Infrastructure

Business owner claims active travel schemes will “kill trade” as council considers closing roads to motor traffic

Sheffield City Council published its plans for better bike lanes and less traffic this week

Objections raised to office bike parking scheme – because it will cause “bottlenecks and noise”

Southwark Council approves Long Lane scheme despite some residents’ opposition

Smart cycling scheme with ‘world first data trust’ will use bike lights to improve roads for cyclists

Jersey is hoping to improve cycling experiences on the island and test the idea of a "data trust" that it says will hold and protect user data

Motorists blame crash victim Dan Walker for not riding on underpass cycle lane – described by locals as “filled with broken glass”

Footage of the collision shows the driver veering into the TV presenter’s lane before hitting him from behind

Council commits to targeting motorists blocking ‘protected’ cycle lane and pavement near school – but illegal parking continues

“It’s an accident waiting to happen,” said one councillor, who argued that “more needs to be done” to make the cycle lane safe

“Cycling is for everyone”: Council leader responds to claim he “doesn’t like cycling because it’s too middle-class”

Work on big-money active travel schemes in Sheffield has been postponed until the end of 2023, but the council insists it "remains committed" to completing the proposals which were meant to be finished next month

“Green measles” bike hangars may threaten Unesco World Heritage status, resident claims

The Bath local suggested the bike hangars will offer graffiti artists a "field day" and "make Unesco's decision so much simpler"

Councillor feels wrath of “Jordan Peterson and Tories across the land” by saying gritting routes “can be sexist” and “must change” to help cyclists and pedestrians

Councillor Alex Beckett's call to review which roads should be gritted in Cambridgeshire has become the latest local transport issue to reach a wider audience on social media

Mum compares school run to “going into battle” as Sustrans calls for School Streets to be introduced in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is the only UK region not to have introduced the initiative, which restricts traffic at school drop-off and pick-up times

Anti-cycle trail protesters accused of intimidating contractors – but campaigners claim they are being “silenced” by council

Police were called to Newbold Comyn last week after a group of locals allegedly confronted contractors working on the former golf course’s new family-friendly mountain bike trails

Café owners oppose car parking ban on riverside path – because of “dangerous” cyclists

The owners say the introduction of double yellow lines on York’s West Esplanade would “increase the danger to pedestrians, rowers, and café customers”

Welsh government review “most significant change” in UK roads building policy in 20 years, says Cycling UK

According to the review, future road investment will only be considered for projects that reduce carbon emissions, support a shift to cycling, walking, and public transport, and improve safety

Cyclist suffers “life-changing injuries” after driver smashes through cycle path protective barrier

Mark Thomas was riding along a segregated shared-use path when the collision impact sent the car airborne and over the barrier

Police urge against scrapping low traffic neighbourhood, saying it reduces crime

Met highlights big fall in anti-social behaviour in Tower Hamlets area where council wants to ditch Liveable Streets scheme

Amsterdam cyclists get signs asking them not to jump red lights

Counters displaying numbers of those who waited aim to give 'nudge' to people tempted to ride through signals

Council scraps £500,000 Harrogate cycle lane expansions… even though majority support plans

“What is the point” asks cycling group, as North Yorkshire County Council accused of abandoning active travel plans based off the results of a report described as "misleading"

Software that detects motorists blocking cycle lanes being trialled in Nice

The video software, which automatically detects vehicles parked on bike lanes, has so far spotted an average of 50 infractions a day, with the offending drivers all receiving fines

Cars damaged and abandoned after drivers smash through newly installed protected cycle lane

Middlesbrough Council have now placed signs and plastic barriers around the bike lane to “help make motorists aware of the changes”

£200m available for cycling and walking travel schemes in England – with councils urged to prioritise safety of women

Active Travel England calls for bids for cash, with successful schemes announced later in the year

Jeremy Vine slams ‘garbage’ Telegraph article that claimed cycling injuries have surged since bike lane installed

Newspaper criticises West London cycleway despite minimal casualty data being available

“Is that the unicycle lane?” Cyclists blast new painted cycle lane that’s “narrower than a pair of handlebars”

The advisory lane, described by one local cyclist as a “death trap”, is the latest questionable piece of cycling infrastructure on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk to receive widespread ridicule on social media

“Frustrating” cycle lane parking getting worse, says councillor – in town where Daily Mail claimed motorists were being driven “off the road”

“It’s all very well spending all this money implementing cycle lanes, but if people can’t use them, what’s the point?”

93km air conditioned covered cycleway proposed for Dubai

Concept would tie in with Gulf state’s 20-minute city plans and include pocket parks and vertical farms

James May says 20mph is “plenty fast enough”, and hopes “change in attitude” can help end road sectarianism

The former Top Gear presenter was responding to reports that the government is considering introducing a default 20mph speed limit in built-up areas

Large vehicle may have crashed into controversial bike hangar, council says

The crushed hangar, which sparked a backlash from furious motorists after it was installed in a car parking space last year, was removed at the weekend, but no bikes were damaged or stolen

“Bizarre” seven-foot-long cycle lane a “waste of money” critics claim, but council insists it isn’t a bike lane

The 2.4m lane in Birmingham has made national newspaper headlines, prompting the city's council to defend its decision to add the markings

“Cyclists welcome – just in the right place”: Coastal path upgrades set to be shelved over concerns about environmental impact and “speedy cyclists”

Campaigners say the plans “short-change cyclists who want to commute quickly”, fuelling tensions with walkers, and that a “more appropriate inland route” should be created

Councillor calls for anti-bike barriers to prevent “dangerous” cyclists “zooming across” foot tunnel

Tower Hamlets Council passed a motion last week calling for “rigorous” health and safety checks before the ban on cycling through Greenwich foot tunnel is lifted

Extension to Middlesbrough protected cycle lane set to be scrapped due to safety concerns

Rethink comes after poedestrian and cycling injuries on part of route already open

Levels of motor traffic nearly halved within London LTNs, new study finds

Researchers who analysed dozens of schemes across 11 boroughs say little evidence of traffic being displaced onto surrounding roads