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TfL said to have approached researchers over headphones and cyclist safety

Dutch study has found that listening to music "reduced visual and auditory perception"

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Video: London Assembly members criticise Boris Johnson on bike safety

"Cycling is not getting safer," says Baroness Jones

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Labour to prioritise safe cycling infrastructure in 2015 manifesto

Amid calls for safer roads, Labour have reiterated their desire to prioritise cycling while criticising the coalition government’s priorities

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Massive London police traffic enforcement operation next week

News of operation comes as names released of two recent fatalities

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Boris Johnson says he’d back ban on cyclists wearing earphones

Mayor of London also suggests HGV rush hour ban urged by Chris Boardman wouldn't work

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Police operation to educate and advise cyclists and drivers raises questions about police education and advice

Officer tells one cyclist: Wear hi-vis in case driver forgets glasses

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Sustrans calls for action after 11 cyclist deaths in UK this month

Segregated lanes and quietways part of the solution, says charity

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Sixth London cycling death this month as man in his 60s is hit by lorry in Camberwell

Horror cycling road toll continues, sixth cyclist killed on London's roads in less then two weeks

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Bike-friendly “promenade in the sky” proposed for Liverpool flyover

Campaigners argue against demolishing flyovers - and suggest using them for public park

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London police stopping cyclists without helmets in “advice & education” exercise

HGV drivers also being stopped in Road Safety Week project

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Police warn of Southampton bike theft spree

People living in Shirley area of city warned to lock up their bikes

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Die-in planned at Transport for London headquarters as ‘save our cyclists’ petition hits over 18,000 names

Anger grows over deaths of five London cyclists this month

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Scottish cycling provision “decades behind” despite handful of good local authorities

Study commends five outstanding authorities but transport minister says focus should be on commuters

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Boris Johnson accused of victim-blaming over London cyclist deaths

Round-up of reaction to news of fifth cyclist fatality in London this month

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“People keep dying and I don’t want to die” – we speak to cyclists at last night’s Bow flashride

Hundreds turn out to call for safer roads in London as November death toll rises

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Passers-by lift car off stricken cyclist

Woman had been trapped under vehicle following collision

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Two cyclists dead and two seriously injured on a grim day on Britain’s roads

Croydon bus collision results in third London cycling fatality in a week; Cheshire cylist killed in lorry hit and run

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Edinburgh cyclist injured by clothes line strung across cycle path

Police investigating; second cyclist narrowly avoided another trap nearby

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Kate Hoey calls for bikes to be registered and cyclists to pay “road tax”

Labour politician says she'd like to see more people cycling... but she has a funny way of encouraging them

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Edinburgh police launch equal-opportunity roads crackdown

Drivers and cyclists targeted in two-stage winter blitz

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Cambridge pensioner guilty of assault after tipping dog excrement over cyclist

Court hears that former civil servant harboured grudge against bike riders

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Architect Francis Golding, injured at Holborn last week, dies of injuries

Tenth cyclist to die in London this year

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Andrew Gilligan says cyclists may be safer without safety gear

London Cycling Commissioner addresses Cycling Scotland conference in Glasgow

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1 in 10 cyclists jump red lights, says Sunday Times

Highest levels found at Manchester junction identified as city's most dangerous for riders

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Success! Pressure from Bath cyclists leads to council reconsideration of A4 development

Council's new plans now include cycle paths and wider roads

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London Assembly calls on Boris to sort out Cycle Superhighway safety issues as soon as possible

Motion applauded new segregated lanes but called for action on 'blue painted lines' across rest of network

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Edinburgh snub pothole repairs for more cycle paths

But is this prioritisation really in the best interest of cyclists?

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Cycle hire hub plans revealed in Plymouth

Is smaller better?

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Cycling sales boom at Halfords as retailer posts interim results

Growth due to better weather this spring and summer and continued British success

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Free lights for kids as Dorset & Cambridge police tackle unlit cycling

Adults get seven days to light up in annual autumn crackdowns

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