Government

MPs call for £10 a head spend on cycling as Cycling Delivery Plan consultation nears close

Government urged to commit to investment by All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group co-chairs

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Newcastle, Manchester & Nottingham head list of cities that should get cycling funding, says CTC

League table ranks cities by response to Space for Cycling campaign

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Scottish traffic commissioner gets tough on lorry & coach driver phone use

Joan Aitken threatens to pull licences of firms that call drivers

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‘Motor City’ Birmingham shifts focus away from the car in its 20-year vision for transport (+ video)

Support for public transport, walking and cycling central themes as city prepares for population growth

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New Forest threatens numbers cap on events, but local councillor says it won’t work

"Cars are much more of a problem on New Forest roads than cycles," says Cllr David Harrison

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Sydney designer comes up with helmet with licence plate, indicators, windscreen wipers and more

But local council declines to back design

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DfT orders New Forest National Park Authority to return £1.5m cycling cash

Government rejects 'Plan B' road projects for money originally intended for cycle hire scheme

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TfL to overhaul Old Street Roundabout +publishes timetable for creating Cycle Superhighway routes CS1, CS4, CS5 and CS11

Consultation opens on major redesign of key junction where bikes now make up a third of rush-hour traffic

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Department for Transport plans faster, more powerful e-bikes

Calm down, your Strava segments are in no danger

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TfGM teams up with bike shops to host free winter riding sessions

Get your bike - and yourself - ready for the rigours of the months ahead at free events in November and December

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Cycle Hire scheme to expand to Olympic Park – but not until nearly 4 years after London 2012

Sponsorship clash between Barclays and London 2012 partner Lloyds TSB meant site missed out in initial expansion

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Tour of Britain visit boosted Devon’s economy by £6 million this year

County benefits to tune of £33 million over past eight years, hopes for race to return in 2016

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Boris Johnson must “get on with” building Cycle Superhighways following“tidal wave of support”

80 per cent of consultation responses back plans, though coach industry joins opponents

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Midlothian Council brings in cyclist-friendly bin lorries

Driver receives warning if cyclist is passing on the inside

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SNP could adopt strict liability as a manifesto pledge with debate on subject at party conference

SNP Propose Motion to Support Road Campaign for Stricter Liability

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TfL’s latest Cycle Safety Action Plan details cycleways, junctions, bus & lorry improvements

Acknowledges "much more needs to be done" to make city safe

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Britain’s roads “aren’t safe enough” says Sustrans as cyclist casualties climb 10 per cent

Another sharp year-on-year rise in number of riders killed or seriously injured according to latest DfT stats

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Benefit of building space for cycling far outweighs cost, says DfT

Grants to cities and national parks return five times spend

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MP calls for manslaughter charges in dangerous driving cases

Government commits to public consultation on the issue of sentencing

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Campaigners challenge Portsmouth City Council to achieve Cambridge levels of cycling

A City to Share strategy, presented to council leaders this morning, sets out how to grow cycling

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Lords debate Infrastructure Bill amendment seeking funding for cycling and walking

Campaigners call for funding to be brought into line with that for road and rail networks

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CTC and Sustrans critical of government response to Cycling Safety report

Organisations welcome changes but say that far more needs to be done

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Cambridgeshire aims to seal Tour de France legacy through launch of local cycling partnership

Sky Ride Local events next month will be first step to getting even more people in county on bikes

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Transport and safety experts demand EU go-ahead for safer lorry designs

France and Sweden looking to delay legislation to protect manufacturers

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Video: Special edit of Bicycle film highlights calls for dedicated funding

Chris Boardman says he'd trade Olympic gold medal to see cycling become everyday means of getting around

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Cambridgeshire’s ‘cycling champion’ calls for compulsory helmets for children

But admits Dutch-style cycleways would make it unnecessary

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Belfast to get ‘Boris Bikes’ by the Spring

But is the infrastructure in place to ensure cyclists are safe?

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Oxford to spend £367,000 on cycling infrastructure but row with county council means roads will not be improved

Projects are only those that did not need approval from Oxfordshire County Council

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Mayor of London open to Canary Wharf cycle bridge – asks whether it’s “a sort of curly-wurly Fisher-Price thing”

‘Brunel Bridge’ was first proposed by Sustrans in 2006

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Cars to be banned from roads near 11 Edinburgh primary schools in pilot scheme

“School Streets” initiative to be trialled from August next year – but will motorists buy into it?

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