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Council threatens legal action against councillor who cut down vegetation blocking path

Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council says action by Green councillor could constitute criminal damage

Parish council calls in police to oversee bike rack installation amid protest fears

Residents accused the council of being a 'dictatorship'...

‘Traffic is not a force of nature’ Boris Johnson praises success of Low Traffic Neighbourhood and cycle schemes

"For decades we mourned that children no longer played in the street. Now once again, in some places, they do"

Cycle safety in focus as Highway Code changes revealed, including setting out hierarchy of road users

Government also announces £338 million for cycling and walking schemes across England

Liverpool’s climate emergency chief decides to rip out pop-up cycle lane

#BikeIsBest says “deeply worrying” development calls into question council’s commitment to tackling climate change

Jacob Rees-Mogg used racist term in House of Commons during swipe at “lunatic” cycle lane plans

Commons Leader also asked to apologise for “extremely offensive racist term” used in answer on Southport bike lanes

Cycling UK accuse government of missing ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure there are less cars on the roads

“At the start of the Plan’s development, Grant Shapps spelled out his vision of a world in which ‘we will use our cars less’. But we still don’t know how much less, or by when.”

“Not a good use of public money”: minister says council who ripped up pop-up cycle lane can’t bid for more active travel funding

The cycling minister tells West Sussex County Council it can't bid more for funds this year after ripping out a popular pop-up lane last year

Plans for new Lidl store rejected because they fail to consider pedestrians and cyclists

Chris Boardman has praised the "embedded commitment to change" from Salford Council that saw the proposal turned down because it wouldn't "sit sympathetically" with the area

Hackney Council collects £2.7 million from drivers who breached LTN rules

Analysis revealed that 82 per cent of the drivers who were fined didn’t even live in the borough

Minister repeats there is no prospect of requiring cyclists to be licensed as ‘Mr Loophole’ lawyer Nick Freeman continues to push his petition

Licensing would deter many from cycling, and costs and complexity of system would outweigh benefits, says Baroness Vere

Government to roll out Mini Holland schemes beyond London

Around a dozen local authorities outside the capital will share £239 million to boost cycling and walking

Government tells councils it won’t fund painted cycle lanes

Department for Transport reiterates that it will only pay for segregated infrastructure as it invites fresh applications for funding

Councillor claims planned Surrey Bike Park could attract child molesters

Remarks made in meeting about private company taking over BMX track at Ranmore Common

MPs and peers launch inquiry ahead of new Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking will host three evidence sessions

Edinburgh Transport Chief defends scheme helping ’45 per cent of residents’ without a car

"45 per cent of the people in this city do not have access to a car - so when we only have policies that support car use, what we’re essentially saying is that 45 per cent don’t matter - well, they matter to me."

Canal and River Trust urge cyclists to stay below 8mph on towpaths

Automated signs will give anyone cycling below 8mph a 'Thank You' message while faster cyclists will be told to '#StayKindSlowDown'.

Majority of people support building more segregated cycle lanes, new research finds

The study looked at what would get more people riding bikes, and what they felt the biggest barriers were...

E-bikes finally coming to London’s Santander Cycles hire fleet from next year

Idea was first mooted in 2013; could expansion of hiring zone see it expand to hillier parts of capital?

North-South divide in uptake of Fix Your Bike vouchers

Government figures reveal people in London, South East and South West were most likely to take up £50 voucher offer

Traffic monitoring group slammed after telling cyclists not to ride at night

The hastily deleted post was called 'obscene' with people pointing out commuters can't always choose when they ride; SWT now say the tweet was sent in error

Ed Miliband only ‘mastered’ riding a bicycle aged 50

He also admitted he 'resisted' using an adult tricycle in case he was photographed on it

Chris Boardman appointed Greater Manchester’s first Transport Commissioner

Boardman has been working as the walking and cycling commissioner since 2017

Hull City Council deploys smart technology to improve cyclist safety

Intelligent studs will sense riders approaching and illuminate to alert motorists

Centre of Paris to become a huge low traffic neighbourhood

Through motor traffic to be banned from centre of French capital by end of next year

Shedgate: Planning officers “got it wrong” says Leicester mayor

“Providing a space to store bikes is going to be increasingly important,” says Sir Peter Soulsby

Fix Your Bike scheme reported to have closed with only 4 in 5 vouchers released

400,000 vouchers have been issued under £25m scheme to get unused bikes back on the road

Southampton bike lane to be ripped out after Tories win control of council

New administration also set to review Labour’s transport plan which had heavy focus on active travel

Huge potholes force drivers onto ‘opposite side of road’

"I am amazed the council have not classed the area as dangerous"

What “Golden Age for Cycling”? The English council spending least on active travel is home to Boris Johnson’s constituency

Hillingdon Council spent just 20 pence per person on cycling and walking last year according to figures obtained by Cycling UK