Transport

Cycling’s modal share in London doubled in 2020, says new report

One in three journeys in the capital were walked or cycled last year as travel patterns shifted due to pandemic, says TfL

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Journalist admits anti-cycle lane angle on London being named world’s most congested city would “get more readers”

Traffic data firm Inrix says this morning’s ‘Bike lanes make London world’s most congested city’ headlines were not “accurately representing what we have said”

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“Incredibly simplistic” to blame cycle lanes for London being named world’s most congested city

Annual Inrix Global Traffic Scorecard in fact says quicker economic recovery from COVID-19 is main reason for British capital jumping into top spot

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Cambridge cyclists issue impassioned ‘Please stop killing us’ plea

Greater Cambridge Partnership receive stark feedback after public consultation into £20 million funding plan

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Are world leaders “delusional” when it comes to active travel? COP26 discussed, plus how to layer up for winter riding on episode 12 of the road.cc Podcast

On the dozenth road.cc Podcast... why was cycling and walking not even on the main agenda at COP26? Carlton Reid talks to Simon about the recent UN climate summit

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Waze called out for directing drivers onto closed roads in parks

Popular navigation app potentially putting park users at risk with inaccurate routing

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Moustache launches Lundi 20 e-cargo bike

Adaptable e-cargo bike appears to tick a lot of boxes – but will it be a match for the Tern GSD?

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E-bikes would replace over 100 million car trips a year if Government met cycling target

Report recommends grants, tax incentives and car scrappage schemes to encourage e-bike uptake

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Council orders safety review of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway after deaths of cyclist and pedestrian

Brother of cyclist killed in 2018 crash has been campaigning for safety improvements

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Road pricing “inevitable,” MPs are told as switch to electric vehicles hits tax revenues

Transport Select Committee urged to recommend development and trial of how to get drivers to pay for their journeys

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VanMoof is launching a 50km/h e-bike and it wants new speed limits to accommodate it

Bosch CEO has previously described 25km/h e-bike limit as “our treasure”

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Volkswagen CEO: Cars will only be accepted in cities in future if space given to bikes

“Many of our employees would like to get to work by bike instead of by car,” says auto giant’s boss

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Fair Fuel UK boss blames “militant cyclist” for marking his house as petrol station on Google Maps

Howard Cox says he was inundated with calls from motorists looking to panic-buy petrol

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Transport boss tells drivers: “If you’re in a car you’re part of the problem”

Oxfordshire county councillor says motorists need to take ownership of congestion – and encourages them to use the bus instead

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No bikes allowed on Southern or Thameslink trains this Sunday due to London to Brighton Cycle Ride

Operators enforce restrictions due to weekend's London to Brighton Cycle Ride

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“Off yer bike!” – Birmingham cyclists told to dismount due to tramlines, or take diversion to avoid them

City council says Broad Street tram route and wider pavements means section is “impractical” for people on bikes

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“Not a good use of public money”: minister says council who ripped up pop-up cycle lane can’t bid for more active travel funding

The cycling minister tells West Sussex County Council it can't bid more for funds this year after ripping out a popular pop-up lane last year

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Almost a third of drivers think ‘no motor vehicles’ sign means ‘cars and motorcycles only’ finds #BikeIsBest poll

Figures show Hackney Council netted £2.7 million in fines from drivers entering Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, with a councillor claiming 8 in 10 of them were rat-running residential streets

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Active travel encouraged as major Bath bridge to close to motor traffic for urgent works

Bath and North East Somerset Council says Cleveland Bridge will remain open to cyclists and pedestrians during the urgent works expected to last three months

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Dunwich Dynamo cyclists told not to take train home – because new rolling stock has limited bike spaces

Participants in next month’s overnight ride from London to the Suffolk coast will have to find another way of getting back to the capital

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Do close pass laws increase road rage? New study finds increasing safety for cyclists could have ‘possible unintended consequences’

The Australian study suggested recent laws that require drivers to observe a minimum passing distance could increase driver aggression because it is 'against their beliefs'

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Welsh Government funds pilot schemes to encourage uptake of e-bikes and e-cargo bikes

E-cargo bike libraries provide a way for businesses to trial a new delivery approach for free

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Daily Mail adds “bus lane bedlam” to “cycling chaos” in its lexicon of trigger phrases for its readers.

Bus lanes join bike lanes and LTNS on newspaper’s hit list as it reacts to government’s new bus strategy

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Dramatic increase in speeding after pop-up cycle lane removed

The number of drivers speeding on Upper Shoreham Road has risen significantly since wands were removed by West Sussex County Council

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E-bike rider stopped for cycling on the M4 in the dark

Rider was in the middle of lane one

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Active transport: “Potential for decreasing emissions is huge” concludes study

Researchers advocate “doing more of a good thing combined with doing less of a bad thing – and doing it now”

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Cycle more, drive less once pandemic ends, urges AA president

Edmund King predicts big post-crisis shift in commuting patterns, and says lockdown has highlighted benefits of active travel

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City of London set to replace car park spaces with last-mile cargo bike delivery hub

Amazon Logistics chosen to operate first hub which will remove 85 vans a day from Square Mile's streets

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This Tesla Model B Concept e-bike features an independently turning front wheel and suspension spokes

Elon Musk has previously said that the firm “might” do an electric bike

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Family says authorities “aren’t really bothered” that cyclist died on Cambridge guided busway

Family called for barriers after Steve Moir fell into path of oncoming bus in 2018

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