Infrastructure

Welsh Labour government to prioritise walking projects over cycle lanes, as cycling campaigners fear “missed opportunity”

Concerns come after Welsh government accused of "deeply disingenuous" move "using drop in casualties on 20mph roads to justify cutting back on active travel infrastructure"

Bollards installed on new cycle lane outside hospital after drivers immediately block it

Complaints as new cycling infrastructure outside Bristol Royal Infirmary instantly blocked by parked vehicles

“It’s important we build safe cycle routes designed with women in mind”: Abuse and unsafe infrastructure preventing more women from cycling, Cycling UK report states

Cycling UK suggests seven years of cycling progress has reduced barriers for men, but female cyclists have been left behind

“14 years of inaction”: Cyclists accused of walking on tracks and “holding up buses” in protest at constant flooding on active travel route, forcing users to create DIY path “dangerously close” to controversial busway

“A solution to the flooding must be designed and delivered before we have another serious injury or fatality”

“A textbook example of terrible highway design”: Council blasted after “serious downgrade” at popular roundabout leaves cyclists and pedestrians with no safe route to hospital

NHS workers had previously joined cyclists in slamming the changes aimed at encouraging “more and faster” motor traffic, with the council also accused of ignoring its own safety audit

Campaigners who claim to “support cycle path” actually want major bike lane plan scrapped… to make way for dual carriageway

Petition launched to protest active travel corridor, with campaigners confusingly claiming to "support a cycle path"... while also arguing the scheme is a council "agenda" that should be ditched and the road doubled in size

Cycling projects ‘squeezing out motorists in favour of cyclists’, Conservative councillor claims during “fierce” debate over controversial cycle lane

Work on next stage of major bike lane project set to last until 2027, the scheme having faced criticism from some businesses over claims about lost parking and congestion

Narrowing roads with planters and parklets could make cyclists vulnerable to side swipe collisions, finds council’s safety report, but council claims “risks are relatively small” as new environment aims to “prioritise people rather than cars”

“The new environment will contribute to creating a sense of uncertainty and caution which will reduce speed further and help in improving safety for all users,” the Labour council said

Cycle routes “painted on our pavements” blamed as campaigner calls for crackdown on “30mph” illegal e-bikes “before someone is killed”

Labour MP Gill Furniss says she will work with the police to “press for safety for pedestrians” after one activist claimed she experiences near misses involving the illegally modified machines “several times” a week

“Tree-hugging” protests backed by David Attenborough continue as council chops down trees to make way for controversial cycle lane

Long-running saga saw residents lose High Court challenge over "destructive" bike lane plans, but council says trees only being cut down because residents opposed loss of on-street car parking

Controversial ‘driveway-blocking’ cycle lane wands revealed to have cost £20,000, but under-fire council defends scheme from critics upset “you can’t just reverse out fast any more”

Councillor insists wands are "relatively low in cost" and necessary because of drivers' pavement parking, the criticism from some outraged residents centred around claims their driveways have been blocked

“Monstrous” cycling junction scheme scrapped after locals complained about removal of “iconic” lamp at roundabout

Critics argued the CYLCOPS-style junction would “gridlock traffic and cut off the high street”, as well as remove Shaw’s ‘big lamp roundabout’ – but others pointed out they’d never even noticed the “landmark”

Police sergeant tells cyclist he broke law by not riding in cycle lane after reporting close pass driver – but Irish government insists vast majority of bike paths are not compulsory

The sergeant mistakenly claimed that the compulsory use of bike lanes had been widened, prompting the government to clarify that the law was only changed to allow electric mopeds and scooters to use cycling infrastructure

Calls for “less obstructive” solutions to cycle lane’s “driveway-blocking wands” as councillor says “bollards should be replaced with white lines” – but local authority points out drivers are still parking on bike route

“Given the increasing width of vehicles, and the manner of driving by some, the use of measures like wands to protect schoolchildren in particular is an important tool,” the council said, defending the controversial wands

Cyclists slam council’s decision to spend millions on “pointless” figure-of-eight loop “bridge to nowhere”, instead of fixing muddy quagmire around it

Worcestershire County Council has refused to upgrade the path at the foot of the bridge since it is not a “defined public right of way”

Tree-hugging campaigners take “destructive” cycle lane plans to High Court, claiming council “won’t listen” to residents

