Infrastructure

Safe routes to school key in tackling childhood inactivity

Sustrans Chief Executive calls for routes that link schools with homes to reverse the decline in outdoor time and physical activity among children

Light at end of the tunnel for subterranean cycle route

Europe's longest underground cycle route comes a step closer to happening, despite Highways England's gloomy £35m repair estimate

Changes to Nottingham tram route after crashes involving cyclists

Woman who fell crossing tracks says tram bosses are making the best of a bad situation

Nine Elms cyclist bridge put on ice by Sadiq Khan

London's new mayor says project needs support from all parties following concerns from local residents on the loss of green space

“Stolen” CyclePoint bikes weren’t stolen after all

Contrary to earlier reports, no bikes were stolen from the UK's biggest cycle park, in Cambridge, on Friday, but moved to a secure place by contractors

DfT invites English councils to apply for share of £60m Sustainable Travel Access Fund

Fund to be run on competitive basis

€183m German cycling autobahn linking 10 cities nears full govt funding

The opening of a German cycle 'autobahn' and the rise of e-bikes is set to trigger the age of the long-distance bike commute, says Dutch professor

Leeds-Bradford Cycle Superhighway open for cyclists

Concerns have been raised about some of the route's design features but the delivery authority hopes it will encourage more people out of their cars and onto bikes

Work begins on Herne Hill Velodrome pavilion

Final phase of redevelopment project should be completed early next year

Families flock to London’s Cycle Superhighways

Making the case for protected bike routes - heartwarming images of kids cycling safely through Central London from yesterday's Kidical Mass event

Cycle 7.5 miles across central London in this video fly-through

Video cam cyclist hails 'paradigm shift' on London's Cycle Superhighways

Boris Johnson’s “vanity” Cycle Superhighways “clogging up” London’s streets, says Bob Geldof

Luckily the pop star turned activist rides his bike on the pavement in the heart of the capital

Council puts bollards in middle of bike lane

Cheshire East Council placed the bollards there to stop cars using the path as a short cut, but a local campaigner says it's an accident waiting to happen

London’s first cycling Quietway officially opens from Greenwich to Waterloo

Route links to two Cycle Superhighways - but will the other ones in the pipeline be up to scratch?

Gilligan: Quietways programme is a failure

London's former Cycling Commissioner says reluctance of boroughs to block streets to rat running traffic means only one of seven "Quietway" routes will be any good

Two major London cycling schemes win awards for excellence in transportation

CIHT award winners for excellence in transportation, include Waltham Forest Mini Holland and Cycle Superhighway 2 schemes

Exeter prepares for ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ cycle routes for commutes

Public consultation showed some wanted quiet roads - and some wanted speed... so they'll create both

‘Revolutionary’ Gov. cycling plans “unambitious” say parliamentary cycling group

The All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group have joined the growing list of critics to Government plans to start “cycling revolution.”

Wagamama advertising bike removed after backlash

Cyclists complained the bike, parked near Mansion House tube station in London, was taking up valuable street space...but what became of it?

Cycle “Quietway” scheme being derailed by local residents claim campaigners

Hackney Council has prioritised concerns of local residents over London Fields "rat run" reduction promises, despite more people in the borough supporting the scheme than opposing it, say campaigners

VIDEO: Final stages of Manchester’s Oxford Road safety overhaul

A better space for bus passengers, cyclists and pedestrians say senior councillors

GWR cycle booking policy attracts 1200-strong petition

Cyclists are concerned Great Western Railway's new advanced reservation system will make flexible travel impossible with a bike

Cycling minister and wife invited to Cambridge after “helmet hair” comments

Robert Goodwill MP, minister for cycling, has been invited to see a UK city with a more equal cycling gender balance after admitting he doesn't know why so few women use bikes for transport

Wagamama advertising bike draws cyclists’ ire

Cyclists say the bike, parked near Mansion House tube station in London, is taking up valuable bike parking

Barcelona plans to cut cars from 60% of city steets

The plan to introduce 300km of cycle lanes & limit traffic to arterial routes will help cut Barca's 3,500 annual air pollution deaths

Improve cycling in 5 UK cities with Cyclehack, June 24-26

London, Manchester, Glasgow, Cambridge & Chesterfield will host infrastructure and design brainstorm events

Paris unveils its next-generation cycle lanes

Wider, safer cycling for Paris ahead of lofty 2020 cycling city ambitions

Cyclist riding London to Bristol to raise money for legal challenge to fight Enfield Mini Holland

Concerns centre on congestion resulting from diverted traffic

1,200 cyclists PER HOUR using new cycle superhighway

People on bikes now outnumber other vehicles on two of London's new Cycle Superhighway routes, just weeks after they opened

Government announces £20.6m green transport fund

Money will act as a stop-gap between funding streams, but it's not nearly enough, say critics - and will leave many skilled staff's jobs at risk