Infrastructure

Transport for London announces trial upgrade to key south London cycle route

Proposed changes to make A23 safer for cyclists between Streatham and Oval via Brixton have also been announced

Gloucestershire challenges DfT response after being cycle plans “do not adequately address the issue of motor vehicle dominance”

Council was trusted with only £864,750 in emergency active travel funding after bidding for £10m

Six in ten users of pop-up bike lanes in Paris are new to cycling, says city’s government

Majority of French capital’s residents want the temporary infrastructure, which has encouraged particularly strong growth in the number of women cycling, to be made permanent

Plans to fill key link in London’s safe cycle route network

Proposed cycle route will fill gap on south side of Thames between Tower Bridge and London Bridge

Sustrans unveils major changes to section of Bristol & Bath Railway Path

Improved visibility and separation of cyclists and pedestrians planned for section of route in east Bristol

Highways England accused of abusing emergency powers to demolish or infill bridges on disused railways

Campaigners say government-owned company's actions put plans for active travel routes at risk

MPs ask Transport Minister to build HS2 cycleway in full

Ruth Cadbury and Lillian Greenwood call for additional Government investment “in line with the Prime Minister’s cycling ambitions”

“Hostile” bollards on pop-up bike lane caused Edinburgh cyclist to crash

Dean Loughton needed surgery on broken elbow after crashing earlier this week

Removal of bike lanes hits the young the hardest, says Cycling UK

Charity urges councils to back safe cycling infrastructure to provide cheap transport option

Pop-up changes to Newcastle’s iconic Grey Street set to be made permanent

Parking spaces were removed to give more room to cyclists and pedestrians

Plans to install permanent cycle lane in Shoreham where pop-up lane is being removed

Work to remove popular segregated lane began last week

Brighton woman riding with her child on her bike sent face-first into wall by another cyclist

Agnieszka Merta was riding on a narrow shared-use path where locals say there are many collisions

Cyclist “seriously concussed” avoiding vehicle on Kensington High Street – where council recently tore out protected cycle lane

Council removed safe infrastructure on key road from west London into city centre last month

Drawing pins strewn on West Sussex emergency bike lane that is currently being ripped up by council

Police say that one person on Upper Shoreham Road “narrowly escaped serious injury”

More checks needed before Hammersmith Bridge can reopen for cyclists and pedestrians

Engineers say extent of damage to structure's pedestals still isn't fully clear

Fears new cycleway will lead to drunkenness, drug taking and ‘naked selfies in the woods’ (no, really)

Residents say family cycleway in Forest of Dean will attract "thrill seekers"

Over a fifth of cyclists have been in an accident resulting from a pothole

One cyclist a week is killed or seriously injured as a result of road defects

Council has “no intention to enforce” parking restrictions in segregated cycle lane where cars are parked bumper to bumper

Chorley New Road in Bolton was recently altered using emergency active travel funding

Anti-LTN vandals won’t intimidate us, says Chris Boardman

Greater Manchester's cycling and walkling commissioner says he understands opposition, but consultation is way to make voice heard

Edinburgh residents group threatens council with legal action over new cycle lane

Group says pop-up lanes will reduce parking and deny safe access to homes and businesses

RBKC to reconsider removal of cycle lanes on Kensington High Street – without lead member for transport

Kensington Business Forum says council misrepresented its position as being against the cycle lanes

Council ‘prioritised knee-jerk views’ by scrapping pop-up lane before its completion in response to petition

Council cites “highway safety concerns” resulting from moved and vandalised planters as a reason for ending trial early

Council officer edited business group’s press statement on removal of Kensington High Street bike lane

Council admits no criteria or metrics were used to assess impact of pop-up cycle lanes

Motor traffic journey times increase after Kensington cycle lanes removed

Bike Is Best's analysis also finds that cars are parked in former cycle lanes for up to 80 per cent of the time

Car traffic down by almost two thirds inside one south London low traffic neighbourhood

Railton LTN in Lambeth also sees goods vehicle traffic slashed in half

Christmas comes early for West London cyclists as Chiswick cycleway finally opens … after 10-plus years of planning (+ videos)

Route through major thoroughfare has been bitterly fought-over with local Tory councillors opposing it for years

Councils spending tens of thousands removing pop-up cycle lanes – plenty of which are working just fine

Cycling UK preparing legal challenge against “knee jerk” removal of infrastructure

Cyclist being abused for refusing to use dangerous new cycle lane

“The cycle lane has made me feel more in danger”

Painted advisory cycle lanes increase risk of cyclist casualties, study finds

Research into London commutes also reveals stepped cycle tracks are more effective than kerb protected lanes in reducing injury odds

Hard-won London cycleway opens on Friday – but Kensington gap deprives cyclists of safe route all the way into city centre

Opening of key route along Chiswick High Road delayed while traffic lights put in place