The proposed cycleway has been the subject of months of complaints, protests, and accusations of “misinformation” after residents opposed plans to cut down 26 trees to make way for the active travel route

Another ‘optical illusion’ cycle lane? Cyclist slams “death trap” kerb that sent him flying over the handlebars

The council has said that it is going to revisit the area and install better signage to “make current arrangements clearer to road users as a priority”

Cycle lane outside primary school blocked twice a day by parents parking illegally, but council “dismissive” of cyclists’ concerns

"The cycle lane is completely pointless if cars are just using it as a parking bay": Concerned cyclist asks for barriers to prevent school run issues but told enforcement only carried out "when resources allow"

Motorists’ group brands council “snowflakes” as cycle lane meeting cancelled, despite police advising councillors not to attend over safety fears

BCP and Dorset Motorists claims to be treated like "an extremist organisation", but councillors cite group's "widespread" Facebook "disinformation" and police "advice" for cancellation of Question Time-style bike lane meeting

“It’s an absolute mess”: Locals furious after no solution to fix “optical illusion” cycle despite spending £11,000 and putting up with “eyesore” orange barriers for two years

After the optical illusion fiasco over the bike lane in Keynsham, this time Belfast has its one of its own — and people are saying that it’s “unacceptable that the location looks like a building site”

“There’s space and a feeling it’s safe”: New cycling roundabout impresses drivers and cyclists, weeks after furious locals claimed “nightmare” project is wasting taxes

Weeks prior to the roundabout’s opening had been dominated by complaints from locals about the design and its £950,000 cost, despite the entire project being paid for by property developers

Locals furious after car-shaped bike rack replaces disabled parking bay, demanding “give us back our parking spaces”

Council cools backlash with promise of another vehicle space "in due course", explaining that the cycle parking was installed "as part of efforts to promote environmental sustainability by encouraging cycling"

“Unrealistic” cycling targets and “great swathes of unused cycle parking” holding back new London developments, property association claims

City Property Association bizarrely claims number of cycle spaces mandated for new office buildings will be a "spectacular eco-own-goal" and worsen carbon impact of building

“Space taken for cars to drive faster… cyclists and pedestrians just brushed aside”: Controversial changes make roundabout “considerably more dangerous”, NHS staff and cycling campaign warn — as council accused of ignoring its own safety audit

Audit warned narrowness of path "could lead to conflict between cycles and pedestrians at busy times", a width that has not been addressed — a campaign saying that and numerous other issues "make a mockery" of claim changes will improve cycle journeys

Cyclists blame “hostile” NIMBYs as council abandons protected cycle lane plan after resident backlash over £1.4m “biggest waste of money” project they claimed would “devastate community”

Local cycling community left "very disappointed" by decision to ditch proposal for cycle route "properly segregated with priority at side roads" — as council sides with local opposition and NIMBYs "impervious to reason"

Plans to funnel pedestrians onto narrow crossing will “make conflict with cyclists worse” on new bike path – but council says it’s reluctant to clamp down on drivers “abusing” yellow boxes and blocking cycle lane

Planters are set to be introduced at a busy Bristol junction to prevent people from walking on the road at a spot where one councillor claims cyclists already “get annoyed” with pedestrians

Council workers embroiled in bitter LTN row offered wellbeing day off after “relentless hostility and anger” from residents opposing decision to “bulldoze through” plans for low traffic neighbourhood

Anti-LTN campaigners said the public meeting was a “fiasco” but admitted that the conduct of some attendees was “bordering on abuse”, leaving councillors “in tears”

Local backlash sees plans to swap car parking for cycle lane scrapped, but council insists “longstanding concerns about road safety and congestion” will still be addressed

Calderdale Council said it had "listened to local people" when making the decision to maintain parking spaces and ditch plans for cycle lanes on a busy A-road

“Taxis using bus lanes only serve to endanger cyclists”: Cycling campaigners slam “hidden” consultation to extend “dangerous” and controversial trial

Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure allowed taxi drivers to use some Belfast bus lanes over Christmas to ease congestion, but campaigners say it "risks making things even worse" by "clogging up" routes "with more drivers"

“They’re so bad”: Donald Trump promises to scrap “dangerous” New York bike lanes and “kill” congestion charge

President claims "no one's coming to the city" because of congestion pricing, poor "safety and cleanliness in the subway" and "electric bikes at 20mph whacking people"