Infrastructure

Separating bikes from traffic can halve pollution exposure, study finds

Cycle routes away from motor traffic can halve pollution exposure, while parking protected cycle tracks can cut cyclists' pollution exposure by 20-30 per cent, according to recent study

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Lib-Dem by-election candidate calls for Boris Bike scheme to be extended to Richmond

Independent rival Zac Goldsmith previously branded the ‘anti-cycling’ London mayoral candidate

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Investment in local roads and retention of the Cycle to Work scheme – cycling campaigners respond to Autumn Statement

Cycling UK urges local authorities to incorporate high quality cycle facilities

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Chancellor offered to pay Mayor to rip up London’s East–West Cycle Superhighway says leader of Ealing Council

Philip Hammond not noted as a cycling advocate during his time as Secretary of State for Transport

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Sustrans appeals for donations to keep National Cycle Network open this Christmas

Volunteers will be out and about combating the effects of winter weather

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Cyclists in Brussels now allowed to ignore red lights

Red or amber? Just sail on through...

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Cadel Evans says he won’t ride his bike in Sydney – because it’s too intimidating

Tour de France winner and ex-world champion says lack of respect among road users the biggest problem

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San Francisco authorities respond to guerrilla bike lanes… by making them permanent

City is leaving campaigners’ temporary soft-hit posts in certain places until it can install permanent ones

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Boardman makes clarification following latest revelation over “scrapped” Westway cycle superhighway

British Cycling policy advisor, Chris Boardman, defends Mayor's team support for cycling and suggests Mayor's office meet with former cycling commissioner Andrew Gilligan

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Video: Planned cycling-friendly transformation of Stratford town centre

Segregated cycle lanes would link up with CS2

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A24 cycling ban rejected by Surrey County Council

No improvements for adjacent shared use path either

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Westway cycle superhighway plans scrapped

Plans for alternative route featuring improvements for pedestrians to be announced ‘shortly’

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Cambridge to get its first true “Dutch” roundabout

Following an attempt at a cycling-friendly roundabout in 2014 the UK's cycling city seems to have got it right

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American academics call for protected cycle lanes as Donald Trump looks to rebuild transport infrastructure

America's transport infrastructure is "like a third-world country" according to the president-elect - will his proposed rebuild include cycle lanes though?

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Chicago in talks to build floating river bike lane

Four to seven mile long car-free park could make navigating the city faster and safer

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Cyclists in the South far less likely to be injured by drivers

'Safety in numbers' effect means dangerous drivers are less of an issue (but you'll still have a 1 in 500 chance of being hit)

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Segregated cycle lanes planned for accident blackspot in Leeds

Painted cycle lane isn’t doing the job

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Gap in cycle superhighway will be filled – but no cycling and walking commissioner for London until next year

Deputy mayor for transport tells Chris Boardman and Caroline Russell that stretch will be completed as planned

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Northern Ireland unveils £150m, 1,000km, Greenway network

Department for Infrastructure hopes planned primary network will be 75 per cent complete inside a decade

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Kingston’s Portsmouth Road cycle tracks finally complete

After a total design overhaul, local cyclists are (generally) happy with the outcome, more than two years after plans were announced

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Council do wobbly diagram of how to use zig zag bike lane

It’s entirely safe and logical and the sign proves it…

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Overwhelming backing for Tavistock Place cycling scheme after record response to consultation

No decisions to be made until after full analysis of consultation comments and alternative proposals

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CyclePoint helps Cambridge win Station of the Year at National Cycle-Rail Awards

East Midlands Trains and London Borough of Waltham Forest also among the winners at annual event

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200 people cycle in support of Glasgow’s Bears Way

Ride, which included families and children, came after Scottish transport minister announces taskforce to tackle recent 'bikelash' against protected cycle routes in Scotland

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Cyclists taking advantage of driverless cars is a worry, says transport consultant

Self-stopping autonomous vehicles will open the door for cyclists to seriously slow down busy urban traffic

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Houses may be demolished in New Zealand to make way for cycleway

Christchurch City Council says alternative routes would mean taking away parking places

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Traffic halved and no collisions – the impact of Walthamstow Mini Holland

Letter sent to residents claims the wider area is seeing around 10,000 fewer vehicles each day

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95% of cars now avoiding Manchester’s Oxford Road

Transformation into cycling and walking haven almost complete, says council

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Andrew Gilligan steps up pressure on Sadiq Khan to deliver cycling infrastructure

Ex-cycling commissioner and others launch Human Streets to keep pressure up on City H and TfL

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