Government

City of London set to replace car park spaces with last-mile cargo bike delivery hub

Amazon Logistics chosen to operate first hub which will remove 85 vans a day from Square Mile's streets

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party to target pro-cycling councils in next year’s local elections

Cycleways and low traffic neighbourhoods to become battleground for votes next May, with Tory candidate for London Mayor also pledging to halt active travel initiatives

PM Boris Johnson ‘ballistic’ over scrapping of Kensington High Street cycle lane

Meanwhile it turns out Daily Mail owner previously “welcomed” councils installing more cycleways

‘Save The Lane’ protest at Kensington Town Hall tonight as council digs in on removal of infrastructure

Kensington & Chelsea insists it won't be "bullied into submission" as Sadiq Khan accuses council of "knee jerk response"

Kensington and Chelsea cycle lanes to be ripped out this week

Kensington and Chelsea council caves in to opponents of schemes on key London roads

MP who opposed pop-up cycle lanes tries an e-bike – and has an epiphany (of sorts)

“My experience of an e-bike showed me how they make cycling accessible to many more people than regular cycles,” says Southampton Itchen MP Royston Smith

Residents call on council to rethink scrapping of plans for prime central London low traffic neighbourhood

Westminster ditched plans to curb rat-running drivers on Hyde Park Estate after some locals opposed scheme – but others want the measures brought in

Government cycle lane micro-management is “supreme bollocks” according to Reading transport boss

Tony Page says government wants councils to explain their consultation method

Gloucestershire being ‘punished’ for failing to build segregated cycle lanes as council receives £9m less than it bid for

Funding gap labelled an “appalling indictment” of council’s cycling ambitions

Worcestershire again misses out on funding after highways boss said lockdown cycling was “just a phase”

Leaked slide showed council bosses refused to reallocate road or parking space to cycling

“I welcome consultation because this is something people want” says Chris Boardman as Government issues new bike lane guidance to councils

“If you asked people 10 years ago, ‘Is it okay if we put 30% more traffic down your road?’ there’d be incandescent rage – but that consultation never took place”

8 out of 10 people support measures to reduce motor traffic according to Government survey

Two-thirds support reallocating road space for cycling and walking

Government confirms £175 million active travel spend – but it’s not new money

DfT says councils will have to consult properly on new spend

“Why bother about evidence?” Cycling UK responds to Tory MPs’ call to end emergency active travel funding

“So-called War on the Motorist is a myth,” says national cycling charity as it urges opponents of active travel measures to heed experts

Oxfordshire County Council leader backs highways chief who endorsed tweet suggesting cyclists should move to the Netherlands

Liam Walker said to be a “strong supporter of active travel”

Edinburgh working on emergency infrastructure to protect cyclists at location where rider was killed this week

“Enough is enough” says city’s transport convener following second fatality involving a lorry at same junction in less than two years

Parliament to debate Low Traffic Neighbourhoods this afternoon

The biggest thing happening in politics today … well, for active travel in London, maybe ...

Government backs Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycleways in reply to petition calling for withdrawal of funding

“The majority of people support giving more road space to cycling and walking in their local area,” says DfT

Riding two abreast: Sarah Storey calls for Highway Code to be clearer

Cycling campaigners say proposed new wording for Rule 66 only increases ambiguity

Ealing Council wins crucial vote on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods at emergency meeting

Meanwhile, poll finds that silent majority across country supports such schemes despite vocal but small opposition

Grant Shapps backtracks on cycling and walking pledge

“No one should be in doubt about our support for motorists” says transport secretary

Almost everyone who walked or cycled more during lockdown plans to continue to do so

Road safety charity Brake calls on government to accelerate investment in active travel

Four in 10 people unaware of government efforts to boost cycling including Fix Your Bike scheme, survey finds

Meanwhile 3 in 10 say protected bike lanes would encourage them to cycle

Greater Manchester to get 55 miles of new cycling routes by end of 2021

Andy Burnham and Chris Boardman outline 35 projects to be delivered over the next year

London’s latest protected Cycleway now open

3.6km segregated route from Tower Bridge Road to Rotherhithe welcomed by local business owner and cycling campaigners

Fix Your Bike: Just 28,000 more vouchers in second release “in the coming months”

Golden Age of Cycling seemingly involves large numbers of people waiting around to get their bikes fixed

Transport Secretary tells councils to stop “abusing” emergency active travel funding

Grant Shapps says further funding could be withheld

Slow roll-out to bike owners and slower payments to bike shops undermining Fix Your Bike voucher scheme

Slow dawn to the supposed Golden Age of Cycling

Bikelash! PM urged to act as fears grow that golden age of cycling could fall victim to govt delay and anti-cycling sentiment

Campaigners say “vocal minority” opposing change as linchpin of Government's cycling strategy is in the administrative slow lane...

East Sussex to scrap half of its planned emergency active travel schemes

DfT had awarded county more than its expected funding due to quality of its proposals