Transport

Dramatic increase in speeding after pop-up cycle lane removed

The number of drivers speeding on Upper Shoreham Road has risen significantly since wands were removed by West Sussex County Council

E-bike rider stopped for cycling on the M4 in the dark

Rider was in the middle of lane one

Active transport: “Potential for decreasing emissions is huge” concludes study

Researchers advocate “doing more of a good thing combined with doing less of a bad thing – and doing it now”

Cycle more, drive less once pandemic ends, urges AA president

Edmund King predicts big post-crisis shift in commuting patterns, and says lockdown has highlighted benefits of active travel

City of London set to replace car park spaces with last-mile cargo bike delivery hub

Amazon Logistics chosen to operate first hub which will remove 85 vans a day from Square Mile's streets

This Tesla Model B Concept e-bike features an independently turning front wheel and suspension spokes

Elon Musk has previously said that the firm “might” do an electric bike

Family says authorities “aren’t really bothered” that cyclist died on Cambridge guided busway

Family called for barriers after Steve Moir fell into path of oncoming bus in 2018

Brompton team up with climate charity for competition to rename London’s “boring” cycleways

Britain's biggest bike manufacturers and Possible have invited the public to suggest alternatives for the lacklustre 'CS1', 'CS2' etc, with the new names and winners of the Name Our Lanes competition announced in mid-November

Burton cyclist complains of repeated near misses because temporary lights don’t account for cyclists

Says oncoming drivers gestured at him as if he’d gone through on red

Teesside pop-up bike lanes abandoned after theft and vandalism

One scheme was only introduced last month

Year-on-year congestion levels in London soar outside city centre as schools go back

Outside congestion charge zone, traffic jams are up a fifth on last year - and congestion was up 50 per cent last Monday compared to same day in 2019

Bikelash! PM urged to act as fears grow that golden age of cycling could fall victim to govt delay and anti-cycling sentiment

Campaigners say “vocal minority” opposing change as linchpin of Government's cycling strategy is in the administrative slow lane...

Weekday cycling in London up 10 per cent on pre-lockdown levels – but car use almost back to former levels too

Biggest growth in bike-riding is happening at weekends – but changes mask shift in shopping and work patterns

Taxi groups asking for judicial review of London’s emergency cycling infrastructure

‘The biggest single threat to our long-term future is anything that restricts our ability to move around’

New buses in Yorkshire can now carry bicycles (+ videos)

Director of East Yorkshire buses says new services are a "game changer"

New study finds that cyclists don’t hold up motorists

Researchers find difference in vehicle speeds with a cyclist ahead or another car in front is “negligible”

Government’s ‘green’ Garden Towns and Villages being built across England will make 200,000 families car-dependent, report says

Study finds reality does not reflect vision, with poor or no public transport or active travel infrastructure, and lack of local amenities

ScotRail reveals striking livery for its bicycle carriages

Artwork on carriages that will accommodate 20 bikes is inspired by railway posters of the 1930s and 1940s

Offer adults free training to help shift to cycling, say experts

Training will help returning cyclists navigate the roads with patchy cycling infrastructure

Pedal Me, the e-cargo bike-based delivery service, warns Amazon: “We’re coming for you”

London-based firm offers to co-operate with online giant – but is prepared to compete too

Getting people riding to work key part of government’s post-lockdown plan, says transport secretary

Grant Shapps also expected to announce funding to councils for pop-up cycle lanes in coming days

“We’ve only got weeks” to change UK’s cities for the better, warns Chris Boardman

Appeal comes as AA survey suggests a third of drivers may cycle, walk or run more once lockdown eases

More space to be given to cyclists and walkers on London’s major roads to aid social distancing during pandemic?

Similar proposals to reallocate road space also being considered in Brighton and other cities

East London council to block cars to protect cyclists and pedestrians from speeding drivers during pandemic

Hackney Council announces plans to "filter" streets, to protect people from rat running drivers and ease pressure on parks and open spaces during COVID 19 crisis

UK road traffic falls to lowest levels in 65 years due to lockdown

Traffic returns to levels last seen in 1955 – when there were more than seven times fewer licensed motor vehicles

Cycling the fastest way around UK’s most congested cities, finds new report

Latest annual Global Traffic Scorecard from Inrix includes cycling metrics for the first time

Ford’s come up with these anti-dooring wing mirrors – what do you make of them?

Engineers currently working on system that would prevent car doors from being fully opened when cyclists are passing

Khan triples cycle tracks, calls cycling a social justice issue

London mayor tells road.cc cycling is a social justice issue, criticises 'bad councils' and calls on Londoners to lobby politicians

Tram-related cyclist falls in Edinburgh went up last year

30 incidents recorded even though city council insists it is making safety improvements

Electric scooter riders as safe as cyclists on the road – and drivers the danger, says new report

International Transport Forum urges governments to embrace rise of micromobility