Campaigning

Oxford newspaper launches helmet campaign after cyclist’s death

Offers discounts on helmets – but some may take issue with the tone of its campaign

Cycling App of the Week: Fill That Hole

Seen a nasty pot on your route? Want it fixed sooner rather than later? Fill That Hole is an app that could make it happen…

Friends of a cyclist left paralysed and stranded in a Spanish hospital crowdfund to bring him home

Generosity of strangers brings John Telfer closer to coming home

Petition calls for cars to be banned from parts of Oxford

Plea comes after student was killed earlier this month

‘If you want to save lives, reverse the cuts in traffic police’ says RoadPeace report

England and Wales has lost a quarter of its traffic police outside London since 2010

Huge cartoon cut-outs used to highlight safety message by US cycling campaigners

Eight of the eye-catching boards were installed on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston last night

Scotland’s 20 worst cycling collision blackspots named

Research from Sustrans looked at number of cyclist casualties and adjusted data for local levels of cycling

Day 1 of Bank Junction vehicle ban – but video shows some drivers ignoring it

Motorists to be sent Warning Notices rather than fined during opening weeks of 18-month trial

North Yorkshire Police becomes first force to get one of Cycling UK’s close pass mats

Forces across rest of UK to get their ones later this month after successful crowdfunding drive

London cyclists to hold flashmob tomorrow to celebrate first day of “historic” Bank Junction car ban

Taxis, cars, vans and lorries to be banned from 7am-7pm as junction given over to buses and bikes in 18-month trial

Campaign to research and revive 300+ miles of cycle ways boosted by big corporate backer

US firm Showers Pass gets behind plans to open up 1930s cycle routes

Residents release hundreds of rubber ducks into potholes to highlight dangerous problem

Oxfordshire villagers say the problem is getting out of hand

Routes revealed for next month’s World Naked Bike Ride in London

Seven start points for "bigger than ever" event, with nearly 20 other British towns and cities hosting similar rides this year

Stop Killing Cyclists to hold vigil and die-in outside Labour HQ this evening

Similar protest planned for Conservative HQ next week as group calls on parties to commit spend to cycling and tackle air pollution

Concerned London borough residents told: “Mini Holland will happen” after three years’ wait

Waltham Forest residents concerned their part of a Mini Holland project was scrapped are told it will happen, as "sheer scale" of project stretches it into a fourth year

London Boulevard: Could 1.9 mile “scar across London” become a capital cycling icon?

According to campaigners, the route from Old Street to Oxford Street sees 2.5 times as many bikes as all other vehicles combined, despite being stressful and unpleasant for cycling

San Francisco cycling campaigners form “people protected bike lane” in call for safer infrastructure

Initiative comes after city authorities made one of the group’s guerrilla bike lanes permanent last year

Hundreds to ride for safer streets in Oxford tonight after cyclist’s death on Tuesday

Safe space plea comes after Claudia Comberti was struck by a bus after falling from her bike

Sustrans responds to government cycling and walking investment strategy with five-year strategy of its own

Keen to see expansion of the National Cycle Network

Dame Sarah Storey to campaign for safer roads for cyclists on behalf of British Cycling

Will work alongside British Cycling policy adviser Chris Boardman

West Midlands Police’s plain clothes cyclists spurn hi-vis

“Drivers actually paying attention is the most important thing”

Greater Manchester mayoral candidates back Cycling UK Vote Bike pledges

Cycling UK teams up with local campaigners to call for action om cycling ahead of Thursday's polls

Pilot close pass initiative in Scotland already changing driver behaviour

Nearly 70 drivers have been given the 'chat on the mat' about their actions

The cyclist pedalling the globe for climate change evidence

Devi Lockwood aims to map the effects of climate change for the world to see

Record turnout for Scotland’s first national Pedal on Parliament event

Cyclists across Scotland pedalled for better cycling conditions this weekend

Government abandons whiplash crackdown which would also have hit legitimate claims from cyclists

Thousands backed Cycling UK campaign against proposed changes

Where next for Road Justice cycling campaign following Mick Mason case?

Driver acquitted but campaigning continues

‘Bizarre’ gates appear on Cambridge cycle path

Ridgeway cycle way nears completion

Boardman dismayed at outcome of Michael Mason case

Believes a review is needed of how the justice system responds to road collisions

Cycling UK asks metro mayoral candidates what they will do for cycling if elected

Says local voices are needed and encourages residents to contact candidates via online tool