Campaigning

Delays to new bike lane spark safety fears family cycle event could lead to “conflict with pedestrians” – but council ensures ride can go ahead

The Kidical Mass ride will now take place on its originally planned route, “using a combination of the brand-new cycleway and safe on-road sections” which will be coned off to motor traffic

“It’s there to protect children going to school”: Parents raise alarm about “aggressive drivers” putting kids in danger by ignoring School Street

Volunteers reported being driven at and having abuse yelled at them while trying to enforce the traffic scheme that aims to help children walk or cycle to school safely

Restaurant owner goes on hunger strike to protest cycle lane in San Francisco

Other business owners have claimed the cycling infrastructure has robbed the street of its "soul" and "culture" and is "killing business"

“Watered down” cycling and walking scheme “putting bus times before cyclists’ lives”, claim road safety campaigners

Changes to a Liveable Neighbourhood design appear to have scrapped a previous plan to install a protected cycle lane on a busy road, and have been described as “radically scaled back” and “simply dangerous” by local cyclists

Cyclists could enjoy traffic-free days on Cheddar Gorge as 80% back proposal… but opposition claim “people will be run over by bikes” and “Putin’s election was fairer”

Despite the overwhelming support during the consultation stage, some vocal locals have questioned the process

“Road safety remains the biggest barrier to more people cycling”: Research suggests more than two thirds of Scots think not feeling safe is main barrier to cycling

However, 62 per cent also stated that they support re-allocating road space for cycling in their area and "most people now recognise the benefits"

Motorists urged to use Dutch Reach technique after cyclist killed in collision

The driver who opened the door that Martin Walczak hit as he cycled past has not yet faced action, the police confirmed — the cyclist's family now calling on drivers to "safeguard" others by using the door-opening technique recommended in the Highway Code

Campaigners hail “historic” EU cycling declaration

“Monumental milestone” reached as “most ambitious EU initiative” related to cycling is officially adopted

“What are they going to do to keep my children safe?”: Active travel campaigners accuse council of ignoring report and listening to “bullies” after removal of Low Traffic Neighbourhood trial

Despite the council’s report showing a reduction in traffic volume and speeds due to the LTN, campaigners say that the decision to remove it was taken before even the report was published

“Why pick on a lone female cyclist?” Cyclist slapped with £100 fine – for riding on a cycle path

The council warden claimed the cyclist was riding on a footway, despite the route being clearly marked as a shared-use path since 2011, enabling the cyclist to successfully appeal the fine for “anti-social behaviour”

“Enough is enough”: Campaigners call on housing developers to reopen community cycling path after a 6-month closure turns into 3 years

The developers have said the route will reopen in August 2025, taking the total period that it’s been closed to almost four and a half years.

Disabled cyclist wins battle to remove “discriminatory” barriers after council agrees for out-of-court settlement to modify National Cycle Network path

“It’s a fact that the UK’s cycling infrastructure is awful compared to the continent,” the cyclist said, while also expressing his suspicions about the council actually taking the steps to improve the path

CyclingMikey says cyclists breaking rules are “annoying”, but not focusing on drivers to improve road safety the “wrong way round”

The road safety campaigner urged critics of cyclists to "focus on the real menace on our public highways" and said recording and reporting law-breaking road users is "a war on dangerous and selfish road behaviours", not a "war on motorists"

“There’s safety in numbers”: Parents of cyclist killed by lorry driver call for “more people to get on bikes” and safer infrastructure, branding crash junction “an accident waiting to happen”

Emma Burke Newman’s parents have urged motorists to pay more attention to vulnerable road users, including by staying clear of bike boxes, after a HGV driver was given 100 hours of community work for the cyclist’s death

“How exactly is a disabled person supposed to access this bridge?”: Campaigners call on council to remove “unlawful, discriminatory” barriers from National Cycle Route

The barriers, recently installed at the bridge’s entrance to restrict access to ‘anti-social’ motorcyclists, represent an “absolutely shocking breach of the Equality Act”, activists say

