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Cycle infrastructure responsible for 85% of cycling increase

Researchers have found new cycling infrastructure in Cambridge was responsible for 85% of the effect of increased cycling

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Accidental death verdict in case of cyclist hit by tipper truck on Vauxhall Cross gyratory

Police previously decided there was insufficient evidence to bring a prosecution

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Birmingham considering workplace parking tax

Transport watchdog committee currently just gathering evidence

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Is Deliveroo still letting novice riders loose without lights?

Deliveroo has defended its rider training after one road.cc reader says one of its riders collided with her and a second swore at her

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Cyclists quiz Sadiq Khan in online Q&A

Cycling questions featured heavily in Q&A with Labour's Mayoral hopeful following what the London Cycling Campaign calls a "wobble" from both Khan and Goldsmith

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Campaigners laud impact of London’s Safer Lorries scheme after nine months without a cyclist being killed by a vehicle

But is it too soon to say that a corner has been turned?

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Chris Boardman suspicious about Zac Goldsmith’s cycling policies

British Cycling policy advisor trying to arrange meeting with Conservative candidate

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First of three protected bike lanes comes to Belfast

However, campaigners say cyclists using the new Alfred Street route are being put at risk by motorists ignoring signage and driving across it

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Family “devastated” as London lorry driver cleared of killing cyclist

Janina Gehlau's mother says people should "think twice before cycling in London"

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Skip lorry operator bringing direct vision vehicles to London to improve cyclists’ safety

Cab features panoramic windscreen and full-length glass doors

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Zac Goldsmith: “I’m positively hounded by cycle campaigners”

Tory candidate for London mayor unveils policies - but will they swing the cycling vote/

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Respondents to CS11 consultation back plans by two to one

Regent’s Park project will combat rat-running motorists

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London Cycling Campaign lauds Human Streets vision document as “huge opportunity”

Mayor and cycling commissioner’s report advocates more cycle superhighways plus other safety measures

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Chris Boardman dismisses Janet Street-Porter’s anti-cycle infrastructure article as shouting and stamping devoid of logic

Street-Porter says cyclists are ‘destroying’ London

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Work underway on Reading cycle hub

Latest in series of projects funded by Local Sustainable Transport Fund money

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Next mayor will have to raise congestion charge – Johnson

Says that ‘doing nothing’ is not an option when it comes to tackling congestion in the capital

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Cycles could outnumber cars in London’s AM peak by 2019

Report on Boris Johnson's cycling vision highlights rapid growth in the capital and says the next mayor should continue to invest in cycling

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Wiggle launches bike repair and servicing inside M25

Three levels of service offered, with bikes collected and returned to address in and around London

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Motor magazine readers help police ID hit-and-run car

Car website Jalopnik asked its readers to help police identify the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that left a cyclist seriously injured

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London bike courier injured in hit & run turns to crowdfunding to pay rent

Damien Doughty spend two weeks in hospital after crash - wellwishers have smashed his £300 target

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Senior Liberal Democrat says “Cyclists do not belong in towns”

Party committee chair who last year called for "mass extermination" of cyclists apologises for latest remarks

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Traffic lights that detect cyclists coming to York

Thermal imaging technology will identify riders' heat signatures and adjust phasing as they approach

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London Zoo opposes cycle superhighway – says gate closures will make it “extremely difficult” for visitors and deliveries

Nearby gates will remain open

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Next mayor must triple bike infrastructure, say campaigners

The London Cycling Campaign is also calling for a Mini Holland in each of London's 33 boroughs, and radical action on dangerous lorries

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Manchester schools given another £1m to increase cycling

Cycle parking, improved routes and training are being given to another ten Manchester schools and colleges to get more people commuting by bike

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Plans approved to “make cycling normal” in Swindon

Council will target £500,000 funding after plans, drawn up by cyclists and the council, for a bike network to double cycling by 2026, were approved

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Campaigners call for changes at Elephant and Castle roundabout

Two deaths in as many months despite redesign

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New bridge between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf would see over 10,000 cycle journeys a day according to Sustrans

Charity publishes feasibility study

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5,000-space Cycle Super Hub coming to Waterloo

TfL also opening Cycle Hubs at tube stations and unveils cycle parking map with LCC

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Call for emergency London air pollution restrictions

Curbs on diesel vehicles needed say campaigners amid concerns of a "very high" 10/10 pollution spike due to last all week in the capital

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