Infrastructure

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

Petition with “factual errors” to scrap low-traffic neighbourhood launched by a “keen cyclist” after just two months of trial

Almost 2,000 people in Newcastle are calling for the consultation to be “axed immediately”, days after the Government withdrew support for LTNs

Council’s free bike initiative praised… but “huge issue” of safe cycling routes must be addressed too, campaign argues

“Suggesting that ‘Ealing is leading the way in active travel’ on the back of this initiative ignores many other barriers to cycle use”

Cyclist fatalities down in London, however number seriously injured rises as Transport for London pledges “more action”

Last year's figures published just hours after a cyclist was killed in a collision involving a tipper lorry being driven in central London this morning

Major cycle lane closures during works a “death trap”, according to cyclist who fears “matter of time before serious accident”

The Glasgow cyclist said it is "ironic that in the year the city is hosting the UCI Cycling World Championships those commuting by bike are being treated as second-class citizens"

Subsidise bike hangar costs by raising car parking charges, says councillor – but opponent warns move would “pit drivers against cyclists”

“As a principle, bike parking should be cheaper than parking a car, they take up much less public space than a car, they don’t cause any congestion or air pollution”

“Doing nothing is not feasible”: Council defends “life-saving” cycle lane after opponents said it would cause “traffic stacking” and destroy green space

Leeds City Council also disputed the claim made by a residents’ group that the consultation over the bike lane plans was “biased”

New mayor defends “necessary” decision to scrap controversial cycle lane – just eight months after it was installed

The protected bike lane on Middlesbrough’s Linthorpe Road has been the site of a number of pedestrian and cyclist injuries since it was opened last year

Councillor slams active travel consultants who “dream up schemes more at home in large cities than small historic towns”

Plans to create a “high-quality” cycling network in seven towns across Shropshire were also dismissed as “mad and impractical”

New cycle paths through grounds of historic abbey will restrict “unfettered access” for dogs and horses, says councillor

The proposed cycling and walking hub at Delapré Park, Northampton, could “cause restrictions on daily dog walking because cyclists and dogs could cause accidents when not in control”, according to one independent councillor

“Is this a joke?”: Cyclists dismayed at council’s idea for painted cycle lanes where segregated infrastructure was controversially ripped out

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council ripped out the Kensington High Street lanes in 2020, prompting complaints and a High Court challenge

Green spaces and 120 miles of cycling and walking routes pledged in “most ambitious plan in a century”… but Mail claims “now Birmingham wages war on motorists”

Council leader Ian Ward said the 20-year plan would bring the city's cycling infrastructure on par with Copenhagen and see Birmingham "become as green as Vienna"

Councillor encourages cyclists to be “brave” on a 1.2m wide “safe” cycle lane

A London Conservative councillor has described the road as “easy to cycle”, despite drivers crossing over the white line and several people pointing out the dangers with the cycle path

Pub owner who blocked cycle lane says he’s “being punished” after council asks to remove all barriers

The Harrogate publican had earlier labelled the controversial pedestrian and bike path a “disaster waiting to happen”, has called the council’s demands “unreasonable”

Conservative MP claims cycling infrastructure is “rarely used” and “takes away from drivers and pedestrians”

In February, Nick Fletcher was criticised after using a known conspiracy theory in Parliament to attack the concept of 15-minute cities

75-year-old cyclist suffers broken pelvis and collarbone in yet another pothole-induced accident

“I’m really fed up with the council for not looking after the roads,” said the West Sussex cyclist after she had to be rushed to the hospital