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Branson vs Pickles – Virgin boss wants towns for people, minister wants them for cars

Meanwhile, Sustrans says drivers can save money by switching to bike or foot for shorter trips

20mph limit in residential streets could roll out across Scotland following successful Edinburgh trial

25 miles of south Edinburgh slowed down, and collisions decreased according to preliminary figures

22 organisations combine to brief MPs on what they should be talking about ahead of Get Britain Cycling Commons debate

Debate takes place on 2 September at 7pm - write to your MP to urge them to attend

Dame Kelly Holmes urges MPs to get on their bikes ahead of Get Britain Cycling debate

Double Olympic champion currently taking part in Sustrans' Pedal On UK says MPs can't debate cycle safety until you have experienced conditions

Drivers to be fined and given penalty points for range of careless driving offences starting from today

New regime partly aimed at ensuring drivers breaking law don't go unpunished - but IAM says education, not fines, is key to road safety

Pressure mounts on Swiss Cycling president to withdraw McQuaid UCI election nomination

Cash-strapped Swiss Fed under pressure for its support of one of its newest members, so Just weeks before UCI presidential election in Florence, could current UCI president end up without a backer?

Turkmenistan president decrees month of cycling +video

“Security Of Traffic Movement On The Road And The Well-Being Of Our Life" initiative kicks off

Almost half of Londoners would ride more if road safety improved

Survey by London boroughs finds perception of danger biggest obstacle to cycling

Pedal on Parliament not impressed with Scotland’s Nice Way Code campaign

"£500,000 waste of taxpayers' money"

Ask your MP to attend the Parliamentary debate on cycling and have your voice heard

Date set for debate of Get Britain Cycling report with measures including 10% of journeys by bike by 2025

Member of Scottish Parliament Alison Johnstone calls for spending on cycling to go Dutch

“The money’s there; it just needs the political will to reprioritise it.”

Department for Transport’s Action for Roads plan details inaction for cycling

A network for the 21st century - as long as you want to drive everywhere

Buenos Aires fights for cycle commuters – by putting physical barriers up between traffic and riders

Now a 7km journey takes half as long as by car or bus, and cyclist numbers have quintupled

Transport for London welcomes Mayor’s Vision for the future of the capital’s roads and pledges billions of pounds in investment

Ambitious plans to tackle congestion, support economic growth and transform walking and cycling

Get Britain Cycling report secures Parliamentary debate in September

Findings of six-week inquiry to be debated in House of Commons on 2 September

Glasgow to use some of £24 million Future City funding to help boost cycling levels

'Intuitive' lighting, mapping tools and smartphone app to be piloted in bid to get more people on bikes

Surrey councillor calls for regulation of sportive events around Box Hill

Locals "intimidated by cyclists"

Traffic police numbers slashed across England and Wales, reveals new research

Road safety charity Brake slams cuts as "a false economy" that threatens road safety efforts

Social attitudes survey on transport: The people have spoken but are they telling the whole truth?

!5 per cent ride a bike once a week or more, 67 per cent never ride, 91 per cent say speed limits should be adhered to… really?

Tebbit: if you’re going to get on your bike, you should be made to carry ID

House of Lords debate on cyclist safety quickly descends into a discussion of perceived transgressions

The future of Britain’s transport? More roads

New Government paper sets out the Coalition’s stall for transport development; cycling and walking not mentioned even once.

Brian Cookson responds to “bullying and haranguing” Pat McQuaid

British Cycling president takes UCI chief to task for "sometimes absurd and entirely counter-productive feuds"

‘Restoring trust, leading change’ – Brian Cookson launches his manifesto for UCI presidency bid

British Cycling president promises fresh start for UCI at official launch of campaign in Paris

Updated Cycle Action Plan for Scotland unveiled

Aim remains 10 per cent of journeys by bike by 2020... but funding falls far short of what campaigners want

Roads may close if potholes get worse warn councils… and they’re the sorts of roads used by cyclists

Floods or a bad winter could be fatal to the minor roads leaving many unusable

Get Britain Cycling report set for parliamentary debate

Backbench Business Committee "supportive" of debate on the issue

Private member’s bill in Northern Ireland calls for 20mph speed limit on residential roads

SDLP politician says he wants to make the streets safer for everyone - drivers, pedestrians and cyclists

Anti gay marriage protestors to target Tour de France

Opponents to the new law plan to use race's international exposure to get their point across - but they'd better Beware of the Badger

#nudges4cycling… Social media campaign aims to aggregate the marginal gains that could transform cycling in Britain

Your chance to tell politicians about the small changes that would make a big difference to your cycling quality of life

Leisure cycle tourism could be worth nearly £250 million a year to Scottish economy, says report

Transform Scotland says country needs to be branded as a "must-visit destination"