Infrastructure

London’s Victoria Embankment could be closed to motor traffic for six months – but Cycle Superhighway will remain open

Complications with capital's Super Sewer project could force road to be closed to motor vehicles

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Greater Manchester unveils ambitious plans for UK’s biggest network of cycling and walking routes

Beelines network will cover 1,000 miles and include 75 miles of segregated cycle lanes

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Study finds London’s Mini-Hollands are encouraging more cycling – and especially, walking

Research reveals that £90 million programme is encouraging more active travel

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Jeremy Vine calls out Jeremy Clarkson over criticism of cycling school run mum

It's drivers not cyclists responsible for "extremely dangerous" roads in London says Vine

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Cyclist who broke six ribs on CS6 says it is not obvious white line is a raised kerb

New stretch of CS6 opened last month with vertical kerbs separating cyclists from vehicular traffic

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Work to improve Highbury Corner for cyclists starts next week

Locals braced for another 18 months of roadworks

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New website to help Bristol cyclists report drivers who park in cycle lanes

Bike Lane Uprising builds database to identify repeat offenders

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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

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Sustrans announces major review of National Cycle Network

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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

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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

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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

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

Consultation runs until April 11

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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

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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’”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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