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West London Tory candidate accused of hypocrisy over Cycleway 9 opposition

Seena Shah attacked Labour rival over route launched by Boris Johnson as Mayor of London

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Boris Johnson claims pavement cycling is the ‘naughtiest thing’ he’s ever done (and will admit to)

Prime Minister has excruciating "Fields of wheat" moment during interview with Sophy Ridge of Sky News

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Hammersmith & Fulham greenlights two major West London cycle routes

News comes as TfL confirms work will start on Kew Bridge junction with Cycleway 9 next week

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General Election Active Travel Hustings – politicians from the four main political parties explain their plans for cycling… but will they get your vote

Politicians from main four parties in England will set out plans for Active Travel at live streamed event this evening – join the conversation here

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Labour pledges £50 a head active travel spend to get England cycling

Party pledges to make it “one the best countries in the world for walking and cycling”

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Cycling on Italy’s roads is ‘like going to war’ says national team coach

Country’s president urged to ensure that planned highway code reforms to protect riders go through

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Contact your parliamentary candidates and ask them to support cycling

Cycling UK is calling for five per cent of next year’s transport spending to be devoted to cycling and walking

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Irish parliamentarian urges end to ‘cyclists vs drivers’ rhetoric

Appeal made before parliamentary transport committee by Green Party leader

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Chris Boardman hails “victory for common sense” as council withdraws Velolife cycling café injunction application

British Cycling policy advisor slams “insane waste of public money”

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Safe cycle route plan on road where rider killed was dropped from £102m infrastructure funding bid

Oxfordshire campaigners have fought for years for a traffic-free route on B4044

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Sustrans calls on next government to provide sustained, long-term active travel funding

Sustainable transport charity launches general election manifesto ahead of country going to the polls on 12 December

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Compulsory bike helmets for the land of the free? US Government agency calls for mandatory cycle helmet law

Free to carry a gun… but not to ride a bicycle without a helmet? National Transportation Safety Board publishes its first report into cycle safety in almost 50 years

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Fresh row in Harrogate over UCI Road Worlds graffiti and bill to repair ‘devastated’ Stray

Six weeks after the championships finished, the arguments rumble on

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Welcome to Yorkshire reportedly near collapse before World Championships due to cash crisis

Loans from councils helped ease cashflow but raise questions over agency's funding

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Sheffield submits £85m sustainable transport funding bid

Cash from DfT's Transforming fund would help boot active travel in South Yorkshire

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Queensbury Tunnel row: Bradford Council urges Transport Secretary to intervene

Highways England accused of breaching planning permission by starting to fill in tunnel

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HGV firms given 12 months to make lorries safer for London cyclists – or face fines

Direct Vision Standard to eliminate blind spots comes into force on 26 October 2020

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Belgian TV show takes politicians on a bike ride – then confronts them with 500 relatives of cyclists killed through poor infrastructure

The programme Make Belgium Great Again is calling on people to get on their bikes to call for safer infrastructure

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Rail operator faces threat of legal action over broken station cycle security promise

Cambridge City Council considers planning enforcement against Greater Anglia due to thefts at UK's biggest bike parking facility

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Dame Sarah Storey launches Active Travel Interactive Map for Sheffield City Region

Online tool will enable cyclists and walkers tto log problems to help planners develop safer routes

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Warwickshire aims to boost cycle tourism – but campaigners want infrastructure

Tourism agency says hosting major races is boosting county's image as a destination for cycling

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Every child in England could get cycle training if Government doubled £13m funding

“Investing just £18 in each Year 6 student would give every young person the opportunity to develop a lifelong skill that would be good for their health, and also the environment”

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Greenwich Council removes semi-segregated cycle lane – because it was trip hazard to pedestrians

Protective measure had been put in place on Trafalgar Road in East Greenwich

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Chris Boardman hails “a real step forward” as Stretford Cycleway opens (+ video)

Segregated route marks final Cycle City Ambition funding - but Bee Network investment continues

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London’s first Car Free Day is this Sunday – here’s the details

A big part of Central London will be free of motor vehicles; individual boroughs host own events

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Showstoppers from Colnago, Specialized, Cinelli, Condor, Look, Pinarello + more from The Cycle Show

We've had a browse for some of the coolest bikes on display at this year's Cycle Show. There are certainly some crackers...

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Chancellor slammed over “squandered opportunity” to provide funding for cycling

Yesterday's Spending Review outlined where government will splash the cash in 2020/21

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Hounslow Council greenlights revised Cycleway 9 designs for West London (+ must-watch video from Chiswick resident Jeremy Vine)

Route will link Brentford to Kensington Olympia via Chiswick High Road

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Hemel Hempstead PSPO bans defecating, urinating, spitting and … cycling in town centre

Dacorum does its bit for decorum ... we can't complain about some of this, but riding a bike?

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Save Velolife crowdfunder halfway to £15k target inside 24 hours

Funds will be used to fight injunction banning cyclists from cycling cafe

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