Campaigning

GB Academy riders learn first aid with Red Cross as cyclists are urged to learn life-saving skills

Up Your Game campaign encourages cyclists to learn first aid

Ayrshire bike lane to be ripped out…for £95,000

Anger that local people weren't consulted over the route, which protected cyclists without removing any motor traffic capacity, means the council must now spend £95k removing it

“I’m a cyclist too” stickers for cars

Driving? Want to show solidarity with your fellow two-wheeled travellers? There’s a sticker for that

DfT rejects Cycling UK call to withdraw ‘Hang Back’ video

Charity had urged transport minister to pull controversial footage, but DfT says it has "no plans" to do so

Husband of woman who died after fall from bike says helmets should be mandatory

Carmen Greenway fractured her skull after hitting ‘rough’ patch in the road on her way home from a pub

MSP: Small shift to cycling would help cut transport emissions

In a Holyrood debate Scottish MPs called for default 20mph limits in residential areas and around schools, saying it would allow more children to play outside

Family of cyclist killed in HGV crash: tackle dangerous roads

The family of Esther Hartsilver, who was killed when a lorry driver turned left in Southwark, say too little is being done to improve London's roads

Man protests bike lane…by rowing on it

Andrew Russell protests a new protected bike track in Ayr by setting up a rowing machine, and inadvertently proves why safe roads are a good thing

Residents oppose Quietway through East London Park

Child has already been injured by speeding cyclist, say locals

London mayor Sadiq Khan plans to ban unsafe lorries from capital’s roads

London Cycling Campaign welcomes proposals – but haulage trade body says they're “unfair”

Leeds bike path barriers too narrow for bikes to use

Several of Leeds' bike routes, including parts of the National Cycle Network have A frames barriers that are too narrow for many bikes' handlebars to get through

Hampstead demo and judicial review planned against Cycle Superhighway 11

Protesters against planned infrastructure launch £150,000 crowdfunding campaign to fund legal challenge

Chris Boardman: DfT Hang Back video makes “entertainment out of death”

Former world and Olympic champ also speaks about Wiggins controversy, calls for TUEs to be made public

Cycling campaigners rethink DfT’s “victim blaming” Think! video

Meanwhile, government department releases another road safety video - this one aimed at drivers

Fury over Government cycling HGV warning video

Chris Boardman calls the video, which appears to blame a cyclist for a left turn lorry crash, "desperately misguided"

Seville brings in priority for cyclists and 18mph city centre

City adopts measures proposed by cycling advocacy group

NHS trust accused of spending £10,000 blocking cycle route

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust is campaigning to stop a cycle superhighway, without seeking evidence to back up its safety concerns

Cycling UK backs High Court challenge to Mansfield’s ‘cycling ASBOs’

Public Space Protection Orders criminalise legal behaviour, say campaigners

‘Cycling champion’ knocked out by pavement cyclist calls for action against reckless riders

Incident happened as Barnes town centre manager left meeting about cycle routes

£3m cycling bridge in Melbourne faces demolition – just 2 years after it opened

Cyclist who campaigned for infrastructure says it would be "crazy" to remove it

Oxford campaigners say cycling ‘improvements’ at key junction aren’t working

Cyclox says The Plain remains intimidating for riders, calls for traffic restrictions in city centre

One in three admit to driving with handheld phone

The RAC's latest survey reveals a doubling in acceptance and use of handheld phones behind the wheel in two years, as drivers realise they can "get away with it"

Cyclist wrongly told police couldn’t investigate car collision

North Yorkshire Police say their operator had it wrong, and are now investigating the collision, attracting criticism over their handling of the incident

Kidical Mass: families cycle around the world calling for safer cities

The annual family-friendly bike rides are intended to highlight kids are traffic, too, and make the case for safe cycling provision suitable for all ages

Kate Hoey may have instigated hospital’s costly legal campaign against floating bus stops

Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Trust has spent over £10,000 opposing cycle lane plans

England ‘missing out on cycle tourism due to trespass laws’

Rural tourism could be worth so much more if cyclists were just allowed to use the paths that are there

24,000km cross-Canada cycle route almost complete – but is it as good as it looks?

Canadians will be able to traverse the entire country on two wheels by 2017, say organisers

Chris Boardman says mum’s ‘needless’ death has strengthened his campaigning resolve

Says he has become irrationally worried about his family riding bikes “even though statistically I know it’s safe”

Ride supporting safe cycle route cancelled – because road is too dangerous

Campaigners say stance of police and council in Oxfordshire shows exactly why off-road path is needed

Mini Holland protesters lose judicial review

Campaigners concerned a cycling scheme would increase congestion and harm businesses have had their case dismissed and ordered to pay court fees