Labour pledges a real cycling revolution backed by long-term investment

I'd more inclined to listen if they (Labour or whoever else wants my vote) made S.M.A.R.T statements of intent and not just vague promises.

By the way S.M.A.R.T stands for

Specific
Measurable
Accountable
Resourced
Time bound

What are the chances our politicians will sign up to that? And actually keep their promises? Like Nick Clegg did over student grants eh!

Don't make laugh

The only pledges they keep are expenses, (fiddled or otherwise) and MP's salaries.

100bhp cars, you mean about 90% of motor vehicles then? I have six year old 1.3 normally aspirated car that's rated at 90 bhp.

Who says motorbike riders are whiter than snow anyway?

I personally think compulsory hours bike ride as part of the test would be a step forward. Or the offensive of impatient driving for those up the arse or close passing.

If you believe this bollox from Liebour you probably believe the moon is made of cheese and Santa Claus does exist .

Labour, here is what you need to deliver to cut the death toll on Britain's roads:
Strict Liability.
More vehicle width restrictions on narrow roads.
Vulnerable users have priority by default at junctions and roundabouts effectively making it an offence to overtake.
All new vehicles, taxis and vehicles over 2T, 2m width, 6m long or 100bhp/T to be fitted with active collision avoidance systems, front and rear cameras which store the last 15 minutes imagery, GPS location data and telemetry for automatic upload to insurance and police in the event of a collision, by 2020 at the cost of the owner.
1m minimum overtaking distance for vehicles passing vulnerable road users.

Specific offences automatically applied in all reported collisions with vulnerable road users:
"Endangering a vulnerable road user" 3 points
"Injuring a vulnerable road user" 6 month ban and re-test
"Killing or Seriously injuring a vulnerable road user" - Lifetime ban.
Allow "endangering" to be negated by taking Bikeability training to level 3 standard or compulsory basic training for motorcycles, for close passes, parking in cycle lanes or blocking access to cycle infrastructure.
Routine 5 year theory re-tests focussed on vulnerable road users and new road infrastructure to keep the driving population up to date. Fail the theory, lose your licence until you pass the full test.
All existing cycle lanes widened to a minimum of 2m and made 'Mandatory".
Minimum of 1m spacing between car parking and an adjacent cyclelane.
Traffic lights become give-way for cyclists unless there is a specific red cycle light.
Pavements and public footpaths to allow cycling by default unless they are less than 2.5m wide or there is a specific risk of erosion or the presence of protected wildlife.
Enforcement cameras on all traffic lights with ASLs.
Legally enforced 'design rules' with Space for Cycling built in for all new roads or road redevelopment.
20mph within cities, 50 mph on urban dual or rural single lane, 40mph on narrow roads with passing places, 100mph limit on 3-lane (or more) motorways to placate drivers and reinforce that you drive slow in towns.

How about offering:

20mph in all residential areas and most city roads.
Collision Liability law like they have on the continent.
Enforcement of traffic laws
Sensible sentencing
Re-write careless/dangerous driving laws with better wording, including specifics for common crap such as 'the sun was in my eyes' etc.
Collision detection sensors as mandatory in all new vehicles
Rules/code for cycling infrastructure so no more dangerous cycle lanes etc.
Train everybody in charge of road infrastructure.
Passing distance law 1m under 30mph, 1.5m over 30mph.
More sensible speed limits on single lane winding A roads
Cycling videos treated seriously as evidence and followed up, Roadsafe nationwide that works and is manned by more than 1 person out of the tens of thousands available.

Concrete promises not wishy washy 'we'll improve cycling'.

The whole tone about funding for cycling like we cycle on different roads is just daft. Cycling needs to become an integral part of all infrastructure decisions as standard. Traffic smoothing clearly doesn't work, time to dump the old methods.

What is needed is real action and a long-term strategic effort to promote cycling

No, cycling doesn't need 'promoting', people already want to cycle but they don't because they are too scared to cycle on Britain's roads.

Is there an election imminent by any chance?

There would be more votes in declaring open season on cyclists.

Headline should read;

"Labour Pledges to say Absolutely Anything to win Election..."

Well, the noises are a start at least. Having abandoned voting as a fools errand some years ago it is going to take some proper intent for me to go back and test their promises.