Government

Cycling levels falling in Scotland – ‘no way on earth’ government can hit 2020 target

1.9 per cent of the 2015 transport budget was spent on pedestrian and cycle paths

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Cycling campaigners rethink DfT’s “victim blaming” Think! video

Meanwhile, government department releases another road safety video - this one aimed at drivers

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Fury over Government cycling HGV warning video

Chris Boardman calls the video, which appears to blame a cyclist for a left turn lorry crash, "desperately misguided"

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Zimbabwe introduces bicycle licensing… 12 months’ jail for those who don’t pay

System being tested in Harare to see how annoyed people get

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Schoolkids in Reading to be given bikes to combat lateness

Council teams up with Network Rail and British Transport Police for initiative aimed at minimising classroom disruption

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Five per cent increase in London cycling in a year

Latest report from Transport for London shows more than 15,000 cyclists using two new Cycle Superhighways in peak hours

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Video: Women in Iran defy fatwa forbidding them from cycling

"It's our absolute right and we're not going to give up" say mother and daughter who filmed themselves riding

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Cycling UK backs High Court challenge to Mansfield’s ‘cycling ASBOs’

Public Space Protection Orders criminalise legal behaviour, say campaigners

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£3m cycling bridge in Melbourne faces demolition – just 2 years after it opened

Cyclist who campaigned for infrastructure says it would be "crazy" to remove it

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Oxford campaigners say cycling ‘improvements’ at key junction aren’t working

Cyclox says The Plain remains intimidating for riders, calls for traffic restrictions in city centre

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Muhammad Ali remembered as 100 bikes given to kids in his home city

Initiative in Louisville, Kentucky, acknowledges role stolen Schwinn bike played in The Greatest discovering boxing

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UPDATED: Sadiq Khan’s office says fears over London’s cycling budget “complete nonsense”

"Cycle spending could fall off a cliff," warned assembly member after quizzing mayor at City Hall

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Enfield starts work on A105 Mini Holland project

"Future generations will thank us" says councillor in charge of £42m initiative

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Funding pulled for cycling projects in Dublin, current projects suspended

News of "bananas" decision by National Transport Authority came day before cyclist was killed by HGV

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First six Greater Manchester Cycleways officially opened

Routes form part of £42 million Cycle City programme

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Sadiq Khan gives go-ahead to completion of North-South Superhighway amid overwhelming support

Similar levels of cycling expected to those seen on hugely popular southern section of route

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Rio medallists urge Theresa May to invest in everyday cycling (+ video)

Chris Boardman asks for meeting with PM in letter sent to Number 10

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Ride supporting safe cycle route cancelled – because road is too dangerous

Campaigners say stance of police and council in Oxfordshire shows exactly why off-road path is needed

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Newport cycling ban row rumbles on

While Newport City Council say Gwent Police are responsible for enforcing the order, police say ban is the council's responsibility

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Newport backs down on city centre cycle ban

Cycling UK discovered Newport City Council had read its own traffic order wrong, and can only ban cycles for half the time it wanted to

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Yorkshire submits bid for 2019 UCI Road World Championships

Prime Minister Theresa May announced government backed bid this morning

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Deliveroo drivers voice concerns over zero hour contracts as strikes continue

Government says employers can't ignore pay responsibilities, while union says the company is holding a "gun to the head" of workers on new zero hour contract

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Holidaying cyclist spends 9 days in hospital after hitting pothole council says doesn’t exist

Wiltshire councillor takes up case of Maria Hayes after checking scene himself and discovering defect

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Next phase of Manchester’s Oxford Road cycleway begins

Work starts tomorrow to upgrade cycling infrastructure. However, campaigners say "watered down" plans could put cyclists and pedestrians at risk

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Denmark cyclists allowed to turn right at red lights

The landmark decision follows a two year trial of 33 junctions, where turning right on red was found not to cause more collisions

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Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden closed as cyclists spotted on it

Bicycles are banned from Oresund Bridge which combines motorway and rail link

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Sign tells drivers: ‘Cyclists can take the lane, stop honking’

“Polite signage wasn’t working” says Councillor on rather more pointed messages to drivers

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British Cycling calls for new Secretary of State for Transport to pursue existing government cycling goals

Government target is to double cycling levels by 2020

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Cambridgeshire’s cycling champion wins commuter challenge – at 45kph?

Bike vs bus vs car race was staged as Greater Cambridge City Deal opens congestion-busting consultation

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US to set up $3m national pedestrian and bicycle information centre

Government invites organisations to bid for grants to run facility which will focus on issues inclding safety

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