Infrastructure

“Shared-use path” signs to be put up after pedestrian’s “resentment” towards cyclist using pavement led to manslaughter

The changes are to come after Auriol Grey was sentenced to three years for killing an elderly cyclist in Huntingdon

“It’s too dangerous to cycle on the roads”: Conservative councillor’s call for cycling infrastructure in new housing developments branded “pathetic” by fellow party members

A councillor opposed to the cycling plans said: “There is no way I would get on a bike… If you weren’t run over by a HGV being driven illegally through the village, a speeding car charging round the corner would get you”

New ‘protected’ contraflow cycle lane opens on one-way road – and drivers immediately begin parking in it and crashing into bollards

“It used to be a two-way road. I turned the corner and I heard a car beeping… and that is when I hit the bollard”

Cyclist raises theft fears as bike rack easily unscrewed… but council says cycle parking “meets design requirements”

The council said it was not aware of any reports of a bike being stolen and said the rack "uses standard fixtures"

Council proposes cycle lane bollards after easily removed cones repeatedly targeted by vandals

Last month the "systematic theft" of cycle lane cones was reported to the police as exasperated local cyclists repeatedly called for proper infrastructure

Cycling campaign says tram tracks “the biggest cause of accidents and injuries” to cyclists in Sheffield

A new crowdsourced map shows 806 separate accidents along Sheffield's tram lines since 2015

Council says green paint “will heighten drivers’ awareness”, as cyclists blast “dreadful” new contraflow cycle lane as “an accident waiting to happen”

Trafford Council ruled out placing the bike lane beside the pavement because, they said, “cars would regularly park across the cycle lane, making it unusable”

“Systemic failure” of National Highways to apply own design standards “endangering cyclists”, transport experts claim

The co-author of the agency’s cycle traffic design standards described the government’s belief that shared-use paths are “appropriate” beside major rural roads as “perverse”

“We talk about these collisions and then nothing happens so it has to change”: Cyclists form human bike lane at site of fatal collisions

The line of cyclists stretched from the site of one fatality 'ghost bike' to the spot of another more recent incident

Campaigners hit out at plans for non-protected cycle lanes on part of Kensington High Street

Jeremy Vine says council “can shove this up their exhaust pipe” while London Cycling Campaign accuses borough of prioritising drivers

Highway Code updates, low traffic neighbourhoods, and 20mph zones behind cyclist fatalities falling to lowest number in 30 years, says Cycling UK

“These figures prove the tragic death toll on our roads isn’t inevitable. They show the government could save hundreds of lives by taking more action to reduce road danger,” the charity claims

“Danger” cycle lane to be resurfaced after cyclist’s crash

Darlington Borough Council found parts of the infrastructure "not to be of the required standard"

E-bikes and e-scooters to be banned from part of Thames Path

Hammersmith and Fulham Council says the PSPO will be in effect soon, with exemptions for disabled people using mobility aids and parents transporting children

Warning signs could have saved cyclist’s life who hit pothole and died in her daughter’s arms, hears inquest

The council’s highways authority had already been made aware of the “badly degraded” stretch of road where the “experienced” cyclist fell and was fatally injured

Cyclists call for proper segregation as brazen vandals steal bike lane cones again

OneTrafford confirmed "systematic theft" of cycle lane cones had been reported to the police

Transport Secretary calls for LTN review, blames “controversial” schemes for setting “people against each other”

Mark Harper said the government wanted to end funding for policies "that are about... banning cars or making it difficult for motorists"

Seafront cycle scheme with “Mickey Mouse” layout that made council into a “laughing stock of the nation” to be reviewed

Anti-cycle lane campaigners in Clevedon have welcomed the review, but are worried that the council will end up paying “lip service”

Cyclists unable to reach “stupid” traffic light button, plus face nine-minute wait for green light as more issues reported with much-criticised cycle lane

"Drivers aren't expected to push a button and wait nine minutes!"

Cyclists call out latest bike lane vandalism as city named ‘worst in Europe for green transport’

UPDATE: Council responds to cyclist's claim that "it's not going to get people out of their cars and onto bikes if their 'safe route' keeps being stolen."

“We needed to act”: Parents set up unofficial guerrilla School Street after several near misses for children cycling on narrow road used as shortcut by motorists

But the local transport councillor criticised the campaigners for “taking the law and road safety into their own hands, effectively blockading a road”

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“Those are definitely middle aisle bike stands”: Cyclists raise security fears after discovering that new cycle stands at Aldi entrance can be lifted out of the ground

Work to fix the bike stands in place at the Leamington Spa supermarket was completed this morning, Aldi says

Cyclists blast last-minute “crude patch-up” of potholes ahead of Cycling World Championships, as Tadej Pogačar’s team reportedly say Scottish roads are “worst they’d ever seen”

An intensive repair programme is currently underway on sections of the road race and time trial courses, but some local cyclists have branded it “a mess”

Council says ‘Danny MacAskill’ staircase cycle path is an “interim measure” as it looks to secure funding to extend scheme

“We had a decision to make — do the scheme, put in the stairs and the ramp as an interim measure — or risk losing the funding and not do the scheme at all” says Plymouth City Council

Bicycle racks in pub loading bays causing “unnecessary stress”, businesses claim

Last week one Dublin pub called the council's decision to rapidly replace its outdoor seating area with bike racks "a joke"

New cycle paths “like putting a motorway down the high street”, say residents

The Cambridge-based cycling group Camcycle has also argued that the proposed greenways represent a missed opportunity for “game-changing” active travel improvements

New cycle-friendly cattle grids fail to stop cows escaping and roaming free on bike path, causing “rush hour gridlock”

A councillor said the “very well-meaning scheme” was introduced to allow cyclists and wheelchair users to more easily cross the adapted grids, though one local claimed the council was bowing to the “selfish demands of a handful of cycling extremists”

Zig-zag corners on “moronic” Edinburgh cycleway to be replaced to improve cycle safety

Design of Leith Walk route built as part of Trams to Newhaven project have attracted widespread criticism and ridicule

“A dab of paint isn’t the solution”: New road markings directing cyclists “towards oncoming traffic” on one-way street “an accident waiting to happen”, say locals

“To be expected to ride into oncoming traffic on a blind bend suggests the council are simply paying lip service to a much wider problem,” one cyclist said

“Optical illusion” cycle lane that caused 59 injuries in a year undergoes maintenance work

Locals have said the colour and dropped levels have seen pedestrians trip, Jacob Rees-Mogg recently calling it a "failed experiment"

“It’s about the safety of our kids”: Residents claim proposed cycleway could put children playing in danger

But the council says the scheme will “provide a safe route to school” for pedestrians and cyclists