Campaigning

World Naked Bike Ride proves to be all a bit too much for Clacton on Sea

Bare bums not the image councillors want to promote at family seaside holiday town

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Hit and runs reported at London Critical Mass ride + VIDEO

Late Friday night protest run ends in injury and disarray

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Medics call for measures to protect cyclists in London

Air ambulance doctors reject Boris’s claims that increased numbers of riders will improve safety

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Vulpine wants your family pics for project to humanise bike riders

Help remind the world that cyclists are vulnerable

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Sustrans: Racers not welcome on shared use paths

Charity also calls for Strava to highlight 'inappropriate' traffic-free routes

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Urgent meeting to debate compulsory helmets for all on Jersey

Politicians rejected the law by one vote in 2010 - could it now be brought in?

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Ask your MP to attend the Parliamentary debate on cycling and have your voice heard

Date set for debate of Get Britain Cycling report with measures including 10% of journeys by bike by 2025

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Member of Scottish Parliament Alison Johnstone calls for spending on cycling to go Dutch

“The money’s there; it just needs the political will to reprioritise it.”

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Transport chiefs pledge to fix Holborn junction in wake of Alan Neve death

Camden Council: "We have to change the streets. We support the cycling revolution."

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Sustrans: Cyclists should slow down

Sustrans' man in Bristol reiterates his message that go-faster cyclists intimidating pedestrians & all cyclists a bad name

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Department for Transport’s Action for Roads plan details inaction for cycling

A network for the 21st century - as long as you want to drive everywhere

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Holborn death cyclist named as Alan Neve

54-year-old was riding to work when hit by lorry on Monday

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Thousands protest in London to demand ‘Space for Cycling’ after latest HGV death

Second demonstration in five days follows Monday's fatality on High Holborn

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Emma Way ‘#bloodycyclists’ case heads to court after charges pressed

Motorist summonsed on charges of driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after an accident and failing to report accident.

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Transport for London welcomes Mayor’s Vision for the future of the capital’s roads and pledges billions of pounds in investment

Ambitious plans to tackle congestion, support economic growth and transform walking and cycling

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London bike czar Andrew Gilligan announces changes at killer intersection as police investigate whether road design contributed to Boris bike death of French student

Aldgate gyratory to be rebuilt; police investigate road narrowing & scaffolding

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Cycling campaigners visit Police and Crime Commissioners to call for urgent improvements in policing

Road Justice report details police failings and sets out 10-point plan for improvement

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London Cycling Campaign calls for Aldgate protest ride this Friday

LCC calls for Cycle Superhighway 2 improvements, better routes for cyclists

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Get Britain Cycling report secures Parliamentary debate in September

Findings of six-week inquiry to be debated in House of Commons on 2 September

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Traffic police numbers slashed across England and Wales, reveals new research

Road safety charity Brake slams cuts as "a false economy" that threatens road safety efforts

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Bognor Regis & Llandudno promenade cycling bans ended

No accidents in Llandudno seals the deal

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CTC to deliver damning report on Devon and Cornwall police attitude to cyclists

Officers fail to attend cyclist crashes and assume cyclists at fault

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Tebbit: if you’re going to get on your bike, you should be made to carry ID

House of Lords debate on cyclist safety quickly descends into a discussion of perceived transgressions

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Ban the school run: Experts call for more active journeys to school to combat childhood obesity crisis

New UK health chief says cities should be restructured for active travel

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Eurostar clarifies its bike carriage system

Let the train take the strain?

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Flagship Olympic legacy sportive ‘could put animals’ lives at risk says charity

RideLondon 100 sees 20,000 cyclists will ride 100 miles over a modified version of the London 2012 Olympic Road Race route

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London mayoral contender Christian Wolmar calls for Edinburgh to model itself on Copenhagen

Transport expert says Scottish capital should prioritise bikes, public transport

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The future of Britain’s transport? More roads

New Government paper sets out the Coalition’s stall for transport development; cycling and walking not mentioned even once.

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DfT releases 2012 annual report for road casualties

Cyclist injuries up more than cycling miles

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Will spending round cuts & investment be good or bad for cycling?

Some possible good news, some possible bad, but the devil will be in the details

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