Infrastructure

Dunwich Dynamo 2015 – ‘cycle friendly’ train company bans bikes on some trains, severely restricts numbers on others

Abellio Greater Anglia says growing popularity of annual 120 mile overnight ride creates delays and inconveniences passengers

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Hackney Council adds dual zebra crossing intended for both pedestrians and cyclists

Residents question whether drivers will understand it

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Southwark Council warned TfL that longer route will make riders avoid Cycle Superhighway

Works progressing on originally planned route despite council's belief people will use direct route instead

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Video: Cars cost society six times as much as bicycles concludes Danish cost-benefit study

Investments in cycle infrastructure give higher returns, says study author

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Eric Pickles’ replacement could be great news for cycling, say campaigners

Pro-cycling MP Greg Clark takes over at Department for Communities and Local Government

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Joanna Lumley claims there is a transport case for the Garden Bridge

“We need to encourage people to make short trips in central London by foot”

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Waltham Forest Mini Holland scheme the first to break ground – and it’s ahead of schedule

But other schemes under threat

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London taxi drivers back Cycle Superhighways as plans for judicial review dropped

“I don’t want blood on my hands” says LTDA general secretary, who accepts cyclists need segregation

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Sea change in Portsmouth as campaign’s cycling strategy gets cross party support

A City to Share gets cross party support in the run up to the local and general election

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Penis paintings prompt pothole patch-up – starting in Ramsbottom

Wanksy gets his spray can out to make Rochdale council take action on defects - but they're not impressed

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Die-in protests — changing public opinion or scaring people away from cycling?

Are die-ins the answer to lack of political will on cycling infrastructure?

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Election 2015: Vote Bike figures reveal stark differences between parties’ commitments to cycling

Conservatives lag behind UKIP in sign up to cycle policy commitments

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Garden Bridge to undergo full judicial review

Judge says council omitted crucial information in granting planning permission

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Westminster Council criticised for “mind boggling” road casualty figures after die in for second cyclist killed on its streets this year

Campaigners say they will join forces to push for action from the council to prioritise road safety

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Renewed speeding warning to cyclists on Bristol & Bath Railway Path

Less than six months after police deployed speed guns, "daft minority" accused of putting schoolchldren in danger

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Labour commits additional £89m to cycling and walking in run up to the General Election

Five year pledge leaves party lagging behind the Lib Dems and Green Party

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As one part of Bristol & Bath Railway Path reopens, another is closed for widening

Work at Staple Hill on busy cycle commuting route finally completed, 10-week closure starts in central Bristol

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Is Labour back-pedalling on green commitment to cycling?

No mention of cycling—or transport—in today's Labour environmental mini-manifesto

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Get on your bike – it’s healthy, says Turkish President… then jumps in his car after 1km on custom made bike

Bikes should be cheaper, and there should be infrastructure across the country, says President

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Tunbridge Wells cyclists lie down for better infrastructure

Die-in style protest a plea for cyclists to be given greater priority

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York school welcomes overdue completion of cycle path 18 months after work began

Incomplete path had been used by pupils anyway, despite traffic dangers

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Ipswich pavement riding fines brought about by lack of cycle paths say campaigners

49 per cent of such fines in Suffolk were handed out in the county town

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Contaminated incomplete cycle path between Bradford and Shipley finished… 15 months later

Bradford and Shipley cycle path which remained unfinished for 15 months with little Council communication is complete

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Election 2015: What are the political parties promising cycling in their election manifestos?

Manifesto commitments examined

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“Awful” – Bristol Cycling Campaign’s verdict on Temple Greenways plans

Response to consultation says shared use paths won't cope with expected volumes of people on foot or bike

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Head of Cycling Scotland calls for cycle superhighways

Infrastructure needed to reach 10 percent cycling target

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Plans to complete traffic-free cycle route from Plymouth city centre to Dartmoor

Work forms part of Devon’s ‘Granite and Gears’ project which aims to open up access to Dartmoor

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New Thames bridge proposed in Surrey to link Hampton Court with Lower Sunbury

Shorter journeys, safer routes and joined up national cycle trails just some of the benefits of new cycle and foot bridge

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No appetite for the pavé in Bristol – cobbles lifted and cut in half to create smoother surface for cyclists

Work is part of the council's vision to improve road surfaces across the city

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Paris’s 5 year cycling revolution: Twice the cycle lanes and three times the cyclists by 2020

Ambitious town hall plans set out segregated express cycle lanes across the city

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