Transport

Chris Boardman calls for more ambitious cycling provision outside big cities

Starts with ideas for his own home town of West Kirby

Huntingdon to Cambridge A14 upgrade to include new cycle path

New route will provide direct ride into city from outlying villages

Liverpool unveils its Cycling Revolution

City aims to treble number of people cycling at least once a week over next 12 years

Cyclists need to show more respect to motorists, says Salford councillor

Comments come as hundreds of riders take to Manchester’s streets to call for Space for Cycling

Bling up your bike for the Leeds Space for Cycling Big Ride this Saturday

Get on your bike and call for better cycling in the Motorway City of the Seventies

Over 40 percent of kids have experienced a ‘near miss’ on school journey, says survey

Sustrans calls for safer streets for kids; parents say road threat bigger than stranger danger

Leeds responds to Lizzie Armitstead’s #ChooseCycling letter

Motorway City of the Seventies “firmly committed” to cycling, says council

France, Sweden and Italy delay introduction of safer lorries

Cyclist-friendly design may not be in use until 2025

DfT launches road sign consultation – with strong focus on cycling infrastructure

Planned changes including low-level traffic signals and removing feeder lanes to ASLs

Sustrans and Cyclenation launch handbooks for bike-friendly transport

Different approaches to getting Britain cycling

Cambridge Tour de France road closures a “nightmare” says councillor

Bus transport into city centre restricted, plus regional road closures of up to 24 hours

Video: Google’s self-driving car meets cyclists and out-performs far too many human drivers

Artificial intelligence? Not quite, but Google might have cracked artificial courtesy and consideration

Belfast cyclists’ safety fears as off road commuter route closed for two years

Council suspends section of Lagan Walkway while £29.5m expansion of Waterfront development carried out

Boris bikes fuel rising prices in London rental market, says lettings agency

Research shows soaring demand - and rents - in previously unfashionable areas as bike hire puts tube stations within reach

Don’t take bikes on trains for Tour de France, say rail companies

Normal cycle policies will apply on rail network, without reservation you could be disappointed

Sheffield urged to appoint cycling champion and allow bikes on trams

Recommendations are among 19 contained in report following cycling inquiry launched last year

Video: Jon Snow launches CTC campaign urging councillors to pledge creation of Space for Cycling

Learn how you can get involved

Station to station: Signs go up to create Cotswold Line cycle route

Rural 'quietway' hoped to encourage bike-train commuting

Oxbridge cities top cycle-to-work league table

But London boroughs dominate in terms of percentage-point increases in cycling commuters

LCC maps every ward in London to lobby local election candidates for Space for Cycling

6,000 candidates, 624 wards - innovative online map enables Londoners to contact candidates to call for action

Leeds plans 20mph zones in communities along its £29m “super cycleway”

News comes as charity Brake lobbies MPs for lower speed limit, saying 8 in 10 people back GO 20 campaign

As air pollution levels soar should you stop riding?

Experts say cycling is part of the pollution solution

What’s keeping Brits off the bike? In a word: fear, says new study

But majority says cycling should be better provided for, taken seriously and see cyclists as brave

TfL to trial optical & radar detection technology on buses to alert drivers to cyclists and pedestrians

Initiative forms part of draft Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, consultation opens today

Dublin plans 10-fold expansion of hire bike system

Successful scheme had record day in mid March

TfL to provide free Bikeability training to all kids in London

Initiative forms part of new Delivery Plan for Schools and Young People

Chief Medical Officer calls for more to be done to make cycling safer

“What she said!” agrees British Cycling

Chris Boardman helps launch Liverpool’s City Bike scheme – urges locals to embrace it

First hire stations go live next month with 100 bikes, increasing to 1,000 at 100 locations within a year

Cambridge bus boss calls ‘floating’ bus stop plan “absolutely ludicrous”

But cycling campaigners say they're a boon for buses too

2011 Census: Cycling boom in cities masks static national trend

London, Brighton & Hove, Manchester, Newcastle & Sheffield see strong growth - but no change in England/Wales in decade to 2011