Infrastructure

People most likely to commute by bike where traffic speed below 20mph – but presence of lorries on roads makes no difference, says study

Researchers at University of Surrey say that findings can help councils reach decisions on speed limits and cycling infrastructure

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Cambridge cyclists issue impassioned ‘Please stop killing us’ plea

Greater Cambridge Partnership receive stark feedback after public consultation into £20 million funding plan

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Row over Dorset cycle lane that drivers claim is “too wide”

Council chairman responds by saying that if drivers continue to cause crashes, they will have more roadspace taken away to make them slow down

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Badgers force two-month closure of part of Bristol & Bath Railway Path

Diversions will be in place around Staple Hill Tunnel for the next two months while remedial works take place

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Council docked government funding over ripped out bike lane

Opposition councillors voted to remove the temporary cycle lane on Old Shoreham Road to the despair of local cyclists

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Motorists rage at “ludicrous” plans to swap parking for segregated cycle lanes

Huddersfield residents hit out at the council's plans to boost active travel with "ill-conceived cycle lanes"

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Councillor who said she’d paint (now removed) bike lane black slams “ignorant” people who painted it back

Twitter user asks whether “this furious councillor is the same furious councillor who threatened to paint out the cycle lanes?”

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Billionaire Tory peer calls for removal of temporary cycle lanes in London

“Keen cyclist” Lord Cruddas, controversially appointed by Boris Johnson, appears not to share PM’s enthusiasm for bike lanes

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Paris to become ‘100 per cent cycling city’ within next four years

Plan Velo: Act 2 will boost secure cycle parking in the city, provide funding to maintain cycle paths, and encourage more children to ride

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Parents set up ‘bike train’ for school run after council rips out bike lane (+ video)

Petition has been set up for permanent safe infrastructure on Old Shoreham Road in Hove

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‘Two and a half second’ cycle lane is not a cycle lane, says council

The council said it was actually just 'new road markings designed to improve road safety'

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“The kindest soul” – Family pay tribute to cyclist killed in Cambridge yesterday

Fatal crash happened close to Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Thursday morning

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Glasgow to build 270km cross-city active travel network

No home in Scotland’s largest city to be more than 400 metres from a segregated cycleway

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Birmingham moves closer to banning through motor traffic from city centre

Councillors expected to vote through plans later this month to create seven LTNs inside city’s ring road

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Cyclist left-hooked by taxi driver on Westminster Bridge protected cycle lane

Rider believes design of floating bus stop was to blame since it doesn’t make left-turning drivers slow down

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Last chance to give views on planned major West Sussex cycle route

Engagement process on six-mile route from Chichester to Emsworth ends next week

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Campaigners seek funding for legal challenge to removal of Poole active travel scheme

Keyhole Bridge underpass which provided safe link between two parks in Dorset town was reopened to motor vehicles in March

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“Immediate” safety changes announced for killer junction in Holborn

Southampton Row and Theobald's Road junction to be made safer for cyclists in wake of latest fatality

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Residents claim cycle lane bollards are ‘making life hell’

The locals allege the bollards, designed to protect vulnerable road users, are causing problems for the elderly members of the community

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Cardiff Bay Barrage bike route to be closed for four days due to music festival

Closures on key route from Welsh capital to Penarth will happen from Thursday until Sunday

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Protesters demand urgent action on dangerous London junctions

Hundreds gathered near Holborn to demand action

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Changes to be made to blackspot New Forest junction – five years after second cyclist death there

Work is starting to replace Ipley crossroads with a staggered junction

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“Clear evidence” does not support “flat earther” LTN 999 delay headlines, says Cycling UK

Ex-head of London Ambulance Service backs schemes, and says councils responded to concerns

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£7m Cornwall Cycle Hub, including closed road circuit and BMX track, secures planning consent

Facility near Newquay aimed at riders of all abilities will be a legacy of county hosting start of this year’s Tour of Britain

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Nottinghamshire among local authorities preparing bids for Mini Holland cash

Stapleford chosen as town that could benefit most from DfT funding; elsewehere, Crawley Oxford and Shrewsbury also among candidates

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Joe Lycett’s Channel 4 show criticised for promoting anti-LTN ‘conspiracy theory’

The show also claimed that punishing motorists for breaking the new rules was like 'fining people for doing what they have done for years'

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Vehicle/cycle conflict halves in Glasgow trial of bike-activated traffic signs

Flashing signs linked to sensors to warn drivers of cyclists approaching to be deployed at 16 key junctions

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Camden cycle lane voted through despite Conservative claim road was “Too steep” for it

Councillors had claimed schoolkids won’t use protected bike lane due to gradient averaging 3.5% – but local schools back the infrastructure

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Lego lands in cycle lanes as “ideological statements” row

Danish brick maker responds to criticism by Urban Cycling Institute by pointing out that its Lego City range has a cycle lane – though it’s a bit narrow

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Potential collision blackspots identified to help improve cycling safety

Over a six-month period 200 riders covered over 26,000 miles as part of the in-depth research

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