Infrastructure

Video: Flythrough of Manchester’s planned Oxford Road segregated cycle lanes

Plans to transform busy route into city centre revised following consultation

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9 in 10 Londoners would feel safer cycling on fully segregated lanes

Support for Cycle Superhighways reiterated as Boris Johnson rejects call to introduce partial segregation

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‘Segregation will save cyclists’ lives’ says Boris Johnson – stands firm on cycle superhighway plans

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry had asked for semi-segregation along cycle superhighway

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“Brave” expat cyclist blocks car using Beijing cycle lane in one-man demonstration

Pictures of rider’s stance go viral on Chinese social network Weibo

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DfT orders New Forest National Park Authority to return £1.5m cycling cash

Government rejects 'Plan B' road projects for money originally intended for cycle hire scheme

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TfL to overhaul Old Street Roundabout +publishes timetable for creating Cycle Superhighway routes CS1, CS4, CS5 and CS11

Consultation opens on major redesign of key junction where bikes now make up a third of rush-hour traffic

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Cycle Hire scheme to expand to Olympic Park – but not until nearly 4 years after London 2012

Sponsorship clash between Barclays and London 2012 partner Lloyds TSB meant site missed out in initial expansion

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Roads without centre-lines make for safer passing, study finds

But bike lanes do nothing on 30mph and 20mph roads

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Boris Johnson must “get on with” building Cycle Superhighways following“tidal wave of support”

80 per cent of consultation responses back plans, though coach industry joins opponents

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Italy says its section of 5,900km EuroVelo Mediterranean bike route almost complete

Route from Cadiz to Limassol is one of 14 planned to span the continent

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Exe Estuary trail open for cyclists and walkers

Final section of 16-mile trail developed by Devon County Council unveiled today

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Traffic lights that actually detect cyclists installed in Utah

System is said to be reliable in all weather conditions and can easily be reconfigured if extra lanes are added

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Benefit of building space for cycling far outweighs cost, says DfT

Grants to cities and national parks return five times spend

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TfL unveils plans to add space for cycling to Archway gyratory

Notorious 60s relic to get major makeover

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TfL to address safety concerns over drivers ignoring red lights at Bow Roundabout

Luke Redpath had initially been told by TfL nothing could be done, but it is now considering his suggestions

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CTC and Sustrans critical of government response to Cycling Safety report

Organisations welcome changes but say that far more needs to be done

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Microsoft latest of 120+ businesses to back London Cycle Superhighways

Organisations employing tens of thousands in capital call for cycle infrastructure

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Work starts on £1 million Port Salford Greenway

New route will link people to thousands of jobs being created at major new development

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Cycle path that generates energy from sunlight opens in Netherlands (+ video)

SolaRoad pilot scheme generates enough power for three homes - and could eventually appear on roads

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Motorways for bikes? Belgium’s East Flanders province plans 600km – 30Kmh – ‘Cycle Highway’ network

Routes, many already in place, aimed at encouraging people to make 5-20km journey's by bike

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Glow-in-the-dark road markings coming to UK after Netherlands tests?

Luminescent lines like "going through a fairy tale," says designer

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Video: Special edit of Bicycle film highlights calls for dedicated funding

Chris Boardman says he'd trade Olympic gold medal to see cycling become everyday means of getting around

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Cambridgeshire’s ‘cycling champion’ calls for compulsory helmets for children

But admits Dutch-style cycleways would make it unnecessary

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Belfast to get ‘Boris Bikes’ by the Spring

But is the infrastructure in place to ensure cyclists are safe?

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Mayor of London open to Canary Wharf cycle bridge – asks whether it’s “a sort of curly-wurly Fisher-Price thing”

‘Brunel Bridge’ was first proposed by Sustrans in 2006

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Get people cycling for better health, says Public Health England

"Epidemic of inactivity" costs £7.6billion per year

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Second phase of London’s Quietway network announced as major junction review programme also gets underway

Quietways to be extended into all 32 boroughs

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Architects design elevated cycleways along the Regent’s Canal to alleviate congestion

Dismissed as 'potty' by Canal and River Trust

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Boris Johnson sketches out plan for elevated cycle paths running alongside London’s main railway lines

Sustrans welomes proposals, but LCC says priority should be on infrastructure on roads currently used by cyclists

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