Infrastructure

Department for Transport agrees 30 per cent spending cut – to what extent will cycling suffer?

Ministers under pressure to prioritise road building and rail upgrade projects

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“Silent majority” back Enfield’s Mini Holland as Chris Boardman visits borough

Meanwhile Andrew Gilligan says schemes should highlight benefits for all, not just cyclists

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Opponents of Waltham Forest Mini Holland scheme have case thrown out of court

Judge rejects all claims and awards costs of £12,000 to council

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Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway will help make cycling less white and middle class

Around 50% of work on the 23km route, running through some of the country's most deprived areas, is now completed

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Video: Chris Boardman’s 3 cycling lessons UK can take from Denmark

British Cycling advisor was in Copenhagen last month with transport minister Robert Goodwill

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Study finds no link between cycling helmet laws and head injury rates

Major Canadian study concludes protected bike infrastructure does more for safety of cyclists

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#ChooseCycling Network calls for George Osborne to invest in cycling

Cycling tipped to lose out to road building and rail upgrades when budgets are announced

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Would you use a floating bicycle toll road along the Thames?

Thames Deckway inventors will start crowd funding the idea this week - it's likely to cost more than £600m though

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Birmingham campaigners feel other cities are getting higher quality cycle infrastructure

Cycling in bus lanes and shared use pavements highlighted as particular problems

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Birmingham announces a series of schemes intended to improve cycling along major city routes

Quieter “parallel” routes also earmarked for improvements

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Popular London bike route to double in capacity for year-long trial

Camden Council is replacing a lane of car traffic with a bike lane for the trial, starting next month

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Iain Duncan Smith calls for rethink on Walthamstow Mini Holland scheme

Hundreds protest against scheme following road closure trial

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Motor traffic other than buses to be banned from London’s Bank junction

Public consultation launches next month ahead of 12-month trial

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Bristol bike lane bollards to be replaced within weeks

Damage caused by drivers crashing into and mounting bollards means heavier-duty solution needed

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Consultation underway on Chisholm Trail in Cambridge

Some have expressed concerns about where the route passes the Leper Chapel

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Plans to link east and west of Edinburgh via new cycle route

Council is ‘continuing its long history of ignoring best practice and wasting money’ says campaigner

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Bristol bike lane bollards: “If they’re stopping cars they’re doing their job”.

Campaigner: councils should be allowed to trial bike infrastructure, even if it fails

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Oslo city centre will close to motor traffic in four years

Norwegian capital's new left-green coalition government wants to cut pollution, by banning cars by 2019

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General public backs massive increase in cycling investment

Findings come from biggest ever UK survey on attitudes to cycling

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Andrew Gilligan: detractors of cycling programme will be embarrassed once they see benefits

London's cycling commissioner responds to opponents of London's cycling schemes, which he says will benefit everyone

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Video: First look at London’s North-South Cycle Superhighway

YouTube user CycleGaz filmed new infrastructure last week - formal launch takes place tomorrow

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Work starts on Nottingham’s Cycle Super Highway

£6.1 million scheme under way after funding was approved last week

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Final piece of ‘soaring cycling sensation’ over Auckland motorway junction in place

New elevated crossing makes mototrway navigation much easier and safer for cyclists

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Hammersmith and Fulham cycling strategy launched

Plans to develop a ‘cycle hamburger’ at Holland Park roundabout

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Poorly designed infrastructure in Swansea ‘an accident waiting to happen’ say hauliers

New cycle route for students puts them in danger from HGVs say local businesses

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Campaigners welcome two new bike lanes for Leicester, at £3m

Following trial lane closures earlier this year Leicester looks set to go ahead with new protected bike routes

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Pedestrian crossings and painted bike logos on asphalt: Westminster’s latest “Quietway”

While campaigners welcome Westminster City Council's intention, the detail is found lacking

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Two killed as temporary cycling and walking bridge collapses in South Africa

Structure at location of planned new bridge is on route used by 10,000 people on foot and bike each day

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Sheffield gets bike hire scheme

University-funded scheme is open to all

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Video: UK three decades behind Denmark in cycling provision, admits minister

Cycling minister Robert Goodwill visited Copenhagen with Chris Boardman last week

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