Government

Paris to get new Vélib’ bike hire fleet – and 3 in 10 will be e-bikes

New models will hit streets of French capital from January

Cycling MP Julian Huppert says he won’t stand again in Cambridge

Lib Dem lost his seat to Labour in 2015 and failed to win it back this year

11 things we’ve learned this week

Here are 11 things we've learned this week on two wheels...

E-bikes could be subsidised and helmets compulsory under new government plans

Jesse Norman expands on his controversial road safety review

Cycling UK calls for longer bans alongside tougher sentences for drivers who kill

Charity responds to government's proposals to introduce life imprisonment in most serious cases

Ireland’s transport minister backs compulsory hi-visibility gear for cyclists

Cycling campaigners brand idea as "ludicrous"

Public inquiry into protected cycle lane in Camden opens on Tuesday

Campaigners say outcome likely to be important "or the future of cycling provision throughout London" and elsewhere

I’m not a “headline grabbing hypocrite” …I’m a keen cyclist – Transport minister, Jesse Norman responds to cycling critics

Jesse Norman comes out pedalling in defence of government's cycling safety review

Liverpool to remove 1 in 4 of its Citybike docking stations

Council says 20 per cent of docking stations account for 80 per cent of hires as it looks to cut costs

Chris Boardman urges government to protect all road users as deaths hit five-year high

Latest data from Department for Transport shows progress in cutting fatalities has stalled since targets scrapped in 2010

Sadiq Khan unveils plans for new Cycle Superhighway in south-east London

CS4 will run from Greenwich to Tower Bridge and will have four kilometres of protected cycle lanes

British man living in France pedalling 600 kilometres to Westminster to deliver anti-Brexit petition

Peter Hearn urges government to put the brakes on the UK leaving the EU

Labour pledges to spend £10 per head annually on cycling and walking if elected

Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald makes commitment at Space for Cycling rally at party conference

Obey! Transport minister tells cyclists to follow Highway Code… well, he asks leaders of cycling organisations to tell them for him

Letters are presumably in the post to the AA, RAC, Road Haulage Association, Freight Transport Association, etc

Plans for new West London Cycle Superhighway unveiled – but there’s a missing link through Kensington

Sadiq Khan launches consultation for CS9 which will run from Kensington Olympia to Brentford

Government announces cycle safety review in wake of Alliston case

Two part review promises to protect cyclists but will also look at whether new offence for cyclists equivalent to causing death by careless or dangerous driving should be introduced – and it's doing that first

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Australia’s biggest cycling organisation considering u-turn on support for compulsory helmet laws

The Bicycle Network is canvassing views on the issue – but doesn’t want the debate to descend into “a wild brawl”

Devon County Council set to green-light Exeter’s first protected cycle lane

Council cabinet is expected to approve 900m, two-way kerbed route at meeting next week

Prime Minister urged to extend dangerous driving law to cyclists

Theresa May says Department for Transport will look at issue in wake of Charlie Alliston case

Scottish Government to double annual investment in active travel to £15 a head

Steps being taken to promote cycling and walking include new infrastructure and promoting e-bikes

Vigil and die-in staged on London ‘death mile’ road with TfL accused of prioritising bus timetables over safety

Campaigners gathered yesterday evening at location on Camden Road where cyclist Ardian Zagani was killed last week

Investment in motorways is worsening congestion say campaigners ahead of government roads investment strategy

Campaign for Better Transport asks for greater investment in cycling

Chris Boardman says his role as Greater Manchester Cycling & Walking Commissioner can help cyclists across Britain (+ video)

“This is probably the best mechanism that we at British Cycling could ever have had given to us to get the job done," he said.

Sensors deployed on Belfast public hire bikes to track journeys and improve safety of riders

Data collected from devices supplied by See.Sense will inform city authorities on where infrastructure is needed

Nottinghamshire town that bans cyclists defends decision to host Tour of Britain stage

Bike riders will be welcome in centre of Mansfield to watch race … if they behave themselves

Updated: More than 9 in 10 drivers complying with Bank Junction ban

MP had accused City of London Corporation of banning vehicles for financial, not safety reasons

Campaign launched to replace landmark cycling and walking bridge in Peterborough

News that Cambridgeshire city’s Rhubarb Bridge faces chop and council plans to use crossings instead sparks safety fears

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt in row over £44k bathroom to let him “freshen up” after bike commute

Conservative politician insists all bike commuters to Department of Health's Victoria HQ can use plush facility

e-bike riders in Northern Ireland falling foul of outdated laws

1995 update to British law didn't include the territory; riders still need a motorbike licence

London council’s ‘abandoned Obike’ removal boast backfires

Wandsworth Council has removed scores of dockless Obikes for obstructing pavements...but goes quiet on questions over pavement parking by drivers