Infrastructure

Popular cycling and walking route to be reopened to cars despite concerns of “unnecessary danger”

The Bristol route has been closed for three years, and campaigners and councillors are warning that the move would make it dangerous

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Cycling infrastructure needs to be built with women in mind, study suggests

"It's about planning for the trips that aren't taken as well as those that are"

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No new bike parking but a car park with 1,065 spaces? National Trust urged to break from “car-dependant business model”

The heritage conservation charity has pledged to be net carbon zero by 2030... but also wants to build the biggest car park in the Peak District

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Council bans peak-hour deliveries at notorious Oxford roundabout

Unloading restrictions introduced at The Plain, where cyclist Dr Ling Felce was killed last year

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Council says it “did not manipulate data” after cycling campaigners accused it of ignoring advice in order to controversially shelve bike lane

Kensington and Chelsea Council was accused by campaigners of putting cyclists in danger, as the fight for the High Street cycle lane rumbles on

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Jacob Rees-Mogg calls “optical illusion” cycle lane a “failed experiment” after 59 injuries in a year

“There is a pale coloured kerb and a pale coloured line that look exactly the same”, claim users after many tripped and fell leading to safety concerns

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More collisions at UK’s first Dutch-style roundabout than old layout, figures reveal

There have been 10 collisions, three of them serious, since the infrastructure opened in 2020, however Cambridgeshire County Council also noted that cycling levels have risen by almost 50 per cent and pedestrian use is up 30 per cent

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Cycle lane plans dropped by council as it would have “killed off shops”

Businesses, after weeks of protest, said they were "thrilled" that the proposed cycle path and floating bus stop in Paisley was scrapped

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England’s active travel spend 5,000% less than Scotland’s after budget slash

Less than £1 per head will be spent in England outside of London, compared to Scotland’s £50 per head towards promoting cycling and walking, after recent budget cut

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“Society has accepted death as a cost of getting from A to B”: Parents of young cyclist killed in collision call for change

"There is more than enough space, we just have to commit to making it safe for all who use it"

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MP stresses need for “consistent” cycling funding after “disappointing” cut to active travel budget

"The debate around active travel can be polarising. In reality, I don't think it's controversial at all," MP Ruth Cadbury told the All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking's annual showcase event

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“A good initiative badly implemented won’t work”: Resident slams new cycle lane as “bumpy” and “dangerous”

A Reading cyclist says that the cycle lane “improvements” only benefit the councillors so they can claim that they “did something”

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Scrapped funding puts the future of 1,000 bike hangars in doubt

Changes in the UK Government has put a pause on Bristol Council’s plans for new secure bike hangars

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My Guinness! Truck driver smashes down cycle lane wands, cuts across and parks on the pavement

The driver abusing the bollards separating the cycle lane was caught on camera by a Dublin cyclist

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Bike lane-using cyclist claims police said close pass by bus driver wasn’t against the law – because “everyone was in their own lanes”

Update: According to the Edinburgh-based cyclist, Police Scotland have now reported the close pass to the Procurator Fiscal following a review of the incident

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Hundreds sign petition opposing cycle lane to protect trees… and parking space

A former councillor said it won’t have any benefits for the “miniscule” number of cyclists, while another Tory candidate cited a “very negative effect on the church”

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Council to finally resurface cycle lane after backlash over fixing entire road but not the cyclepath

The backtrack comes after announcing that resurfacing of the road was “complete”, despite not fixing the “abysmal” cycle lane

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MailOnline takes aim at cyclists for not using “rollercoaster” bike lane… that is “littered with stones” and “stops and starts all the way along”

Cyclists in Dorset are “brazenly ignoring” the cycle lane according to the tabloid's report, and cycling “in lane dedicated to other traffic”

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“A flagrant act of vandalism”: Council agrees to move “ugly” bike rack after churchgoers say it will “block access for hearses”

“It seems the deluded secularists of the city council are determined to close the church,” said one local councillor opposed to the scheme

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Council criticised after resurfacing entire road… except cycle lanes

One local rider said the surface is abysmal... "It was that bumpy, I thought my fillings were going to come out"

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Anti-cycle lane protesters stage parking “flash mob” to block bike lane with cars

The protest comes three months after campaigners formed a seafront conga to protest new "Mickey Mouse" road layout

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Businesses say active travel scheme could endanger cyclists’ lives – due to threat of overhanging lorry mirrors hitting them on new path

One business owner said narrowing the road to build the new shared use path would cause “extreme danger to anyone using it”, but the council says there is “no indication that conflict with HGVs will occur”

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“An overly complicated fail”: Station’s double-decker cycle storage slammed as ‘ableist’ and ‘useless’

Manchester Piccadilly’s new bike racks have divided opinion for being less secure and unfriendly for disabled people and pretty much everyone with a non-standard cycle, despite tripling the storage space

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Cycle lane notorious for parked cars “urgently” needs bollards, councillor warns “genuine concern” of fatality

As recently as last week a road.cc reader waited 15 minutes for an Amazon van driver blocking the bike lane to return from delivering packages

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“Disneyland” wavy traffic-calming kerbs branded “woke vanity project” by furious doctor… but council insists it will create safe cycle route

Residents including an opera singer aren't impressed, but Islington Council says the changes will boost active travel, reduce driving speeds and keep pedestrians safe

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“A bad solution that creates conflict”: Delivery cyclist unconvinced council moving controversial bollards will work

Milton Keynes’ bollards are back under the spotlight: After being criticised for being too narrow, the council finally has a solution, but ultra-cycling legend Steve Abraham is unsure if it’ll work…

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London’s cycling chief says he was “punched in the face” by cyclist he confronted for not waiting for pedestrian at floating bus stop

Deputy Mayor of Transport Seb Dance made the comments to a blindness campaigner during Mayor’s Question Time earlier this week

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“Raging” motorist mounts pavement and attempts to drive through ‘die-in’ organised in memory of cyclist killed in collision with driver

“We’re at a junction where someone has died, where we’re protesting for road safety. And this man is so angry”

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Retired neurologist says increased weight and acceleration of electric vehicles will lead to rise in cycling-related fatalities unless 20mph speed limits are introduced

“By going at 20mph we would save around 30 people from being killed or seriously injured every year in Gloucestershire,” says Dr Paul Morrish

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LTN planters overturned and set on fire by vandals on the first day of trial

Planters in Rochdale’s low-traffic neighbourhood, part of a six-month trial which had ‘area-wide support’, are the latest target of vandals

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