on safety benefits of cycle lanes and Advanced Stop Lines too

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