“It’s more about culture wars than what we want for the city”: Council changes controversial cycling ban that campaigners branded “psychological barrier” to people using bicycles

With the Public Space Protection Order expiring this month the council has voted not to extend it, with councillors now saying they were "never convinced dangerous cyclists were the big issue" and the ban felt like "political theatre"

Cycling is being made “more dangerous by design”, claim campaigners after cyclists refused infrastructure and told to avoid busy junction by council

The council said there was “insufficient space” to provide additional infrastructure without introducing unacceptable levels of traffic congestion

“Disgraceful that vulnerable road users have to put up with this”: Renewed call from cyclists for drivers to be banned from using popular park as rat-run

Many have called for through-traffic to be banned from Richmond Park, the 2,500-acre green space in south-west London a popular destination for cyclists and home to numerous car parks for visitors — however, it is also used as a cut-through route

Police vow to clamp down on “unacceptable” drivers flouting bus gates and putting vulnerable road users at risk, after child knocked off bike by motorist in low traffic neighbourhood

The decision to undertake “random and unpredictable enforcement” at the bus gate has been welcomed by campaigners, who last month acted as “human bollards” to enforce the closure

Firefighters issue another safety warning after UPP e-bike battery sparks fire

"We’re asking people to check whether they have a UPP battery at home. If you do, stop using it right away, and contact the seller"

“It looks like discrimination”: Disabled cyclists’ campaign group calls relaxing of planning laws to allow bike storage units in front gardens “very worrying”, if larger designs for adapted cycles are not allowed

The government has launched a consultation proposing a change that would enable homeowners in England with no back garden to install bike stores without the need for planning permission, and comes after several high-profile 'Shedgate' disputes

“Their priorities seem all wrong”: Calls for cycling ban to be lifted on key shopping street for “great boost to struggling high street”

Some councillors have spoken out against the proposal, claiming they are "totally opposed" to allowing cycling on the pedestrianised route due to safety concerns

“Benefit of removing barriers far outweighs anti-social motorbike behaviour”: Cyclist calls for removal of barriers from cycle paths for greater accessibility

“They're not preventing the motorbike use where it is prevailing, but what they are doing is preventing people who have adapted bikes, mobility aids, prams and other legitimate uses from accessing what is rightfully a community path”

“Human bollards” step in to enforce road closure after “child knocked off bike” by motorist and cyclist reversed into

With the signs at the bus gate vandalised, campaigners say drivers were accessing the restricted access road "with impunity", the situation outside a local school returning to "being terrible again"

Family of pensioner killed in pavement collision with cyclist on “electric bicycle” call for tougher laws to punish riders who kill or cause serious injuries

The Department for Transport replied saying there are "already strict laws in place for cyclists", as West Midlands Police confirms bike seized and cyclist "assisting with our enquiries"

How to stop pavement parking? “Install bike racks”, say active travel campaigners

The Greater Cambridge Partnership has said that it is willing to consider the idea in the future

“You’ve yet again ignored cycles as mobility aids”: Former GB News producer called “ableist” after staging backlash over Hammersmith Bridge reopening to cyclists

Charlotte Gill claimed that London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman is turning the city into “CycleLand for himself and his cycle freak friends”

Park rat-run to remain closed to drivers to promote cycling, following trial made controversial by “vocal minority who drive straight through the park”

The road closure was introduced to prevent rat-running drivers using the heritage listed park in a conservation area as a cut-through near Sandbanks, one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the country

“Chronic underfunding” of active travel makes England the “poor relation” compared to Scotland and Wales says Cycling UK

Charity backs new Institute for Public Policy Research report calling on next government to ramp up spending

‘Buying a complete e-bike is generally safer’ – new government guidance uneasy about DIY conversions

Separate guidance advises on how to buy an e-scooter… while simultaneously reminding people they can’t be ridden on UK roads