Government

Lord Winston calls for urban cyclists to be licensed and insured

Labour peer has previously claimed that cycling infrastructure causes congestion and air pollution

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Parliamentary committee issues call for evidence as it launches road safety inquiry

Transport Select Committee issues call for evidence after five years in which there was no reduction in number of deaths on Britain's roads

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London’s lethal Holborn gyratory to get £12.6 million makeover for safer cycling as TfL unveils 11 new projects across the capital

Projects in Brixton, the City and Croydon also among those announced today under Liveable Neighbourhoods programme

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Bath parents launch petition for safe cycle routes to school

Petition also calls for staggered start times to ease bus overcrowding and highlights ticket price problems

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Summer heatwave saw record numbers of cyclists in London – but casualties rose too

Deaths and serious injuries up 83 percent from July to September according to preliminary figures

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Conservative MSP argues that a bike could do more damage than a car in a collision

“Being hit by an HGV is the one you really don’t want to get hit by because you’ll be dead,” replies transport expert

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Court of Appeal upholds Westminster’s legal block to Cycle Superhighway 11 – campaigners brand council’s action “shameful”

Sadiq Khan says blame for "disappointing decision" must be pinned on council

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Government repeats pledge to jail killer drivers for life

Plans for tougher sentencing were outlined in 2017 but have not yet led to legislation

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Evening Standard’s George Osborne comes out against Embankment Cycle Superhighway as newspaper appears to nail its colours to the mast early for next year’s London mayoral election

Former Chancellor joins fellow Tories in blaming infrastructure for pollution and congestion and calling for re-routing of CS3

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Transforming Cities report from Sustrans calls for massive boost to funding for cycling in bid to prevent thousands of serious illnesses in major UK cities

Charity warns that annual spend oer head in England excluding London is set to drop to 37p - compared to £16 in Scotland

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Canterbury City Council to clamp down on “reckless” food delivery riders

Council considering controversial Public Space Protection Order to further restrict cycling in city centre

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“The biggest race I’ve ever had” – Chris Boardman on making a success of Greater Manchester’s Bee Network

Champion cyclist turned campaigner believes northern metropolis can provide example for other cities to follow

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Italian city to pay people to commute by bike

Bari, capital of southern Italy's Puglia region, hopes to double number of cyclists

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Britain’s pothole problem worsening with more than half a million reported in 2017

Figures obtained by RAC show a 44 per cent jump over two years ago

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Sadiq Khan launches Action Plan to double levels of cycling in London

New design standards and infrastructure database, Cycle Superhighways and Quietways to be renamed under single unified brand

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Tory candidate for London mayor ridiculed over Cycle Superhighway 3 comments

Shaun Bailey claimed that cycle route along Embankment left riders "pinned up against the river"

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Cambridge leads for percentage of population cycling – but Hackney gets more people on bikes

Findings of Cycle Republic's analysis of official stats are unsurprising given difference in population - but still illuminating

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Cabbies cause gridlock by blocking London Bridge for fourth night running in protest at TfL pro-cycling, bus and pedestrian plans – but cyclists breeze through

meanwhile, Will Norman insists East-West Cycle Superhighway here to stay despite black cab trade-backed campaign against it

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Work finally starts to make London’s Old Street roundabout safer for cyclists and pedestrians

Project now due to be completed in 2020 - two years later than originally envisaged

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Where is the promised review of road traffic offences?

Government recognises that dangerous drivers are ‘driving a weapon’ but still hasn’t reviewed penalties despite failings

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Cheaper insurance for drivers who get cycle training, crackdown on parking in cycle lanes, and a new walking and cycling “champion”

Government announces raft of plans in response to its cycle safety review

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“Grinch” Guernsey politician wants fuel duty frozen – and cyclists taxed

“I wasn’t talking about £10 or £20, I was talking about one or two hundred," says Peter Ferbrache

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£12,000 digital signs warn Bournemouth promenade cyclists to cut their speed

Cycling UK says money would be better spent targeting "troublemakers," not "vilifying all cyclists"

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Sustrans review highlights serious flaws in National Cycle Network (+ video)

Lack of accessibility and too many on-road routes among issues flagged up as charity announces major action plan

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Greenwich roundabout where two cyclists killed “not built for human beings” says council’s deputy leader

Safety works on Woolwich Road roundabout being brought forward, TfL to consult on extending Cycle Superhighway 4 to Woolwich

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Threefold rise in cycling in Cheltenham town centre after car ban

Pedestrian footfall also nearly doubled during first fortnight of five-month trial

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Transport for London and Hackney Council unveil Stoke Newington gyratory plans

Intimidating one way system to be turned into a space for people, not motor vehicles - consultation opens today

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Plans (but no funding) for cycleway alongside HS2

Feasibility study was completed in 2016 but cover note suggests it is down to local authorities whether anything actually gets built

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Planned revisions to Highway Code will highlight danger of close passes and encourage ‘Dutch Reach’ to prevent cyclists from being doored

Campaigners hail move that will protect vulnerable road users

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Hundreds stage die-in outside Parliament calling for safer streets for cyclists

Stop Killing Cyclists organised National Funeral for the Unknown Cyclist and First Pedal on UK Parliament

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