Government

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

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

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

Sheffield submits £85m sustainable transport funding bid

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

Queensbury Tunnel row: Bradford Council urges Transport Secretary to intervene

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Private car ownership unsustainable, warns House of Commons committee

Report says urgent action needed to hit climate change targets including encouraging walking and cycling

City of London issues planning wind guidelines to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe near skyscrapers

Gusts caused by tall buildings can push riders into the path of motor vehicles in extreme cases

Velolife: Council leader to meet with planning staff and British Cycling over ban on cyclists ‘meeting’ at cycle cafe

Windsor & Maidenhead council leader visited cafe over weekend and discovered a "super little business"

Council tweets letter explaining Velolife ban – and even its own leader comes out in support of café

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead publishes letter sent to cycling clubs on Twitter

Council hits back in Velolife cycle cafe row – cyclists CAN use cafe insists statement… they just can’t “meet” there or congregate outside

Windsor & Maidenhead council says cyclists can use Velolife – they just can’t "meet" there, or congregate outside – so what exactly is a “cyclists meet”?

Five cycling and walking projects in Scotland to share £60 million in funding

News comes as consultation launched on country's new National Transport Strategy

City of London draws up cycle tour group code of conduct

Participants on rides will have to dismount on narrow streets at busy times

Government statistics show no growth in cycling trips in England – though London bucks the trend

Total distance travelled annually by bike has risen 50 per cent since 2002 - but number of journeys remains flat

Transport for London unveils changes to Chiswick High Road section of planned cycleway

Amended design follows a second consultation on route, work due to start later this year

Former London cycling commissioner appointed Boris Johnson’s transport advisor

Andrew Gilligan has long been a strong advocate of protected cycleways

Transport for London looking at taking control of roads where boroughs block cycling infrastructure

Deputy mayor for transport accuses obstructive councils of “holding the city to ransom”