Government

Budget: Cash for driverless and electric cars – but no mention of cycling

“Our future vehicles will be driverless, but they’ll be electric first,," says Philip Hammond

Mandatory hi-vis and helmets will be considered as part of government cycle safety review

Consultation will look at infrastructure, education, signage and more

“Fully driverless cars” on UK roads by 2021 says Philip Hammond

Chancellor announces plans for UK to be world-leader in the technology ahead of Wednesday's Budget

Swiss capital Bern loses half its cycle campaign funding after vote blunder

Green councillors in Bern mistakenly pressed the green button not the red one when issue

Planned laws for driverless vehicles fail to address criminal responsibility says Cycling UK

Charity says current dangerous driving laws won't apply when vehicle is in self-drive mode and urges government to take action

Leader of Ealing Council says “Segregated cycle lanes are the answer”

Councillor Julian Bell believes more people would cycle if safe infrastructure were built

Row in village at foot of Mont Ventoux over plans for cycling hotel and shopping complex plus 3,000-seat covered velodrome

Residents of Bédoin claim "white elephant" wouldn't benefit village's economy and would kill its character

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Proposed Oxford Street cycling ban a “disaster for cycling in London,” says Andrew Gilligan

Former cycling commissioner; slams Mayor Sadiq Khan's plans to pedestrianise Europe’s busiest shopping street

“You’re fired!” – Cyclist who gave Trump the middle finger gets the sack

Juli Briskman lost her job with US government contractor for violating company's social media policy

Bye-bye Boris Bikes – hello Sadiq Cycles as next-generation hire bikes launched in London (+ videos)

New, lighter bikes are made by Pashley in Stratford-upon-Avon – take a behind-the-scenes look at how they are made

Cyclist flips Trump the bird as she joins motorcade procession

The woman had a very clear message for the climate change denier

Almost 1,000 cyclists fined under Peterborough’s Public Space Protection Order – in just three months

Controversial legislation bans people from riding bikes on city’s Bridge Street

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”