Campaigning

World Naked Bike Ride returns to the UK

Dates set for 18 towns and cities

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Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway just 75cm wide in places

The £18m flagship cycling scheme features 75cm wide cycle lanes - with bollards, railings and acute angles along the way - that give way at every side road

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Chris Boardman leads calls for Sadiq Khan to deliver on cycling

Cycle campaigners remind London's new Mayor of his pre-election promises to triple cycling infrastructure and double cycle spending

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Audio: “We’ve changed the face of the city”

Boris Johnson's Cycling Commissioner, Andrew Gilligan, talks to road.cc about his legacy...and how he doubted at times the cycle routes would ever be built

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Woody Allen gets in touch with his Nimby side as he leads campaign against New York cycle path

Won’t somebody please think of the wealthy elderly

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Edinburgh’s fourth Festival of Cycling promises fun for all two-wheelers

City hosting events for most adventurous cyclists to the newest ones

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Strava data used to ban cyclists from trail

Councillors in California banned mountain bikers from a local preserve after Strava data revealed riders were travelling at speeds in excess of 20mph on shared trails

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Petition to introduce minimum passing distance when overtaking cyclists nears 10,000 signatures

Highway Code only instructs drivers to allow ‘plenty of room’ at present

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Campaigners: SNP goal of 10 per cent cycling share by 2020 “impossible” to achieve

Goal was set out in 2010's Cycling Action Plan for Scotland - but minimal progress made

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Police need to treat road crime as ‘real crime’ – voters urged to lobby Police and Crime Commissioners ahead of May 5 elections

Cycling UK has also written to regional candidates in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to gauge level of support for cycling

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London mayoral candidates go head to head in cycling debate

LCC and The Times hosted this morning's hustings

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Police officer: cycle path too risky to use with family

Ch Insp Mark Evans says a cycle path along the A38 near Bristol, which crosses a motorway slip road, has been built without thought to safety

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Protesters stage “Die-in” over lack of action on air pollution

Up to 250 people lay down in the road outside the Department for Transport offices in London to protest lack of action on poor air quality

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Record numbers turn out for 2016 Pedal on Parliament

Call for investment in infrastructure comes ahead of the Scottish parliamentary elections

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Sadiq Khan pledges to triple London cycle infrastructure

Labour's mayoral candidate is the first of the frontrunners to agree to the London Cycling Campaign's Sign for Cycling agenda, which includes a Mini Holland for each borough and reducing blind spot HGVs in the capital

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Anti-cycling campaigner claims bike lanes cause pollution

Councillor questions CS11 opponent claims cycle lanes will increase pollution levels and suggests focusing on motor traffic instead

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More bike lane graffiti appears in Nottingham

The words "door lane" have appeared in white stencilled paint on one cycle lane next to parked cars on Haydn Road, Nottingham

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Cabbies and cyclists unite against air pollution

Heads of the London Cycling Campaign and the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association agree on Clean Air Zone strategy for London

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Join in today! Pedal on Parliament in Edinburgh and Aberdeen

Safer streets for all - and a fun family day out

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Bike couriers fight for employment rights

Couriers involved are considered self-employed and are paid per delivery

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US city uses graphic novels to teach kids cycle safety

But are the comic strips from Phoenix, Arizona, too graphic? One parent thinks so

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Cyclists call for action on Sheffield tram track

Local cycling campaign calls cycle collisions on tram tracks a "major problem" and asks the council to take action

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Pedal on Parliament returns on Saturday for fifth year

The annual ride comes days ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary elections, calling for investment in infrastructure

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Cyclists support RNIB campaign to re-route Cycle Superhighway

The London Cycling Campaign says cycling infrastructure needs to work for everyone after the RNIB raises concerns about plans for a Cycle Superhighway outside its HQ in London

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Do we need mandatory retesting for older drivers?

Suspended sentence for poor eyesight driver, 80, who killed cyclist after failing to see him, raises questions about retesting drivers above a certain age, says Cycling UK

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Cycling UK says government’s Pothole Action Fund is way short of what’s needed

Charity says roads for long distance traffic are being resurfaced while local roads are “left to rot and crumble”

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Suspended sentence for vision-impaired driver who hit and killed cyclist

Disqualified from driving for life

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Isle of Man looking at bringing in presumed liability

Minimum legal passing distance also being considered

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Hit-and-run victim’s family calls for tougher sentencing

Family of cyclist killed by drink driver who fled the scene are petitioning Justice Secretary Michael Gove to strengthen dangerous driving sentencing

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Cycle infrastructure responsible for 85% of cycling increase

Researchers have found new cycling infrastructure in Cambridge was responsible for 85% of the effect of increased cycling

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