Transport

MPs call for fivefold increase in Government spending on cycling

Cycling Safety report calls for£10 per head spending, training for motorists, and for government departments to work together

Bristol councillor says £35m set aside for cycling would be better spent on rail

Conservative standing as MP at next year’s general election says plans “unrealistic” and “too proscriptive”

Helsinki hire bike & public transport vision to render car ownership pointless

Maybe not entirely – but radical strategy based on smartphones will make end-to-end multimode journeys easier

Top brands up for sponsoring London Cycle Hire Scheme as tender process opens (+ video)

TfL expects to announce new partner for scheme in early 2015

Bristol plans £35 million spend on cycleway network

£16 per head per year to get 20 percent commuting by bike by 2020

Highways Agency to invest £20 million in strategic cycling improvements across the UK

£20m sounds a lot... but that's what they spend on 40 miles of motorway per year

Segregated cycle lane planned for £600m east London bridge

Plans unveiled for claimed much-needed link – but will it see the light of day?

British Cycling and Leeds Cycling Campaign propose transformation of Leeds centre

Can the Motorway City of the Seventies be made cycling-friendly?

Half of Britons say local roads too dangerous for cycling in BBC poll

Campaigners call for more space — and money — for cycling

Would-be cyclists want more cycle lanes and better facilities, says Halfords survey

Retailer asks people what would get them to cycle more often

Share the love on the road with a stay awesome sticker

Let the two-wheeled community know you care even when you're driving

Transport for London agrees to scrap ‘Stay Back’ stickers

Victory for road safety campaigners as hostile driver behaviour shown to be linked to "offensive" stickers

Video: National Express ‘blind spot’ sticker spotted – but how useful is it?

A contribution to cycle safety, a well-intentioned idea poorly executed or just alibi-creation?

Campaigners warn Newcastle risks losing millions of pounds in DfT cycle funding

Newcycling worried over delays in implementing Cycle City Ambition funded scheme

Most parents would support a mandatory helmet law for children, claims surge – safety concerns are paramount

But only a quarter of parents give their kids' bikes an annual safety check

Cycle helmets save lives says Neurosurgeon – in ongoing helmet row

Surgeon says he sees three children a month with cycling head injuries he believes would not have happened had they been wearing a helmet

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Transport Minister to consider turning Highways Agency in to Cycling & Highways Agency, say campaigners

Minister says he will "consider" aamendments to infrastructure bill would force Highways Agency to provide for cycling

Ditching cars for school run could save £2 billion a year, says Sustrans

Switching to foot, bike or scooter would save average parent £642 per year

Harrogate councillor seeks £15k crowdsourcing for Sustrans report after council declines to pay

£4k raised already from local people and businesses for study into how to encourage cycling and improve facilities in N Yorks borough

Are bad drivers using ‘stay back’ stickers as an excuse?

Stories emerge of bus drivers treating cyclists as second class road users

No plans for cycle hire scheme in Greater Manchester

Councillors on TfGM Committee told that money would be better spent on other cycling initiatives

“People will take priority over bikes” – rail boss explains why bicycles not welcome on Grand Départ trains

Tour de France spectators discouraged from taking bikes on local trains in Yorkshire next month

Video: Irish bus company investigates driver who told cyclist “I’ll run you over”

Close pass leads to on-camera confrontation

Crossrail lorry was involved in second London cyclist fatality last year

Vehicle involved in death of hospital porter Brian Holt was also working on major infrastructure project

France trials paying people to ride bike to work

Pilot scheme to incentivise cycle commuting will be extended in new year if successful

Belfast’s Fréd Festival celebrates everyday cycling

Rides, talks & mechanic training on offer in two-week bike bash

New sponsors sought for London’s cycle hire scheme

Transport for London seeking minimum £5.5m a year over 7 years to rebrand Boris Bikes

Video: Cambridge in 1945 – when bicycles ruled the roads

Then as now, bikes were favoured transport to extent not seen elsewhere in Britain

Cambridge segregated bike lanes postponed amid concerns over “kamikaze cyclists”

Councillor calls decision an "unnecessary cop-out"

LCC welcomes casualty fall, but says police must target careless drivers

Campaign group responds to launch of "Son of Safeway" operation in London yesterday