Government

Department for Transport commissions report on Active Travel Fund schemes – but you’ll have to wait three years to read it

Cycling UK urges government to spell out to councils what it expects from them on cycling and walking initiatives

Adam Tranter appointed first West Midlands Cycling & Walking Commissioner

Cycling PR pro and campaigner will push forward plans for active travel in England’s largest city-region outside London

Scotland’s active travel minister criticised again for lack of helmet

Critics say Patrick Harvie should “set an example” after he was pictured at school Bikeability session

Canadian minister criticised for ‘using bike as prop’ while attending parliament virtually

“Only a Conservative could see a bicycle as a partisan symbol,” said one “dumbfounded” MP

Are world leaders “delusional” when it comes to active travel? COP26 discussed, plus how to layer up for winter riding on episode 12 of the road.cc Podcast

On the dozenth road.cc Podcast... why was cycling and walking not even on the main agenda at COP26? Carlton Reid talks to Simon about the recent UN climate summit

Tory councillor apologises for comparing LTNs to South Africa’s apartheid era pass laws

The leader of the Conservative group on Hounslow Council has apologised for the comments, while a Labour councillor says Tory opponents “are using language that is disgracing themselves” on active travel

Andy Burnham urges residents to not chuck hire bikes in canals

Burnham said he hoped the city's latest fleet of hire bikes would not end up in the canal

Billionaire Tory peer calls for removal of temporary cycle lanes in London

“Keen cyclist” Lord Cruddas, controversially appointed by Boris Johnson, appears not to share PM’s enthusiasm for bike lanes

MPs to debate killer hit-and-run drivers after petitions hit 100,000 signatures

House of Commons debate will take place on Monday 15 November

Budget reaction: £2 billion for active travel not enough for government to meet its own targets, warn campaigners

Chancellor Rishi Sunak sets out spending plans to 2025 – but planned investment in cycling and walking is well below what is needed

Cycle lane ‘a bit crap’ because cars can still park in it, says councillor

"It will be helpful in future if cycle lanes are not shared with parking.”

Glasgow to build 270km cross-city active travel network

No home in Scotland’s largest city to be more than 400 metres from a segregated cycleway

Tory chairman: Get off your Peloton and back to your desk

Civil service union says Oliver Dowden’s comments to Conservative Party Conference are “insulting”

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Birmingham moves closer to banning through motor traffic from city centre

Councillors expected to vote through plans later this month to create seven LTNs inside city’s ring road

Treat road deaths as public health issue, says Oxfordshire’s cycling champion

Councillor Andrew Gant was speaking following death of a cyclist in collision involving lorry-mounted crane yesterday

Lockdown sees cycling gender gap narrow, government statistics reveal

Men still made twice as many trips by bike as women last year – but it was three times as many in 2019

Fox News pundit slams Joe Biden bike ride – but ignores the hundreds of golfing trips Donald Trump took in office

Cycling is definitely not the new golf for right-wing channel as it casts doubts over President’s fitness for office

MPs and peers call for new Highways Act to support active travel in England

All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking publishes report ahead of forthcoming second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy

Campaigners seek funding for legal challenge to removal of Poole active travel scheme

Keyhole Bridge underpass which provided safe link between two parks in Dorset town was reopened to motor vehicles in March

“Immediate” safety changes announced for killer junction in Holborn

Southampton Row and Theobald's Road junction to be made safer for cyclists in wake of latest fatality

Criticism of £100,000 ‘Grass covered’ bike stands built ‘to keep seats dry’

"We are concerned about that amount of money. Had it been a secure lock-up for bikes, no problem, but to me this just looks like a bike-rack with a roof on it.”

Protesters demand urgent action on dangerous London junctions

Hundreds gathered near Holborn to demand action

Scotland’s active travel minister criticised – for not wearing a helmet while cycling

Green Party politician Patrick Harvie says wearing a helmet makes him feel as though he is competing in an extreme sport

Cyclists could face £1,000 fine if caught riding in pedestrianised zones

Anyone caught cycling in the areas would be handed an on the spot fine of £100 and could be given the higher penalty if they go to court

Nottinghamshire among local authorities preparing bids for Mini Holland cash

Stapleford chosen as town that could benefit most from DfT funding; elsewehere, Crawley Oxford and Shrewsbury also among candidates

Cyclists and pedestrians face four-week ban from area around Glasgow climate change summit

Glasgow City Council says restrictions needed for security reasons as SEC hosts COP26 summit in November

Camden cycle lane voted through despite Conservative claim road was “Too steep” for it

Councillors had claimed schoolkids won’t use protected bike lane due to gradient averaging 3.5% – but local schools back the infrastructure

Shedgate, the Manchester edition: Planning permission likely to be refused for bike shed – since it would create ‘visual clutter’

Resident says council planner’s response is “Ridiculous” and reflects “A real lack of joined-up thinking”

Benches better than cycle lanes, claims councillor

'The current proposals in respect of cycle lanes which are continuing to cause a huge amount of local concern and distress amongst the public'

Huge boost to active travel in Scotland as SNP and Greens pledge to spend nearly £60 per person per year

Massive hike in budget for walking and cycling revealed in shared policy document published today