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New £100m “car-free” Brompton factory set for green light – despite bike brand’s profits collapsing by over 99%

If the project, which has already been delayed by two years, is approved by councillors next week, it will then be sent to housing secretary Angela Rayner, due to concerns that the factory poses a flood risk

Free coffee for cyclists? Council to reward cycling journeys with app offering free treats, discounted food and days out

West Yorkshire Combined Authority plans to incentivise cycling, walking and public transport use, with hopes the app could potentially boost green travel by "25 per cent"

“Many Tories sincerely hate bike schemes”: Stop bashing cycle lanes and LTNs, former Boris Johnson adviser tells Conservatives — as “enormous noise on social media” doesn’t mean they are “vote losers with the general public”

"If we actually want to reduce congestion, we have to tackle the real causes of it, which are the same as they always were: traffic, parking and roadworks," former adviser to two recent PMs tells Tories in call to drop criticism of cycling and LTNs

New Transport Secretary – and cyclist – Heidi Alexander backed to put “cycling front and centre” after shock resignation of Louise Haigh over decade-old phone fraud offence

“I know lots of people think cycling is not for them, but please give it a go,” Alexander, a former transport deputy mayor for London, has said in the past

Percentage of cyclists killed or injured on UK roads dropping more than any other road user, new government figures reveal – but safety campaigners say number of fatalities “remain stubbornly high”

According to the DfT’s latest road casualty stats, released on the same day Labour launched its new Integrated Transport Strategy, cyclist fatalities have dropped by five per cent compared to 2023, while the number of injured cyclists fell by six per cent

Hundreds more cyclists fined by “enforcement officers” under town’s controversial cycling ban, months on from rider ordered to pay £1,050

Council behind much-criticised ban warns "there are consequences to your actions"... although it has cut the 'no cycling' speaker message to twice an hour because "it was too repetitive"

£2.6m investment in new cycle lane is “misleading” and actually funding road resurfacing for drivers, report suggests

Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure claims "sole objective to improve" cycling and walking routes so "significant" cost will be "met from active travel budget" — but questions have been asked about why works also include road "resurfacing"

Chris Boardman tells much-criticised COP summit that cycling’s “superpower” can help tackle climate crisis, marks “first time” active travel “has actually appeared in a major platform” at the event

Comments come at climate summit slammed by report suggesting over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists have been granted access, as delegates told to "cut the theatrics" and tackle climate crisis

“This is not a ban on cycling”: Council insists controversial proposal to “stop or limit” cyclists in Birmingham is “merely a reflection of how cycles are used in the city centre”

Birmingham City Council suggested stopping the "use of illegally modified e-bikes" and those who are "cycling with disregard to other people" are the main priorities

Telegraph publishes “dossier of collision data” involving “rogue cyclists” in London parks, as Royal Parks continues campaign for new laws to prosecute ‘speeding’ cyclists

The charity that runs London green spaces such as Richmond Park and Regent's Park has asked the government to amend legislation to let it "set speed limits for cyclists" in its parks and for riders above 20mph limit to be prosecuted

“We need an outbreak of common sense”: Controversial cycling trial on pedestrian shopping street approved amid claims “every single resident does not want this scheme” – but disabled cyclists say trial “necessary step” to make town more accessible

“If we don’t hold a trial, we might miss the significant benefits it would bring,” said one cycling campaigner following the decision to lift a 30-year cycling ban, “strongly” opposed by 77 per cent of locals in a consultation

Fines issued to pavement cyclists will be based on “behaviour, not location” says council, in town where female cyclist was fined £100 for riding on cycle path and others threatened with £1,000 penalties by “cowboy wardens”

The local authority, which apologised and waived fines issued to “responsible” cyclists after backlash from campaigners, says the focus will now be on “education first”

Government “prioritising active travel over safety”, claims councillor – who says new bike lane was so wide “I thought it was a dual carriageway they were building!”

Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure, which this week launched its new long-term Active Travel Delivery Plan, pointed out that cycling and walking schemes “can also improve safety”

Residents claim “jumped-up, arrogant” cyclists will cause “carnage at the expense of pedestrians” as controversial cycling ban to finally be lifted on shopping street to “improve choice of routes”

The street is part of the National Cycle Network, with cyclists claiming that riding on the street had been banned without first putting an alternative route in place

Transport Secretary wants end to “perverse half cycle lanes” and hints at long-term funding for cycling and walking

Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, has said £100m for cycling and walking was the start, and long-term funding could be pledged in the Spring Spending Review, as she adds road deaths have been "normalised for too long"

“Downgraded volunteer” cycling and walking commissioner role offering £10k a year doesn’t reflect the “scale and urgency” of “road safety emergency” in West Midlands, say campaigners

The position has been left abandoned for over 100 days after Adam Tranter stepped down, as concerns about the low-paid and voluntary nature of the role, first speculated by road.cc, turned out to be true

Driving instructors less likely to believe collisions “are usually the cyclist’s fault” and that cyclists are “nuisances” after cycle awareness course, new government pilot study finds

89 per cent of instructors who took part in the study said they would teach their students differently about how to drive around cyclists safely after the course

Is cycling and walking being shafted in the West Midlands? Mayor distances himself from “downgraded” voluntary road safety job ad that has since disappeared

Richard Parker denied involvement in the short-lived job posting, with one active travel campaigner saying that replacing a full-time Walking and Cycling Commissioner role with a voluntary one would be "devastating" for cycle route delivery in the region

“Safe, efficient, and easy to use”: Cycling junctions “keep everyone protected with no impact on drivers” says Active Travel England, amid hysteria over “chaotic” new layout with 36 traffic lights

Residents in Cambridge complained that the newly upgraded junctions are confusing, increasing congestion, and leaving “long queues of cars standing on idle”

Cycling UK lauds Rachel Reeves for recouping additional £100 million for cycling & walking in Autumn Budget, but “disappointed” with another fuel duty freeze

Critics of the new Labour budget, including Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, have expressed frustration at the discounted fuel duty, with some describing the funding allocated to cycling as a “drop in the ocean”

Cycling UK and British Cycling urge Labour to “significantly increase” active travel budget to 10% of transport spending

What will new government's first Budget look like for cycling?

Conservative councillor wades into cyclist hi-vis clothing discussion with “reprehensible” rant… says “Lycra louts” who ride in roads instead of cycle lanes “suffer the consequences”

County councillor criticised for "disgusting" comments as council also questioned for call to pedestrians and cyclists to make themselves visible

Local High Steward blames congestion on new “cycle-only” traffic light on bike lane which services “very few cyclists”… but data shows over 400 cyclists using it every day, with cycling levels continuing to rise

The former Lib Dem MP said that cyclists should manually activate the light on the controversial bike lane, however the council said that it will continue to run automatically so “no one goes undetected and gets stuck on a red light”

Charity that runs London parks wants new laws to prosecute cyclists for breaking 20mph speed limit in Regent’s Park and Richmond Park

The Royal Parks oversees popular training and riding routes for London cyclists, the body's chairman asking government to "set speed limits for cyclists" in its parks and for riders above 20mph limit to be prosecuted

Active travel campaigners blast “clumsy, unworkable, and discriminatory” plan to ban cycling in Birmingham city centre, which council says will target delivery cyclists “speeding around city without care”

“Unfortunately, the safety of pedestrians and cyclists mixing can be a dangerous combination,” Birmingham City Council said as it announced proposals for new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in pedestrian areas

Build safe cycling routes to help people ditch cars for local journeys, urges senior doctor “redressing balance” of city’s “polarised” cycling ban debate

Dr Jonathan Leach OBE says if he could prescribe exercise it "would be one of the most effective drugs", the Worcester-based doctor trying to "redress the balance" of "so much negativity locally" from those "vehemently anti-cycling"

Cyclists “horrified” by Iain Duncan Smith’s Telegraph column suggesting “dangerous cyclists should be driven off our roads”, as Conservative MP accused of ignoring main road safety issues in latest call for stricter legislation

The former Tory leader believes existing legislation around cycling "is clearly out of date", but has been accused of playing into "culture wars" and deliberately ignoring other road safety issues which cause far more deaths and serious injuries

Conservative government “pursued poisonous culture wars” between cyclists and drivers, says new transport secretary – as Labour vows to “take back streets” for all road users

Louise Haigh was responding to a question from Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse, who argued “road safety is one of the main reasons why young people do not cycle”

“Unfair” Cycle to Work scheme “problems” need to be addressed, admits government minister

According to Sustrans, two million people across the UK on low incomes or in unemployment, who can’t access Cycle to Work, are “effectively excluded” from cycling and exposed to the “dangers of transport poverty”

“The greatest risk to all road users is caused by people driving”: Deaf and blind campaigners say lifting high street cycling ban “unsafe”, but cyclists argue tackling illegal parking “scourge” and creating bike lanes key to “city that works for everyone”

“Cycling advocacy groups should be working collaboratively with the visually impaired community to make travelling around the city by any means as safe as possible”