Infrastructure

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’

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Bradford Council agrees to consider Queensbury Tunnel bike route plans

Campaigners propose turning disused rail line into Europe;'s longest cycling tunnel, connecting Bradford and Halifax

11 things we’ve learned this week

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Carriages for bikes could be on the way for some trains in Scotland

Scottish Government has pledged to increase capacity on rural routes, endorsed by report on West Highland Line last month

Near Miss of the Day 78: Close passing crane and Jewson lorry drivers

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

Protected cycle lane planned for Hackney road where riders are “tailgated aggressively” by drivers

Council has opened consultation on proposals for West Bank in Stamford Hill, which is on Cycle Superhighway 1 route

Queensbury Tunnel campaigners ‘close’ to cycle route deal

DfT reportedly willing to commit £3m if Bradford City Council can be persuaded

Campaign stepped up for Queensbury Tunnel bike route in West Yorkshire (+ videos)

DfT could close former rail tunnel permanently this summer but campaigners say for same money a cycle route could be built

MP who opposes cycle lanes says cyclists should be forced to ride in … cycle lanes

Royston Smith made his comments following death of cyclist in Southampton earlier this week

Overhaul of London’s Waterloo roundabout gets go-ahead after consultation

55 per cent of respondents in favour of plans including protected cycle lanes but work won't start until 2020

Chris Boardman’s £1.5bn plan to make Greater Manchester the benchmark for cycling

Cycling and walking commissioner says such an investment would lead to £8.3bn in public savings

Council refuses to light city centre cycleway that has seen spate of collisions and a robbery

St Albans cycle route is popular with commuters, but the council says it's too expensive to light

Islington calls for “iconic gateway” ideas as Old Street roundabout transformation gets go-ahead

Work to transform major junction in capital will begin late next year

Hitting UK cycling targets would save thousands of lives and billions of pounds, says Sustrans

New model aims to help make the case for cycling infrastructure

London’s cycle lanes ease congestion, rather than cause it as cycling keeps growing in capital

London's cycling commissioner defends sacrificing roads for cycle lanes

£500,000 closed road cycling circuit the next step in making Carmarthenshire the “cycling hub of Wales”

Follows recent reopening of Carmarthen Velodrome

11 things we’ve learned this week

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Seven London boroughs compete for £114 million Liveable Neighbourhoods cash

Shortlisted cycle-friendly schemes include ones for Greenwich's historic town centre and Mare Street in Hackney

Cycle paths at risk under government plans to restore disused railway lines

Sustrans urges Department for Transport to safeguard routes now used by cyclists and walkers

More cycle parking, less car parking in London mayor’s draft plan

New housing and offices near public transport links will be car-free

Cyclists and motorists equally baffled by new cycle road markings in Gloucester

Gloucestershire County Council says changes are meant to flag possible presence of cyclists where road is too narrow for a 1.5m cycle lane

Newcastle shopkeeper who opposed measures promoting cycling changes mind after footfall goes up

Steve Robson features in Sustrans Bike Life video highlighting how promoting bikes benefits businesses

Road rage on the rise according to cyclists

Condition of UK roads another major concern