Infrastructure

Is this the UK’s shortest cycle lane?

Stroud's new cycle lane, painted between two school bus stops, might be Britain's shortest. Have you seen any smaller ones?

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Camden Council cracking down on bike lane parking

Council is also doubling capacity on one of London's busiest bike routes

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Work has started on Newcastle’s biggest cycling project to date

John Dobson Street Cycle Superhighway will offer two-way protected cycling route in city centre

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Cyclists should be able to go through some red lights as in Paris, says Green Party

The Green Party says allowing bikes to proceed through T-junctions and left turns would improve cycle safety and journey times

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Peterborough’s Bridge Street cycling ban now being enforced with fines

Council officers have been trained to issue the fines after local councillor claims he was "inundated" with emails complaining about cyclists, despite consultation responses largely against the ban

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San Francisco cyclists protest … by obeying traffic rules

After threats of a police crackdown of stop line jumping, riders cause gridlock by obeying traffic laws

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Transport secretary wanted “to get rid of cycling as DfT function” says ex-APPCG co-chair

Dr Julian Huppert reflects on highs and lows or five years campaigning for cycling within parliament

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Segregated bike lanes without a traffic light in sight? The new vision for cycling in Munich

Wider, safer paths with full protection from cars could be a reality for Munich's commuters and shoppers

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Funding for cycling to fall off a cliff edge in April, as Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy could take 18 months to complete

Government claims of spending £5 per head per year on cycling include £107m London funding, half of the UK total

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Westminster City Council’s Baker Street plans mysteriously lacking cycling provision

London Cycling Campaign calling Westminster's Baker Street plans "the case of the missing space for cycling"

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The Chichester junction where drivers must give way to cyclists who they can’t see

New cycle path means bikes are now travelling against cars on a previously one-way street

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Petition asks Google Maps to stop routing cyclists along busy Regent’s Canal towpath

Petitioner wants Google Maps to downgrade the towpath to a 5mph route to reduce commuter traffic

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Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy becomes law this week

Though we'll have to wait until the end of the year for the full funding strategy

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Good Transport Plan for Bristol – protected cycling routes a key part, says Sustrans

Bristolians invited to think about how they travel and contribute to the debate

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Essex cyclists could get outdoor velodrome

Plans for open-air facility located between Southend and Rochford

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Charities ask Scottish government to use Vehicle Excise Duty funds for cycling infrastructure

Argue that road improvements in Scotland shouldn’t involve increasing capacity

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Cyclists welcome opening of key bridge over A38 dual carriageway in Devon

Hundreds turned out to celebrate the opening of the bike and foot bridge, which will save them from 'running the gauntlet' of the A38

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Chicanes on bike lanes – why are we still building this rubbish? ask frustrated campaigners

A chicane on a popular Hackney canal-park route and a cycle route in a new town near Rotherham you can't get a bike through

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Video: Riding a new segregated section of London’s Cycle Superhighway 2

Uploader unimpressed with the surface but believes this section is now far safer than if it were just a painted lane

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Melbourne Lord Mayor proposes banning cycles from major city centre streets, while New South Wales cyclists may have to carry ID

The Melbourne ban would be unprecedented, say opponents, while cost of IDs could be prohibitive

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Plans for safer cycling routes in City of London likely to be scrapped

City of London Corporation had previously expressed concern about cyclists being put into conflict with pedestrians

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No road traffic incidents so far on Britain’s first cyclist-friendly ‘turbo roundabout’

Bedford roundabout wins award for best sustainable transport solution

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Westminster’s “extremely disappointing” Quietway proposals that will leave cyclists at risk of collision

Designs, which include painted bikes on the road and contraflow cycle lanes will improve routes' Dutch standard score by just 1%

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Newcastle campaigner says parents experience abuse while cycling with children to school

Roads around schools need to be made safer so kids can cycle, say campaigners

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Leeds councillors to discuss construction of Olympic-standard velodrome

Assertion that there is ‘a huge appetite for cycling’ supported by recent British Cycling figures

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Tram tracks present biggest danger to Sheffield cyclists says campaign group

More than 120 accidents have been recorded in six months – a fifth of which have resulted in broken bones

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Waltham Forest’s radical redesign of motorway-style roundabout could become a “beacon” for others to follow

Council says current Whipps Cross junction "has no place in 21st century London" as new plans with segregated cycle routes released for consultation

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Stop Killing Cyclists stage vigil at ‘murderous’ junction

Hundreds of cyclists bring rush hour traffic to a standstill

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Cyclist seriously injured in London Blackfriars lorry collision

Rider hospitalised on day of planned evening protest over recent cyclist deaths

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Hadleigh Park opens to provide free Olympic legacy facilities for all MTBers

British Cycling sponsors conversion of 2012 arena into all-ability MTB playground

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