Campaigning

Cyclists’ Defence Fund renews appeal for funding ahead of first private prosecution for causing death whilst driving

Trial of driver involved in collision with Michael Mason to begin next week

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Irish Road Haulage Association: headphone ban more important than safe passing law

Organisation also moots a points system to keep bad cyclists off the roads

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Petition: Urge your MP to support safer junction laws

British Cycling lobbying for change to Highway Code

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Westminster terror attack delays government cycling strategy

Launch of strategy now postponed - but will they deliver in the end?

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Pedal on Parliament to hold family-friendly protests in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow next month

Successful crowdfunding campaign allows expansion

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Cycling campaigners in Oxfordshire unveil vision for £120 million cycle route network

Safe routes between homes, workplaces and transport hubs would save £112m a year in healthcare and travel time costs, they say

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Cyclists hit back at ‘propaganda’ after children in face masks are used to protest London Cycle Superhighway 11

Regents Park Cyclists say stunt was ‘distasteful’ and ‘illogical’

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Family forced off road by bus say there were told ‘cycling isn’t a priority’ by Northamptonshire Police

Cycling UK say that police seem to have applied the ‘nobody died’ test in deciding not to prosecute

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27,000 back call for Highway Code changes as research reveals typical cyclist suffers 25 junction near misses a year

Chris Boardman delivers petition to government aimed at improving safety of people on foot or on bikes

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Cycling UK hits £12,000 Kickstarter ‘close pass’ target in less than 48 hours

Hundreds back initiative that will see mats marking out safe passing distance distributed to police forces across the UK

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“We did it” – toilet plunger guerrilla bike lane to be made permanent

Campaigners in Wichita, Kansas score a victory as city authorities agree riders need protection at junction

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Cycling UK turns to crowdfunding to help roll out close pass initiative to whole country

Charity has already raised 40 per cent of funds it needs to give a close pass mat to every police force in the country

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The 2017 Budget – What’s in it for cycling? Your at-a-glance-guide

A quick summary of the measures announced in today's budget to promote healthy and green two wheeled transport

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Campaigners fear that Cambridge’s’ Uber for Bikes’ hire bicycles WON’T have lights

Camcycle also has concernes over where and hos bikes from China's Ofo will be parked

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Toilet plungers are being used to create guerrilla bike lanes and highlight crap infrastructure

Plumbing tool pressed into service in Wichita, Kansas at junction where motorists encroach on cycle lane

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Tougher penalties for mobile phone use at the wheel from today – “a welcome first step” according to campaigners

New drivers face having their licences revoked

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Video: ‘Safety in numbers’ not working in Hackney, says academic – and number of hit and runs is rising

Dr Rachel Aldred will be talking about her research at tonight's Hackney Cyclists monthly meeting

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Close pass policing could stop almost a third of crashes that kill or seriously injure cyclists

Close passes are involved in three of the five types of crash that cause serious cyclist injuries and death; tackling those could go a long way to reducing risk says road safety chair

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Appeal for funds on anniversary of Michael Mason collision

Trial to begin on April 3

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Pedal on Parliament will be biggest ever with rides in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow

Find out more about your local ride - and join in this April

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Belfast cyclists fear danger as 4,000 more cabs allowed in bus lanes

Taxi firm says it's the "antagonistic attitude” of cyclists that's the problem

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UK’s mountain bikers say keeping sane is prime reason to ride off-road

Report from Cycling UK comes in same week as Welsh Government confirms plans to open up access top countryside

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Brighton charity calls on cyclists to ride ‘around the world’ – in just 12 hours

Preston Park event is fundraiser for First Base Day Centre

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Man who coined ‘Dutch Reach’ term asks police to publicly distance themselves from misleading video

The cyclist-protecting car door opening technique has recently been ridiculed by several newspapers

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Mr Loophole and ‘Britain’s most hated cyclist’ – Dave Sherry call for crackdown on delivery cyclists who break the law

Say time has come for government to introduce legislation “which will regulate cycling and these types of businesses”

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Cyclists stage die-in at Treasury – as another cyclist is hit by a motorbike in London

Three cyclists and two pedestrians have died in the capital in the last week

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Scottish climate change plan criticised for ‘largely ignoring’ need to promote cycling

Target is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 66 per cent by 2032

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Transport minister: No plans to introduce ‘Dutch Reach’ anti-dooring technique to UK

Andrew Jones, whose responsibility includes cycling, says he doesn’t want to tell drivers which hand to use while opening car door; campaigners say it can save lives

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Coach firm involved in London cyclist’s death has been subject of slew of complaints on social media from cyclists, pedestrians and motorists

Victim named as Karla Roman

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Campaign sees East Sussex HGV operator told to move from premises on National Cycle Route 2

Collision involving lorry and cyclist led Cycling UK to get involved

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