Infrastructure

Near Miss of the Day 146: The ‘Normal for London’ edition

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

Sustrans announces major review of National Cycle Network

Issues to be addressed include identifying new routes as well as missing links in existing network

Flexible kerb space idea could result in pop-up cycle lanes

Idea shortlisted for National Infrastructure Commission's Roads for the Future competition

Cyclist killed at Woolwich junction that has been removed from cycle safety improvement programmes

Local MP says he will be asking Sadiq Khan to reconsider

Cyclists in Glasgow bring workers a cuppa and cake to thank them for building cycle path

'Thank ypu' gesture accomanies serious message to City Council to consider cyclists when planning infrastructure

London Cycling Campaign urges Sadiq Khan to push through Regents Park Cycle Superhighway

Campaigners are still wondering whether four gates of the park will be closed to cars as originally promised

Video: Casey Neistat back with another video highlighting poor bike infrastructure in New York City

Man whose slapstic-but-serious take on problems on city's bike lanes turns attention to Williamsburg Bridge

Safety fears raised over cycle path on viaduct in Bristol

South Gloucestershire Council has sought to reassure riders over barriers and bollard on Bromley Heath Viaduct

Bristol’s poor cycling infrastructure now has its own Twitter account

The anonymous "Bristol S**t Cycling Infrastructure' Twitter page has been sharing photographic evidence of poor cycling provisions and abuse of cycle lanes by motor vehicles from around the city

Europe’s longest heated cycle path to link Dutch cities

Planned 1.7-kilometre route in Gelderland aimed at commuters will pass through nature reserve near Arnhem

“Everybody has to acknowledge that you cannot drive everywhere all the time” – Edinburgh plots shift away from private cars in city centre

City says it will invest in walking and cycling infrastructure

Croydon Council to improve junction five years after cyclist’s death

Roger de Klerk’s wheel became caught in a tramline causing him to fall in the path of a bus

Huge support for CS4 plans – campaigners say response demonstrates just how much a physically-protected cycle route is needed

Route will extend from Greenwich to Tower Bridge

Consultation reveals “overwhelming”support for Canary Wharf-Rotherhithe cycling and walking bridge

TfL will now work on preferred designs for much-needed Thames crossing in east London

Edinburgh plans early release traffic lights for cyclists following tram track death

Consultation runs until April 11

Live blog: UCI chief says Sky allegations harm cycling’s “credibility” (erm … ), Women’s Tour to have equal prize money to Tour of Britain + much more

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Work starts tomorrow on transforming London’s Tottenham Court Road area for cyclists and pedestrians

Camden Council's West End Project will see major route barred to all traffic except buses and bikes and protected cycle lanes introduced elsewhere in area

Jeremy Vine hits out at ‘loud minority’ opposing CS9

“If Hieronymus Bosch had lived in 2018 he would have used the Hammersmith roundabout to inspire his painting ‘Visions of Hell’”

Is Transport for London doing enough to keep cycle routes free of snow?

Positive reports on effectiveness of airport runway de-icer being used on Leeds-Bradford Cycle Superhighway

Campaigners call for segregated cycle lanes on proposed Edinburgh tramway extension

New figures reveal that almost 250 cyclists have been injured through falls due to tracks since system came into operation in 2009

Six in 10 back west London Cycle Superhighway during consultation – despite some bizarre objections

Tory councillors raise 'jewellery heist' fears, while bus operator says cyclists 'love bus lanes' so put those in instead

Polka-dot paint job for New Zealand street to protect cyclists and pedestrians

Auckland Transport says that unusual colour scheme will encourage motorists to slow down

“Headline-grabbing” cycling investment fails to address fundamental issue of potholes, says road surface industry body

Cycling UK has called for funding to be redirected from government’s £15bn Road Investment Strategy

Bikes now most common vehicle type in City of London rush hour

New report shows near 300-per cent rise in number of bikes over 20 years - but more infrastructure urged if growth to continue

Eight cities invited to bid for share of £6.5m in latest round of Cycle City Ambition funding

New research by Cycling UK reveals £23 per person cost to tackle obesity

Changes planned for south west London road notorious for motorists hurling abuse at cyclists

Wandsworth Borough Council consulting on proposals to improve Priory Lane in Roehampton for cyclists and pedestrians

London’s six new cycle routes unlikely to be delivered until 2023

London Assembly member says mayor’s talk of tripling cycle infrastructure ‘rings hollow’

“Recipe for disaster” – Bournemouth cycle lane invites cyclists to ride between car doors and oncoming traffic

Council engineers cycled the route as part of safety assessment

Six new cycling routes announced for London, including links to existing or planned infrastructure

Design work starts on planned infrastructure, which TfL says will be "substantially segregated" on main roads

Is CS11 dead? Gilligan blames nimbies, Sadiq blames Gilligan

Mayor says there ‘has to be agreement from all responsible authorities for plans to be progressed’