Government

Edinburgh’s Meadowbank velodrome to be demolished

End of road for venue where Sir Chris Hoy started - council helpfully point out there's a new one named after him in Glasgow

Barclays to end Boris Bike deal but SERCO contract to be extended – major overhaul of London’s cycle hire scheme on the way?

New deal will end in 2015 at odds with earlier news of extension; TfL has already outlined "next generation" scheme plans to industry

Boris Johnson criticised for downgrading dangerous junctions overhauls to 33 of a promised 100

Only 25 junctions will be safer by the end of his tenancy as Mayor: cycling groups protest at poor progress

Cycling Minister hosts Leeds conference on cycle-proofing cities… but he’s not shouting about it

Meanwhile, British Cycling and TfGM get expert advice from New York City on growing cycling in Manchester

VIDEO: New cycle and pedestrian bridge to be London’s newest river crossing

£22m bridge will be funded by corporate naming sponsorship and link Chelsea and Battersea

Minister for cycling hints at cycling champion appointment, Chris Boardman wants “significant powers”

The name Chris Boardman keeps cropping up...

Bristol’s mayor George Ferguson backs rush-hour lorry ban

Boris may not be convinced about lorry bans for London, but George Ferguson wants a ban for Bristol

Chris Boardman says MPs “should be embarrassed” & don’t “even know the most basic of facts” about cycling

British Cycling's policy champion slaps down "negligent lack of research and understanding"

Bournemouth cyclists tell council: We warned you, and now you’ve built ‘unsafe’ cycle paths

Campaigners slammed 'life-threatening' Richmond Hill Roundabout plans and say outcome is as bad as they feared

Transport Select Committee hearing: There’s not a war on London’s roads, but it’s a battlefield

Follow up hearing discusses recent cyclist deaths in capital, but commentator says MPs 'ill-informed and out of touch'

Birmingham’s new bus lane cameras catch 780 offenders a day – netting council more than £1.7m in just 11 weeks

Local drivers say lanes are inadequately signed, but no sympathy from council's transport chief

Minister for cycling says he feels safe riding on London roads – but understands why others don’t

Robert Goodwill wants to see more women, less Lycra, among riders - but says fully segregated lanes aren't the answer

VIDEO: Ealing Council trials HGV cycle safety system

Lights and alarms sound in driver's cab if cyclists or pedestrians get too close, thanks to intelligent camera system

1,000 attend ‘die-in’ protest at Transport for London HQ

Speakers call for better infrastructure, truck safety improvements

Transport minister rejects call to make HGV cycle safety features compulsory

MP George Galloway urges government to take action to protect cyclists

Government ‘will not legislate’ for Mayor of London’s cyclist headphone ban

Source says banning headphones makes no sense - as deaf people wouldn't be safe cycling either

Cambridge to improve links to southern business parks with £1.7m new segregated cycle paths

Wide new lanes will safely take city residents to work south of the city

Minister for cycling Robert Goodwill to tour London blackspots on his Brompton

Meanwhile, Chris Boardman welcomes Labour's HGV safety plan as cycling comes under political spotlight

Scotland to get its first cycle counters at nine locations

Sustrans teams up with Danish specialists Falco to provide counters - government hopes they will show cycling is on the rise

Cyclists are “longing” to be run down, says peer

Down with this sort of thing

Greater Anglia wins at 2013 Cycle-Rail Awards despite planning bike ban extension

More Britons combining cycle and rail journeys than ever before

TfL said to have approached researchers over headphones and cyclist safety

Dutch study has found that listening to music "reduced visual and auditory perception"

Video: London Assembly members criticise Boris Johnson on bike safety

"Cycling is not getting safer," says Baroness Jones

Commons committee to consider cycling safety next month

Views invited via Twitter and online ahead of oral evidence session next month

Labour to prioritise safe cycling infrastructure in 2015 manifesto

Amid calls for safer roads, Labour have reiterated their desire to prioritise cycling while criticising the coalition government’s priorities

Boris Johnson says he’d back ban on cyclists wearing earphones

Mayor of London also suggests HGV rush hour ban urged by Chris Boardman wouldn't work

US judge says he’s unlikely to dismiss Lance Armstrong fraud case

Meanwhile, Floyd Landis's lawyers invoke wartime legislation on limitations

Police to crack down on mobile-using drivers this week

Brake anti-distraction campaign calls for hand-free ban too

Manchester Council employees failing to hit targets for cycle to work scheme uptake

Council workers eight times less likely to take part in scheme than other Manchester employees

Die-in planned at Transport for London headquarters as ‘save our cyclists’ petition hits over 18,000 names

Anger grows over deaths of five London cyclists this month