Infrastructure

Councils will be “scrabbling for scraps” on cycle funding

Cycling minister tells road.cc it's up to local councils to lift cycle funding above £1.39 per head per year

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Cycle trips equivalent to 10% of bus journeys in London

New report highlights importance of continued investment in cycling ahead of London Mayoral elections, and announces new 'superhub' at Waterloo Station

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Cobble rumble strips “disadvantage disabled cyclists” most

Royal Parks' plan to use cobbles to slow down fast cyclists, will affect disabled riders most according to charity Wheels for Wellbeing

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Video: Rush hour time-lapse at Amsterdam station’s new shared space

Watch as cyclists, pedestrians and scooter riders dance around each other

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London needs to talk about roads pricing for cars

London Cycling Campaign's Chief Executive says roads pricing needs to be "on the table" as an option to fund cycle infrastructure and keep the capital moving

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Brisbane cyclists fined for riding without bells

Police have issued $117 fines to riders caught without bells, following complaints from pedestrians about collisions on shared use paths

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Does Faversham have the UK’s worst cycling infrastructure?

One man says Faversham could compete for the UK's worst cycle infrastructure...but can your town top (or bottom) it?

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Concerns raised over “extreme” cuts to London cycling budget

London Assembly Member, Darren Johnson, discovered London's cycling budget will more than halve by 2020, while cycling numbers are predicted to rise

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“Superhighway redesign will make cycling journeys long and circuitous’

Green Party has queried Boris Johnson's plans, saying safe routes on faster roads could be achieved

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Copenhagen’s “intelligent” traffic lights will speed up journeys for cyclists

Danish capital says signals able to identify people on bikes will cut journey times by a tenth

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Germany hoping e-bikes will help drive expansion of cycling highways

Plans for Berlin cycling highway involve charging points along the route

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12-year-old boy found cycling on motorway

North West Motorway Police picked up the youngster on the M60 near Eccles, took him to his parents and "strongly advised" him

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Transport for London considered charging cyclists for road use

BikeBiz Editor Carlton Reid quotes TfL as saying roads access charging for cyclists was on the cards

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Nike gets back into cycling

Sportswear brand invests $10 million into Portland bike share program Biketown with 1,000 bikes

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Plymouth cyclists needed to trial pothole app

Software employs user votes as a means of identifying priority issues

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Cobble rumble strips for popular Royal Parks cycle route

Mount Walk, with 900 cyclists per hour at peak times, will become part of the Central London Grid, linking to the new East-West Cycle Superhighway

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How Britain missed chance to ‘Go Dutch’ in the 1970s

UK government's dismissal of cycling four decades ago contrasts with Dutch decisions of same era

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London Assembly urges next mayor to support cycling

Assembly Members voted to support cycling infrastructure, while a Conservative amendment seeking "geniune local support" for cycling infrastructure was voted down

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Work begins to create cycle paths on deadly Aberdeen road

£900,000 will be spend to creat 3m wide paths on road that claimed life of young father in 2014

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Sustrans announces Xavier Brice as new Chief Executive

Transport for London man steps up to new role as head of sustainable transport charity

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Radical new plans for dangerous Kings Cross gyratory

Junction has claimed lives of cyclists - now TfL want your views on new design

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Injured BBC journalist warns cyclists not to ride over temporary bridges following fall in Cumbria

Cumbria has suffered a number of bridge closures as a result of flood damage

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Video: Collision on Wilmslow Road Cycleway – was it down to poor junction design?

Manchester campaigners say design results in confusion about who has right of way

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“Failure of ambition” on London Quietways

London's Quietways routes include busy roads shared with HGVs and narrow one-way streets made two-way for cyclists, with no protection for those on bikes, setting a "dangerous precedent", say campaigners

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World’s first public Park & Cycle facility proposed for Cambridge

Greater Cambridge City Deal consults on facility at Junction 12 of M11

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Traffic free cycle track planned for Hereford Racecourse

Velodrome idea abandoned in favour of closed road circuit

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Cab drivers lose cycle superhighway High Court challenge

Judge concludes that planning permission was not required for phase one of the scheme

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Work begins to improve Manchester’s Oxford Road for buses and cyclists

Council leader expresses reservations about related scheme which will extend cycle facilities through to Didsbury

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Bat survey edges Rhondda Tunnel closer to realisation

One estimate suggests the project to re-open Wales' longest tunnel for walking and cycling could yield £14.3m economic benefits over 30 years

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Hammersmith gyratory transformation is on the cards

One of London's most notoriously hostile junctions for cyclists will see a protected cycle lane under plans released for consultation

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