Transport

Leeds-Bradford cycle superhighway just 75cm wide in places

The £18m flagship cycling scheme features 75cm wide cycle lanes - with bollards, railings and acute angles along the way - that give way at every side road

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Audio: “We’ve changed the face of the city”

Boris Johnson's Cycling Commissioner, Andrew Gilligan, talks to road.cc about his legacy...and how he doubted at times the cycle routes would ever be built

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Boris Johnson opens Cycle Crossrail in final act as mayor

The London Mayor hails new era of cycling in London and urges his successor to keep investing in cycle routes to tackle air pollution

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Taiwan to introduce e-bike licensing and helmet law

New rules class electric bikes as lightweight scooters - and follow Chinese crackdown that could hit poor and migrant workers hardest

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Videos: Boris’s legacy – Londoners takes to Cycle Superhighways in droves

Cyclists stream across Blackfriars Bridge as new routes open

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Westminster Council objects to CS11

Expresses desire for TfL to adopt ‘a holistic approach’ when considering possible impact

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Campaigners: SNP goal of 10 per cent cycling share by 2020 “impossible” to achieve

Goal was set out in 2010's Cycling Action Plan for Scotland - but minimal progress made

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Bike Club: Pay-as-you-grow scheme for kids’ bikes

For a fiver a month, the Bike Club means your kids' bikes will grow with them

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Protesters stage “Die-in” over lack of action on air pollution

Up to 250 people lay down in the road outside the Department for Transport offices in London to protest lack of action on poor air quality

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Zac Goldsmith says he backs LCC’s Sign for Cycling pledges (+ video)

But mayoral candidate says contentious infrastructure should undergo temporary trials

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Anti-cycling campaigner claims bike lanes cause pollution

Councillor questions CS11 opponent claims cycle lanes will increase pollution levels and suggests focusing on motor traffic instead

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Make your commute count – Strava launches Global Bike to Work Day (+ video)

Data from 10 May initiative will help urban planners shape cities for people on bikes

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Cabbies and cyclists unite against air pollution

Heads of the London Cycling Campaign and the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association agree on Clean Air Zone strategy for London

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NSW: tough new fines inspire people to stop cycling

People are selling their bikes and advising visitors not to cycle after fines for cyclists breaking the law increased by up to 500% last month

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Office expert: business should invest in cycling facilities

Productivity gains of enabling staff to commute by foot, bike and public transport outweighs costs of well-placed offices, says CEO of Office Space Matters

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Cycle infrastructure responsible for 85% of cycling increase

Researchers have found new cycling infrastructure in Cambridge was responsible for 85% of the effect of increased cycling

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Birmingham considering workplace parking tax

Transport watchdog committee currently just gathering evidence

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Eight per cent of all 2015 EU road deaths were cyclists

UK has EU's third-lowest road fatality rate per million inhabitants

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Cyclists call for a World Bicycle Day

International cycling organisations are asking people to generate a "Twitter storm" on 28 April calling for a day in celebration of the bicycle

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Cyclists quiz Sadiq Khan in online Q&A

Cycling questions featured heavily in Q&A with Labour's Mayoral hopeful following what the London Cycling Campaign calls a "wobble" from both Khan and Goldsmith

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PodRide – a practical everyday electric “bicycle-car”

It has four wheels, so we’re not entirely convinced by the ‘bicycle’ part of that description

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Video: Police fine cyclist found pedalling to Heathrow on M25

Man had already been told to get off the motorway but returned later

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Campaigners laud impact of London’s Safer Lorries scheme after nine months without a cyclist being killed by a vehicle

But is it too soon to say that a corner has been turned?

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Workers on Essex cycle route abused and threatened by angry drivers

Contruction worker says one motorist threatened colleagues with knuckleduster

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First of three protected bike lanes comes to Belfast

However, campaigners say cyclists using the new Alfred Street route are being put at risk by motorists ignoring signage and driving across it

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Skip lorry operator bringing direct vision vehicles to London to improve cyclists’ safety

Cab features panoramic windscreen and full-length glass doors

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Zac Goldsmith: “I’m positively hounded by cycle campaigners”

Tory candidate for London mayor unveils policies - but will they swing the cycling vote/

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Cycling mentioned in Treasury’s National Infrastructure Plan – ONCE in 113 pages

Document outlines more than £500 billion investment pipeline

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Government’s cycling strategy falls flat without funds

Long-awaited Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy not worth the paper it's written on, says Chris Boardman

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Work underway on Reading cycle hub

Latest in series of projects funded by Local Sustainable Transport Fund money

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