Campaigning

Chris Boardman calls for free bikes on the NHS

"If people want to ride bikes, get everything out of their way and we’re all going to benefit."

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TfL rebuffs cyclist over safety fears about red light jumping drivers at Bow Roundabout

Luke Redpath raises concerns at notorious blackspot - but told nothing can be done with no collisions recorded

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Get a professional photo of you and your bike and support the Space for Cycling campaign

London Cycling Campaign to hold fundraiser at Look Mum No Hands! Café

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Go Safe Glasgow launches interactive driver and rider training website

Cycle Aware focuses on improving road users’ hazard perception

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Waltham Forest Mini Holland road closures spark for and against petitions as opinions polarise

London borough wants to stop motorists using residential roads as rat runs as part of £30m scheme

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Families’ shock as drunk and speeding driver who admitted killing two cyclists appeals length of sentence

Alexander Walter got more than 10 years in jail after pleading guilty to causing deaths of John Morland and Kris Jarvis

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London cyclists needed to help with medical charity’s major research project on cycling injuries

Barts and the London Charity wants to hear what matters most to riders at public meeting next week

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Round-the-world cyclist does 1,000-mile book tour by bike – on £7.65 a day to highlight living wage (+ video)

Julian Sayarer’s book Life Cycles follows his global circumnavigation

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Councillor suggests red light & pavement cycling crackdown after Portsmouth injury rate soars

(Councillor in charge of traffic & transportation) Nine percent increase in cycling casualties in 2013

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Track star Craig MacLean gives backing to Scotland’s presumed liability campaign

Change in law would make motorists respect cyclists more, says Olympic and Paralympic medallist

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Awaiting the Giro effect – latest figures show overwhelming preference for car journeys in Northern Ireland

Cycle commuters don’t even warrant a mention in the latest transport figures

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Campaigner calls for safe alternative to busy stretch of road in the Yorkshire Dales

Says councils need to do more to encourage cycling in the region

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2 in 3 drivers say local roads unsafe for families and kids on foot and bikes

Brake and Churchill survey comes as Beep Beep! Days seek to educate children about traffic danger

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Cycle Superhighway traffic chaos fears “unfounded” says LCC

Campaign group responds to TfL traffic modelling figures, says routes will encourage more people onto bikes

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British Transport Police admit Farnborough Main railway station is a cycle theft hotspot

Locked bikes being stolen from racks despite CCTV and regular patrols

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“A missed opportunity” – Leeds Cycling Campaign aims to throw spoke into city’s trolleybus plans

Group submits its views on £250m New Generation Transport scheme to public inquiry

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Long-awaited upgrade of London’s Cycle Superhighway 2 announced as businesses back new superhighways

But two proposed routes dropped as others delayed

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Oxford shared space plan slammed by cycle campaigners

"Plainly bad design, needlessly putting people walking and cycling into conflict"

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Head-on collision leads to calls for wider bike path in Worthing

74-year-old hospitalised after crash

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British Cycling and CTC hit the party conferences to call for action not words on “cycling revolution”

Chris Boardman and Jon Snow address MPs, mass bike rides in Manchester and Birmingham

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Gloucestershire cycle path meets local resistance – residents say there was a better and safer solution

Yate cycle lane planned to run through several estates’ green spaces

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Sustrans applauds Australian state of Victoria for considering radical cycling safety proposals

Ideas include allowing cyclists to treat red lights as Give Way signs

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Rail commuter can’t use station’s secure bike parking – although it’s half-full

Antony Harvey needs fob for double-decker facility at Bishop's Stortford – but so far has had no success

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Transport for London unveils new HGV warning stickers

Goodbye 'Stay back', hello 'Take care'

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Cyclists dismount? No thanks, says rider who persuaded contractor to change signs

Only gentle prodding needed when you have the rules on your side

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Drivers give cyclists more space on roads without central markings, study finds

20mph speed limit also leads motorists to give bike riders wider berth

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Dave Brailsford comes out against Scottish independence

Team GB cycling supremo says sharing resources makes UK stronger in sport

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Academics and businesses back planned new London Cycle Superhighways

Support growing for segregated cycle routes across city

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Portsmouth Council keen to tackle cycle accident ‘hot spots’

Asks local campaign group for ideas

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Tyneside residents up in arms over ‘excessive’ cycle path that will mean less parking for residents’ visitors and tradesmen

Sustrans say path is safe route to school for local pupils - but action group wants it scrapped

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