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Is Essex ready for RideLondon? Police defends silence over road safety issues

Exclusive: Essex police says road safety "a priority" with data-led Vision Zero plans and "Extra Eyes" team expansion

Lothian cycling campaign Spokes launches election manifesto promoting safe cycling in Edinburgh

The manifesto calls for the creation of a comprehensive, protected cycle network and a 30 percent reduction in motor traffic in the city

Highway Code ‘fury’: Calls for cyclists’ driving test as Mike Graham and Daily Express continue attacking changes

Paul Biggs from the Alliance of British Drivers said it is "bizarre untrained cyclists are still allowed on the roads"

Fight to keep LTN as residents fear return to “race tracks” and rat-running

Video footage from Greenwich shows motorists speeding down the wrong side of a street to cut queues, along with reports of "eye-watering near misses" and police callouts to road rage incidents

Highway Code changes, plus father of child almost hit by Range Rover driver while cycling on the road.cc Podcast episode 18

We put the record straight on road rule changes misreported elsewhere, talk shoe tech with our Podcast sponsor, and road safety with parent and cycling campaigner

“Typical cyclists”: Motorists and cyclists treated differently in newspaper reports of fatal road collisions, new study finds

Researchers, based at the University of Westminster, found that media reports tend to erase driver agency “in all but exceptional cases”

“What drives you mad about cyclists?” Radio 4 presenter criticised for “irresponsible” questions during Highway Code segment

One Twitter user claimed the interview “encouraged aggressive driving towards cyclists”

“Lunatic Highway Code” encourages road rage and gives cyclists carte blanche, Fair Fuel UK boss claims

Howard Cox claimed changes "must have been authored by an asylum inmate" and is a "cyclists' charter to ride any way they wish"

“The bicycle is the answer”: Chris Boardman talks about Active Travel England, Highway Code changes + more on episode 17 of the road.cc Podcast

Champion cyclist who is now the country’s first Active Travel Commissioner talks about his new role and what he hopes to achieve

Highway Code changes: Daily Mail publishes “error-strewn” Richard Littlejohn column attacking cyclists

National newspapers publish provocative opinion pieces, one titled: 'Bike lane Britain...the Great Leap Backwards' another, 'Pedal-pushers have taken over British roads'

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Expect carnage and more danger…Mr Loophole rants about Highway Code changes to talkRadio’s Mike Graham

Nick Freeman, the lawyer notorious for obtaining not guilty verdicts for celebrities charged with motoring offences, slammed the changes as "ill-conceived"

Chris Boardman heads newly-launched government body Active Travel England

“It’s time for a quiet revolution,” says champion cyclist turned campaigner who will lead body tasked with implementing goverment‘s Gear Change strategy

Conservationists blame “anti-social” cyclists for New Forest damage

The New Forest Association (NFA) says it has recorded 550 instances of cyclists riding off designated tracks

Controversial See their Side ad campaign officially scrapped by Transport for London

London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman also confirmed that he was not involved in the consultation process for the £1 million campaign and that he “wasn’t a fan” of the ad

Shock as video of World Naked Bike Ride in Brighton posted to porn website

“What do they get from it?” asks co-organiser of annual protest ride as 5-minute clip posted on xHamster

“Bowing to the minority”: TfL official wanted to revive suspended £1 million See their Side ad campaign by digitally altering it

FOI request reveals TfL official suggested altering "geography" to make it look like cyclist had not been close passed, while agency executive said they were "gutted" at ad's suspension

Cambridge’s Chisholm Trail opens – a triumph of persistent campaigning

Jim Chisholm conceived the cross-city cycling route 23 years ago – and cut the ribbon this week to inaugurate it

Lack of safe routes a barrier to cycling, say six in 10 survey respondents

“A network of dedicated cycling lanes, separated from traffic, is the biggest priority” to get more people riding bikes says Cycling Scotland

Council urged to remove “shameful” barriers blocking disabled cyclists

"If you somehow don't fit their model of a fit, healthy 40-year-old man, you can't use their infrastructure"

Adam Tranter appointed first West Midlands Cycling & Walking Commissioner

Cycling PR pro and campaigner will push forward plans for active travel in England’s largest city-region outside London

Rural A roads are where cyclists are most likely to be killed, road.cc analysis reveals

Insurer NFU Mutual has launched a rural road safety campaign – but it is on busier countryside roads where bike riders face greatest danger

Reaction as Transport for London pauses See their Side ad campaign following backlash

Highly criticised road safety campaign put on hold “to consider the feedback that has been received”

Cambridge cyclists issue impassioned ‘Please stop killing us’ plea

Greater Cambridge Partnership receive stark feedback after public consultation into £20 million funding plan

Transport for London slammed for “victim-blaming” road safety ad (+ video)

Spot which suggests drivers and cyclists share equal responsibility described as “crass, old fashioned ‘false equivalence’ nonsense.”

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London’s bicycle economy could hit £5 billion a year by 2030 and create 25,000 new jobs, says new report

Bicycle Association says it’s already worth £1.3-£1.4bn annually and supports 8,000 jobs

COP26 finally recognises role cycling and walking can play in fighting global warming

“Active travel” added to climate change summit’s electric vehicle declaration at 11th hour

RideLondon: Essex urged to focus on road safety ahead of revamped sportive

Predicted increase in Essex cycling could be a positive legacy for county as it prepares to host the UK's biggest sportive, but cyclists say safety work needed

Pedal on COP – 1,000 cyclists ride to Glasgow to highlight how bikes can help save the planet

Riders from across Scotland joined huge Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march

Security guards refuse to open barrier for cyclist on permitted route near COP26 site

GoBike convenor Thomas Cornwallis was instead told to use footway – but no ramp over the kerb means it isn’t accessible to everyone

Cyclists converge on Glasgow as COP26 conference begins

Riders from UK and beyond head to Scotland ahead of crucial climate change talks – and you can take part in Pedal on COP day of action next Saturday, wherever you are