Infrastructure

Just 2 weeks till work begins for major new Cambridge cycleway

Raised cycle lanes and safer junctions for cyclists coming soon

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Day 1 of Bank Junction vehicle ban – but video shows some drivers ignoring it

Motorists to be sent Warning Notices rather than fined during opening weeks of 18-month trial

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City of London says no to cycle parking, yes to concrete as Crossrail shaft bike plan rejected

Report rejecting automated subterranean cycle parking contains a "number of defects" while City of London criticised for claiming cycle parking will lead to area "dominated by cyclists"

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Londoners log most commutes on Strava’s second annual Global Bike to Work Day

Initiative which Strava say offset 1,580 tons of carbon is aimed at helping city authorities around the world plan infrastructure for cyclists

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San Francisco cycling campaigners form “people protected bike lane” in call for safer infrastructure

Initiative comes after city authorities made one of the group’s guerrilla bike lanes permanent last year

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Carlton Reid’s Kickstarter campaign to rescue 100+ miles of UK’s “forgotten” cycleways nears target (+ video)

Initiative from cycling journalist and author has backing of Chris Boardman and Cycling UK, among others

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Poll: four out of five drivers support new cycle lanes in London

Astonishing if true, given the protest about new infrastructure

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More London junctions set to be made safer for cyclists, says TfL

Study of casualty data for past three years as highlighted 19 more junctions that are particularly dangerous for vulnerable road users

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Behold! A majestic 4.2-metre long cycle lane

Lovely smooth tarmac, informative signage – all you could ever dream of

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Confusion around Chesterfield junctions as to whether motorists or cyclists have priority

Council says motorists must give way but road markings say otherwise

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Report recommends public funding of Garden Bridge be pulled

Dame Margaret Hodge finds costs have spiralled to £200m with £70m funding shortfall

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London’s most dangerous junctions scheduled for improvement

Kings Cross gyratory, Lambeth Bridge North and South, Waterloo Imax roundabout and Euston Road among junctions being targeted, alongside a new safer junctions programme

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Melbourne cycle commuters to get 2.5 kilometre aerial ‘Veloway’

Victoria state government says planned infrastructure will help speed people into the city's central business district

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Could speed cameras save cyclist lives?

A new study from Imperial College London finds that speed cameras reduce crashes by 30%

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Hull £650k cycle track delayed by travellers on site

Resident are eagerly awaiting the new facility

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E-W cycle superhighway extension won’t be built until 2021

Further delays to protected cycle route in bike infrastructure-impoverished West London

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Almost one in five roads in England and Wales in poor condition

Highway teams do not have the money to arrest ‘terminal decline’ of local roads according to Asphalt Industry Alliance

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Works on Westminster Bridge protected cycle lanes delayed in wake of terror attack

Installation of kerbed lanes on both sides of bridge was due to have begun on Wednesday - no news of when work will now start

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Cycling campaigners in Oxfordshire unveil vision for £120 million cycle route network

Safe routes between homes, workplaces and transport hubs would save £112m a year in healthcare and travel time costs, they say

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London’s North-South Cycle Superhighway up for top engineering award – and it’s open to public vote

Infrastructure is nominated in the Londonist People's Choice category at the London Civil Engineering Awards

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Research paper concludes that networking Seville’s cycle lanes helped improved cycle safety

Spanish city implemented bulk of its cycle network in just two years

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Cyclists hit back at ‘propaganda’ after children in face masks are used to protest London Cycle Superhighway 11

Regents Park Cyclists say stunt was ‘distasteful’ and ‘illogical’

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Work starts on protected cycle route on Westminster Bridge

Cycle route includes three redesigned bus stop bypasses formerly threatened with judicial review by Guys & St Thomas' Foundation Trust over safety fears

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Cheshire East Council officially backs Space for Cycling

Commits 8.5 per cent of local transport budget to active travel

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Unwanted £750,000 Colchester bike path is being (temporarily) dug up

Shared use path is subject of a formal complaint by the local cycling campaign

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Glasgow cycle infrastructure ‘risks exacerbating health inequalities’ between rich and poor

Recommends more focus on areas of higher deprivation

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Surrey hospitals replace car park spaces with innovative cycle hubs

A handful of parking spaces repurposed for dozens of cyclists and runners

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“We did it” – toilet plunger guerrilla bike lane to be made permanent

Campaigners in Wichita, Kansas score a victory as city authorities agree riders need protection at junction

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MP says pollution is going up because “road space is being turned over to cycle lanes”

Takes issue with local authorities’ ‘crusade to remove road space’

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Here’s what Manchester & London could look like in a cycle-friendly future

According to a collaboration between Ribble Cycles, university researchers and transport consultants this is what the near future could look like

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