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Police aim to educate drivers & cyclists in safety initiatives in Bristol & Edinburgh

Advanced Stop Lines part of focus as officers in both cities highlight motorists' confusion over them

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Greater Anglia wins at 2013 Cycle-Rail Awards despite planning bike ban extension

More Britons combining cycle and rail journeys than ever before

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Commons committee to consider cycling safety next month

Views invited via Twitter and online ahead of oral evidence session next month

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Police operation to educate and advise cyclists and drivers raises questions about police education and advice

Officer tells one cyclist: Wear hi-vis in case driver forgets glasses

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Sustrans calls for action after 11 cyclist deaths in UK this month

Segregated lanes and quietways part of the solution, says charity

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London police stopping cyclists without helmets in “advice & education” exercise

HGV drivers also being stopped in Road Safety Week project

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Scottish cycling provision “decades behind” despite handful of good local authorities

Study commends five outstanding authorities but transport minister says focus should be on commuters

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Edinburgh cyclist injured by clothes line strung across cycle path

Police investigating; second cyclist narrowly avoided another trap nearby

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Andrew Gilligan says cyclists may be safer without safety gear

London Cycling Commissioner addresses Cycling Scotland conference in Glasgow

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Cycling sales boom at Halfords as retailer posts interim results

Growth due to better weather this spring and summer and continued British success

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Free lights for kids as Dorset & Cambridge police tackle unlit cycling

Adults get seven days to light up in annual autumn crackdowns

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£60 a trip: Low usage could see Dumfries cycle hire scheme scrapped

Two hires a day at cost of £60 - councillor says it would be cheaper to buy users their own bikes

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Boris Johnson admits riding bike without rear light

London's Mayor caught out by cabbie... also repeats rickshaw ban pledge

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Annual Oxford bike lights crackdown sees 171 cyclists fined

Operation comes as CTC provides bike training to Oxford freshers

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Man charged with sexual assault on women using Bristol-Bath path

Charge relates to six incidents this year on Bristol and Bath Railway Path

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Bristol plans Dutch-style network of bike routes across city

Public consultation to start early 2014 - scheme based on Bristol Cycling Campaign manifesto

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Cyclist casualties up in Scotland as MSPs debate safety

Presumed liability subject of Holyrood debate, but minister says no "robust evidence" it improves road safety

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Trial of driverless pods on pavements of Milton Keynes heralds “science fiction future” (+ video)

Technology could be the future of urban transport, say ministers

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DfT urged to change road design rules now or risk strangling David Cameron’s ‘Cycling Revolution’

Cycle City Ambition cash could be wasted if planned road design rule changes not brought in now, say CTC and British Cycling

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Edinburgh Council responds to tramline cycle safety fears

Signage installed, taxi lanes enforced, with further measures to follow

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‘Boris e-Bikes’ set to be trialled in North London

Muswell Hill, Crouch End and Ally Pally to take part in scheme based on Finsbury Park

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Come friendly bikes… Cycle Hire Slough launched yesterday

Berkshire town perhaps a little bit more “fit for humans” as hire bikes go live

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Video: Cambridge gets world’s first glow in the dark path – coming soon to a city near you?

Light-emitting UV crystals save time and cost and improve safety, says company behind concept

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Death of French student struck by lorry while riding Boris Bike “accidental”

TfL once again under the spotlight in week's second inquest into death of cyclist in London

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Video: Groningen – The World’s Cycling City from Streetfilms

15-minute documentary explores how Dutch city achieved astonishing 50 per cent modal share

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New map based on TfL data shows cycle traffic flows in central London

UCL researcher's map also enables different modes of transport and times of day to be compared

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Brian Dorling inquest: Coroner to record narrative verdict on Bow roundabout fatality

Cyclist had "a false sense of security" due to blue-painted Barclays Cycle Superhighway road markings

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Updated with video: Brompton Junction store opens in London’s Covent Garden

Store showcases folding bike brand and follows four others in Europe and Asia

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Cycling on the up in Scotland, says Sustrans

Threefold increase in trips on some National Cycle Network routes

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Work begins on million-pound off-road cycle track in York

Flagship route connects city with homes, leisure and retail centres

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