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Cycle “Quietway” scheme being derailed by local residents claim campaigners

Hackney Council has prioritised concerns of local residents over London Fields "rat run" reduction promises, despite more people in the borough supporting the scheme than opposing it, say campaigners

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Cycling minister and wife invited to Cambridge after “helmet hair” comments

Robert Goodwill MP, minister for cycling, has been invited to see a UK city with a more equal cycling gender balance after admitting he doesn't know why so few women use bikes for transport

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Councillor dubs “Cycling Taliban” tweets “banter”

Cllr Graham Down had also joked about putting tacks on the road ahead of the Velothon Wales event in Monmouthshire

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Cycling gets worse in Australia’s “worst cycling state” New South Wales as newly raised fines surge

After raising the cost of cycling fines in New South Wales, police issue 56% more penalties making things worse for cyclists

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30,000 cyclists to take part in parade in Moscow today

Government drive to get cyclists out more has begun in earnest

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Cycling funding set to fall by 70 per cent in the next five years

Cycling Minister says not all money has yet been allocated

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Government announces £20.6m green transport fund

Money will act as a stop-gap between funding streams, but it's not nearly enough, say critics - and will leave many skilled staff's jobs at risk

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Croydon transport chief promises “urgent review” of road layout where cyclist was killed

Stuart King also says he will meet campaigners and fellow councillors

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Transport Minister draws flak after cycling inquiry

Implies more women don’t cycle because helmets spoil their hair

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Government urged to increase cycling spend as consultation closes

Businesses and campaigners warn that without cash, Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy won’t work

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Andrew Gilligan tells Sadiq Khan: time is your enemy

Former London Cycling Commissioner tells new mayor "time is your enemy and your opponents' friend" and vows to keep campaigning for a better city at London Cycling Awards ceremony

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Cycle traffic down and motor traffic up in 2015 according to DfT figures

Record numbers of vehicles on British roads arguably deterring people from cycling

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Sadiq Khan says he backs safer, easier cycling as Westway concerns grow

Cycle Superhighway on West London flyover one of five consultations that will be reviewed

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Mystery of Boris Bike returned 18 months late

On New Year's Day 2015 someone hired bike 12626. It was returned yesterday (the giveaway being the Barclays livery, not seen in London since early 2015)

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CityConnect defends 75cm Leeds-Bradford Cycle Superhighway

Group in charge of delivering the 23km "flagship" cycle route says they are "committed to getting it right" but campaigners call the route inadequate and unsafe

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Rumours Westway Cycle Superhighway could be “scuppered” by mayor

Chair of New London Architecture sparks rumour city's new mayor could scupper East-West Cycle Superhighway

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Cycling UK disappointed as tougher sentencing for dangerous drivers fails to appear in Queen’s speech

Separate bill aims to put UK at forefront of autonomous vehicles industry

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Pothole fixed within an hour of cyclist hitting it

Emergency repair workers were seen fixing the Gravesend pothole within an hour of a 60-year-old cyclist suffering serious injuries after hitting it

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Sadiq Khan outlines ambitious plans to tackle London pollution

Consultation due to open on harsh new penalties for dirtiest vehicles

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New cycle lane in Manchester’s Portland Street removed amid safety concerns

Campaigners say their warnings of danger posed by buses were ignored

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Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway just 75cm wide in places

The £18m flagship cycling scheme features 75cm wide cycle lanes - with bollards, railings and acute angles along the way - that give way at every side road

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Judge orders closure of Rio cycleway built for Olympic visitors

Two killed when 50m section of Ciclovia Tim Maia collapsed into Atlantic last month

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Chris Boardman leads calls for Sadiq Khan to deliver on cycling

Cycle campaigners remind London's new Mayor of his pre-election promises to triple cycling infrastructure and double cycle spending

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Audio: “We’ve changed the face of the city”

Boris Johnson's Cycling Commissioner, Andrew Gilligan, talks to road.cc about his legacy...and how he doubted at times the cycle routes would ever be built

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What does Sadiq Khan’s mayoralty mean for London’s cyclists?

Labour candidate poised to succeed Boris Johnson as capital's mayor

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Boris Johnson opens Cycle Crossrail in final act as mayor

The London Mayor hails new era of cycling in London and urges his successor to keep investing in cycle routes to tackle air pollution

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#BikesAtPollingStations like #DogsAtPollingStations …but with bikes – here’s our round-up

#BikesAtPollingStations trends as UK votes - Tweets from Jeremy Corbyn - and someone who took along their 2-wheeled rather than 4-legged friend

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Taiwan to introduce e-bike licensing and helmet law

New rules class electric bikes as lightweight scooters - and follow Chinese crackdown that could hit poor and migrant workers hardest

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Health effects of cycling outweigh pollution risks – unless you’re a courier

New study models for the first time the effect of varying levels of air pollution on health - but warn risks of poor air could outweigh cycling's health benefits for bike couriers

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Strava data used to ban cyclists from trail

Councillors in California banned mountain bikers from a local preserve after Strava data revealed riders were travelling at speeds in excess of 20mph on shared trails

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