Infrastructure

Copenhagen’s latest cycling safety measure – smart street lights that brighten as you approach

Smart light system tweaked due to large number of cyclists in Danish capital

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Cycling doubles on Cambridge road thanks to protected bike lane

Thousands more people are cycling on two key Cambridge routes following construction of protected cycle routes

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan clarifies cycle superhighway ‘pollution’ comments

Was focusing only on construction phase

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Gritting of London Cycle Superhighways – a case of hit or miss?

TfL prepares Red Routes for winter weather, but much of CS1 missing from Hackney's gritter lorry route

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Taxi protest over Bank junction branded ‘misguided’

Cycling and walking charities baffled over taxi protests to closure of Bank junction to all but buses, bikes and pedestrians during the day as journey times set to improve

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Cycling may finally be allowed on major Oxford shopping street

Restrictions could be lifted when buses are removed

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Senior MP asks whether ‘loss of tarmac’ for cycle lanes is causing London’s congestion problems as Government launches urban congestion inquiry

Granny’s in need of a few egg-sucking tips

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Video: London cyclists beat the Tube strike, but how many are there? Tell us and you could win a T-shirt!

Cyclists Stay Awesome in the capital today by pedalling to work through the cold and rain

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Paris mayor: 2017 will be the year of the bicycle

Mayor Anne Hidalgo will bring forward measures to double cycle provision and halve motor traffic by 2020 to tackle the city's dangerous air pollution

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Cyclists falling on ‘greasy’ cycle superhighway in Stockwell (+ video)

Council to send out resurfacing experts

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Pothole repair bill could reach £14bn by 2019

Local Government Association says 2017 could be ‘tipping point’ for the problem

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Changes to Highway Code could cut journey times for cyclists says British Cycling infrastructure advisor

Comments come as part of organisation’s Turning the Corner campaign

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Website catalogues Google StreetView images before and after cycle improvements

Aims to provide ideas and inspiration for city design

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Construction starts on new £750k Leicester road cycle track

Leicester Cycle Circuit, a 1km closed road track at city college, could open as early as April this year

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Manchester cycle counter clocks thousands of cyclists

New digital cycle counters on Manchester's Oxford Road have recorded thousands of users, with more counters installed across the city's new cycle routes

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Indian tycoon outlines plans to revitalise UK bike industry

Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty House group will launch first model under Trillion Cycles brand next month

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Gilligan “almost certain” Khan won’t triple cycle routes in three years

Former London Cycling Commissioner says delays to construction will make it hard for Khan to triple protected cycle routes during this term

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Mayor appoints Nike executive as London’s first full-time cycling commissioner

Predecessor says it is ‘not ideal’ for Will Norman to be employed by Transport for London

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Edinburgh selects “bold” new East-West city centre cycle route

Family-friendly route will be protected for most of its length

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Cambridge cycle counter logs 1 million trips inside a year

Seven figures reached in calendar year for first time since device was installed to commemorate Tour de France visit

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London mayor Sadiq Khan unveils fresh CS11 plans – but Andrew Gilligan slams them as “a dog’s dinner”

Former cycling commissioner says delay in decision on closing gates at Regent's Park “is a pretty bad sign”

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Transport for London slammed for roundabout plan that would “make it worse” for cyclists in spot where Moira Gemmill was killed last year

TfL announced it will narrow motor traffic lanes on Lambeth North Roundabout as a temporary measure before looking into substantial changes

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World’s first council-run cargo bike delivery service – Christmas Courier – set to reduce emissions in East London

Innovative East London borough, Waltham Forest, hopes after a two year free trial the scheme will run long-term and become profitable

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Birmingham scraps six cycle lanes in favour of two segregated superhighways

City centre to Selly Oak route will feature a stretch within the A38’s central reservation

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Two diversions on London’s cycle superhighways – compare and contrast

To dismount or not to dismount…

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Driver who turned into path of cyclist warns of “dangerous” cycle lanes

Lincolnshire man was turning between stationary vehicles and across pavement cycle path

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Spate of tickets issued after Manchester cyclist complains about cars parked in cycle lane – but is this enough of a deterrent?

“I should be able to breeze through the cycle lane,” says cyclist, urging council to go further

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EU pledges £19.5m to create sustainable travel routes on either side of the Irish border

Trio of greenway projects allocated funding

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London mayor reveals where £154m per year will come from, following announcement to double cycling budget

Transport for London will double cycling budget to £154m per year, equivalent to £17 per head per year, by reorganising 'flabby' organisation but Greens say buses will suffer without motor traffic reductions

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Junction rule change could prevent left-hook danger, say campaigners as petition launched

Highway Code changes proposed by British Cycling and the AA to give way when turning could improve safety and pave the way for better cycle infrastructure in the UK

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