Commuting

Academics and businesses back planned new London Cycle Superhighways

Support growing for segregated cycle routes across city

Walking or cycling to work means less stress and more productivity, study finds

People commuting by public transport are also happier than those going by car, say researchers

London businesses threaten legal action over ‘Crossrail for the Bike’ plans

Major employers predict traffic chaos - but evidence from NYC suggests segregated cycle lanes reduce congestion

Cycle campaigners give thumbs up to new London superhighway plans – but not everyone’s happy

Has Transport for London got it right this time?

Cycle commuters do it better — 4 in 10 say their sex lives have improved, survey finds

Poll also discovers riding home helps switch off from working day among other benefits

Transport for London opens new Cycle Superhighways consultation tomorrow

East-West & North-South routes across London to be detailed

Win a Foffa bike with Cycle to Work Day pledge

Over 500 independent bike shops, Dame Sarah Storey, and Foffa bikes pool together to get people cycling

Drivers urged to look out for cyclists as Wiggle says this is busiest week of year for commuting by bike

Online retailer says sales data point towards late August peak, AA highlights safety message

Reading Cycle Campaign slams ‘door zone’ cycle lanes

Group says new infrastructure in Caversham puts bike riders at risk

Cool reception for “hugely complicated” London segregated roundabout plan

"Confusing" design not up to Dutch standards and "like a traffic light engineer's dream"

Cycling to work really does make you thinner study confirms

Interestingly, according to the study in the BMJ, using public transport is as effective

WeCycle app aims to provide planners with useful cycling data – for free

New app aims to perform biggest ever cycling survey to help planners build better cycling infrastructure

London has most bike commuters, study finds — or does it?

It depends how you count them

Islington cyclists stage protest after latest London fatality

Lack of joined-up infrastructure highlighted over cycle lane that finishes at borough boundary

Bristol councillor says £35m set aside for cycling would be better spent on rail

Conservative standing as MP at next year’s general election says plans “unrealistic” and “too proscriptive”

Bristol plans £35 million spend on cycleway network

£16 per head per year to get 20 percent commuting by bike by 2020

Going helmet-free not contributory negligence, German appeal court rules

Highest appeal court overturns ruling, awards doored rider full damages

Video: “My name is Penis Head” — meet Britain’s sweariest driver

Motorist caught on camera delivering torrent of abuse after roundabout incident

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Cycle helmets save lives says Neurosurgeon – in ongoing helmet row

Surgeon says he sees three children a month with cycling head injuries he believes would not have happened had they been wearing a helmet

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Crossrail lorry was involved in second London cyclist fatality last year

Vehicle involved in death of hospital porter Brian Holt was also working on major infrastructure project

France trials paying people to ride bike to work

Pilot scheme to incentivise cycle commuting will be extended in new year if successful

Dutch council ruin 80 bike locks to illegally remove bikes

Cyclists to be reimbursed for locks after expansion work to Amsterdam bike park was brought forward

What’s Britain’s most stolen bike? The answer will surprise you

Not carbon bling, but mid-range flat-bar commuter bikes turn out to be thief magnets

Video: Cycling commuters caught unaware in Tesco Mobile ad

In a Remi Gaillard-esque advert a bunch of dreary commuters have their journey brightened up

Sustrans and Cyclenation launch handbooks for bike-friendly transport

Different approaches to getting Britain cycling

Met says thieves target mass-market commuting bikes – because they are easier to sell

Specialized Allez among most commonly stolen bikes, as figures reveal 10 per cent drop in reported thefts in 2013/14

Belfast cyclists’ safety fears as off road commuter route closed for two years

Council suspends section of Lagan Walkway while £29.5m expansion of Waterfront development carried out

Boris bikes fuel rising prices in London rental market, says lettings agency

Research shows soaring demand - and rents - in previously unfashionable areas as bike hire puts tube stations within reach

Oxbridge cities top cycle-to-work league table

But London boroughs dominate in terms of percentage-point increases in cycling commuters

Drunk, speeding, hit and run van driver who killed cyclist sentenced to eight years in jail

Dying cyclist discovered by his mother in a ditch three hours after fatal collision