Infrastructure

Mystery of Boris Bike returned 18 months late

On New Year's Day 2015 someone hired bike 12626. It was returned yesterday (the giveaway being the Barclays livery, not seen in London since early 2015)

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CityConnect defends 75cm Leeds-Bradford Cycle Superhighway

Group in charge of delivering the 23km "flagship" cycle route says they are "committed to getting it right" but campaigners call the route inadequate and unsafe

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Rumours Westway Cycle Superhighway could be “scuppered” by mayor

Chair of New London Architecture sparks rumour city's new mayor could scupper East-West Cycle Superhighway

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Police threaten to fine cyclist – as he rides on shared-use path

Campaigners say police need better awareness of where people are allowed to ride

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Billboard appears … in middle of bike lane

Company Clear Channel reportedly placed the billboard on the bike lane by accident in March, but have so far failed to remove it

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Hampshire County Council forced to review bike lane that put cyclists ‘on collision course’ with parked cars

Resident says project was funded by money originally earmarked for public bike share scheme

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No cycling sign… on Buckinghamshire shared use path

Council think someone may have turned it round

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Video: Manchester cyclists parody new cycle infrastructure

Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign has produced a spoof video of cycle infrastructure that is "integrated" into the tram and bus network a little too well

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Pothole fixed within an hour of cyclist hitting it

Emergency repair workers were seen fixing the Gravesend pothole within an hour of a 60-year-old cyclist suffering serious injuries after hitting it

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Consultation opens on Leeds cycling strategy

Launch coincides with Space for Cycling demonstration ride

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Top London hospital tries to block segregated cycle lane

St Thomas's fears floating bus stops will put patients and families in danger

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New cycle lane in Manchester’s Portland Street removed amid safety concerns

Campaigners say their warnings of danger posed by buses were ignored

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Janet Street-Porter continues anti-cycle superhighway campaign on BBC’s Daily Politics show

States her belief that cyclists want all other forms of transport ‘eradicated’

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Cyclist crashes on new Leeds-Bradford route due to missing manhole cover

New cycle superhighway has been strongly criticised by campaigners

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Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway just 75cm wide in places

The £18m flagship cycling scheme features 75cm wide cycle lanes - with bollards, railings and acute angles along the way - that give way at every side road

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Judge orders closure of Rio cycleway built for Olympic visitors

Two killed when 50m section of Ciclovia Tim Maia collapsed into Atlantic last month

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Chris Boardman leads calls for Sadiq Khan to deliver on cycling

Cycle campaigners remind London's new Mayor of his pre-election promises to triple cycling infrastructure and double cycle spending

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Middlesbrough’s new £1.6m velodrome opens

The state-of-the-art facility hailed as a "significant delvelopment" for cycling in the region

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Audio: “We’ve changed the face of the city”

Boris Johnson's Cycling Commissioner, Andrew Gilligan, talks to road.cc about his legacy...and how he doubted at times the cycle routes would ever be built

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Dublin could have cycle lanes protected by rows of parked cars

Proposals could see miles of segregated routes around the south of the city

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Racing returns to Preston Park this weekend

Track was closed for almost two years due to safety concerns

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Boris Johnson opens Cycle Crossrail in final act as mayor

The London Mayor hails new era of cycling in London and urges his successor to keep investing in cycle routes to tackle air pollution

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Cycle parking stars in planned Oslo office building

Some of the 500 parking spaces will be behind plate glass overlooking reception area

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Videos: Boris’s legacy – Londoners takes to Cycle Superhighways in droves

Cyclists stream across Blackfriars Bridge as new routes open

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Westminster Council objects to CS11

Expresses desire for TfL to adopt ‘a holistic approach’ when considering possible impact

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Police officer: cycle path too risky to use with family

Ch Insp Mark Evans says a cycle path along the A38 near Bristol, which crosses a motorway slip road, has been built without thought to safety

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Zac Goldsmith says he backs LCC’s Sign for Cycling pledges (+ video)

But mayoral candidate says contentious infrastructure should undergo temporary trials

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Sadiq Khan pledges to triple London cycle infrastructure

Labour's mayoral candidate is the first of the frontrunners to agree to the London Cycling Campaign's Sign for Cycling agenda, which includes a Mini Holland for each borough and reducing blind spot HGVs in the capital

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Anti-cycling campaigner claims bike lanes cause pollution

Councillor questions CS11 opponent claims cycle lanes will increase pollution levels and suggests focusing on motor traffic instead

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More bike lane graffiti appears in Nottingham

The words "door lane" have appeared in white stencilled paint on one cycle lane next to parked cars on Haydn Road, Nottingham

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