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Prince of Wales Road, Norwich (via Norwich Cycling Campaign).PNG

Norwich levels off infamous tree pits in cycle lane – claims that was always the plan

‘Temporary repairs’ made

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Highbury Crescent (StreetView)

Sat navs bypassing Highbury Corner since safety improvements say locals after cyclist suffers hit and run on nearby road

Incident occured just hours before road was closed for World Car Free Day

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Motorist who hit and killed Washington DC cycle campaigner jailed for eight-and-a-half years

A ghost bike left in David Salovesh’s memory was hit by another speeding motorist

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'Treat Boris Bikes with respect' says TfL after revealing 200 a year are scrapped due to damage

Among other damage, the 11,500 bikes suffered 10,782 broken pedals in a year

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Big Ben © Simon MacMichael

Westminster could impose 20mph limit throughout borough

Borough already has 20mph limits around 39 schools

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Just Eat Cycles in Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s dockless bike stations close due to 'wanton destruction'

Just Eat Cycles that are parked at docking points will remain

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Long Nuke Road (via StreetView)

Birmingham club cyclist deliberately pushed off by masked motorbike passenger

Andrew Marsden suffered horrendous wound “where the bone was exposed”

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Victoria Embankment (via StreetView)

TfL plans for 20mph speed limit in central London get go-ahead after public consultation

“As more and more people choose to walk and cycle around London we must reduce the risk of them being killed or seriously injured”

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Justice (Lonpicman, Wikimedia Commons)

Suspended sentence for Sheffield taxi driver who drove at cyclist and "caused her to fall"

“She was very frank with the police, and this court, in saying she called you a psycho"

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Bike and Go bike

Bike & Go railway bike hire scheme to be shut down in Scotland, Merseyside and East Anglia

Each bike in Scotland was being used around once a month

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Bank Junction before it was closed to traffic other than buses and cyclists (licensed CC BY 2.0 by Ronnie Macdonald)

London’s Bank Junction to be turned into festival space for World Car-Free Day

Formerly notorious junction will become a picnic area with a sound stage as part of ‘Reimagine’ event

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Cycling in the dark (CC lisenced by Flickr user Boegh)

Mum of cyclist killed in road traffic collision launches petition for all bikes to be sold with lights

“I just want bicycles to be sold with them so people and children can abide with the law a lot easier”

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Bedford town centre (via StreetView)

Bedford cycling ban extended for another three years

Controversial PSPO is being enforced ever more vigorously by private contractor

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Canary Wharf at night (copyright Simon MacMichael)

Anti-cycling Facebook pages part of propaganda network run by Boris Johnson ally

Lynton Crosby’s firm also ran Square Mile Cycling group which aimed to have Cycle Superhighway redirected past Canary Wharf Group rival

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Bedford town centre (via StreetView)

Jeremy Vine offers to pay £75 fine of woman booked for cycling in Bedford town centre

Cyclist fell victim to town’s controversial Public Space Protection Order

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'Cyclops' junction to be introduced in Manchester is 'genius' says Chris Boardman

"We’ll soon be wondering why we ever did anything else"

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London cyclist in traffic (picture copyright Simon MacMichael).PNG

Number of people killed on London’s roads falls to lowest level on record

But number of serious injuries rises

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Nextbike West Midlands launch (Nextbike)

West Midlands seeking new bike-share supplier after only 25 out of 5,000 bikes were delivered

Nextbike struggled to find a corporate sponsor for the scheme

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Deliveroo cyclists short of work as company prioritises cars

Cyclists suddenly find they are unable to work enough hours following unexpected change to Deliveroo app

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Holloway Road (via StreetView)

Holloway pedestrian safety improvements will see removal of cycle lane

Campaigners say TfL should be protecting all vulnerable road users

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A34 cycle lane (via StreetView)

Solihull councillors agree to ride cycle route and discover it's rubbish

Poor signage, unsuitable shared space, parked cars, bollards, unnecessary crossings – all in under a mile

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Dave Sherry (Good Morning Britain)

Helmet cam cyclist Dave Sherry says he reports 70 drivers a week

Appears on Good Morning Britain segment asking “should cyclists shop motorists?”

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Will Norman and Cllr Clyde Loakes at a cycle parking hub in Walthamstow (TfL)

London’s going to get £2.5m worth of bike parking

Plan includes improved parking outside 10 stations in the next 12 months plus 1,400 new spaces in residential areas

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Intent prediction (via Vimeo)

Technology predicting cyclists' movements to be trialled in London buses

Deep learning technology identifies hazards and sounds alert to driver

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Mayor ‘pauses’ work on Canary Wharf cycling bridge due to costs

Says project could be replaced by a ‘fast ferry’

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Sadiq Khan to close 12 miles of London roads for car-free day in September

British Medical Association asks Mayor of London to introduce permanent network of traffic-free arterial routes

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Cycling App of the Week: Refill

A super handy app that allows users to find locations where they can refill water bottles for free, now with over 20,000 locations nationwide and growing...

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trenux trailer kickstarter

The Trenux, a bike trailer that folds up in ten seconds when not in use, is crowdfunding on Kickstarter

Trenux claim their trailer can fold up onto your bike in ten seconds when not in use, and when you need to transport stuff your bike is quickly and easily transformed into a fully-fledged load-carrying cargo machine...

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Bosch 10th Anniversary launch: new motors, new batteries and more...

Performance CX motor radically updated, new Cargo Line motor, bigger internal battery and Kiox and Cobi updates

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Holland Park Avenue (via StreetView)

Kensington and Chelsea says congestion and loss of trees and bus stops are reasons why it won’t back cycle lane

Council says TfL cycle lane plans "won't work"

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