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Netherlands motorway network among the factors keeping cyclist casualty rates down says study

Presumed liability law not found to have any major effect

Dutch to move ahead with banning cyclists from using mobiles while riding

Transport minister says educational programmes have failed

Exercising in polluted environments can lead to heart failure, study finds

Study suggests inhaling diesel fumes while exercising damages lungs and can potentially lead to heart failure

Need a cargo bike but don’t want the extra weight all the time?

Shopping, kids, surfboard? Nothing too tricky for this neat little sidecar

Video: Guy Martin sets off to beat record for cycling round British coastline, aiming to ride a whopping 4,800 miles in just 21 days

TV personality set off from home town of Grimsby on Sunday and was in Aberdeenshire this morning

Evacuating a city by bicycle is 5 times more efficient

Escaping a flood in the Dutch Randstad megalopolis would be impossible by car; experts say grab a bike or climb a tree

Four major cities pledge to ban diesel engines over safety fears

But will any UK cities follow these ambitious plans?

City of London confirms plans to ban vehicles from Bank junction

Angry reaction from taxi drivers

Massive increase in cycling on London’s Cycle Superhighways

One cyclist every two seconds at peak time on North-South route

Cadel Evans says he won’t ride his bike in Sydney – because it’s too intimidating

Tour de France winner and ex-world champion says lack of respect among road users the biggest problem

A folding cycle helmet for less than a fiver? What do you make of this year’s James Dyson Award winner? (+ video)

Card helmet uses honeycomb structure which disperses force of an impact

Video: Planned cycling-friendly transformation of Stratford town centre

Segregated cycle lanes would link up with CS2

Westway cycle superhighway plans scrapped

Plans for alternative route featuring improvements for pedestrians to be announced ‘shortly’

Cambridge to get its first true “Dutch” roundabout

Following an attempt at a cycling-friendly roundabout in 2014 the UK's cycling city seems to have got it right

Segregated cycle lanes planned for accident blackspot in Leeds

Painted cycle lane isn’t doing the job

Gap in cycle superhighway will be filled – but no cycling and walking commissioner for London until next year

Deputy mayor for transport tells Chris Boardman and Caroline Russell that stretch will be completed as planned

Bikes outnumber cars in Copenhagen traffic for first time

More space could be given over to cyclists in Danish capital

Vince Cable backs petition against Duke’s Head Passage cycling ban

Urges Royal Parks to find ‘a more measured response’

Overwhelming backing for Tavistock Place cycling scheme after record response to consultation

No decisions to be made until after full analysis of consultation comments and alternative proposals

CyclePoint helps Cambridge win Station of the Year at National Cycle-Rail Awards

East Midlands Trains and London Borough of Waltham Forest also among the winners at annual event

Traffic halved and no collisions – the impact of Walthamstow Mini Holland

Letter sent to residents claims the wider area is seeing around 10,000 fewer vehicles each day

London cabbie allegedly told Guardian journo, Owen Jones “I f*cking love it when you cyclists die”

Incident being investigated by TfL’s taxi and private hire complaints team

Andrew Gilligan steps up pressure on Sadiq Khan to deliver cycling infrastructure

Ex-cycling commissioner and others launch Human Streets to keep pressure up on City H and TfL

Boris Johnson banned from cycling by security team

Friend says decision is ‘a real irritation’ to the Foreign Secretary

Free e-bike trial to encourage new cycle commuters

Manchester businesses are being offered free e-bike trials to help encourage more employees to try commuting on two wheels

Bike rack manufacturer admits design fault following thefts

Falco, which is a major supplier of bike storage products, admitted there was a fault at two bike hubs where cycles were stolen

Trick or treat? City of London Police handing out free bike lights on Monday

Initiative timed to coincide with the clocks going back

“People don’t like cyclists,” magistrate tells biking banker fined after police chase

Tanneguy De Carne led police on a 20 minute chase, repeatedly failing to stop. Cycling UK has raised concerns over magistrate comments, however, and suggests she disqualifies herself from future cycling cases

Cyclist killed in London HGV collision named – Stop Killing Cyclists to hold vigil and die-in

Lucia Ciccioli was sixth London cyclist to die in a collision this year

Dutch city Groningen to spend €85 per head each year on cycling (+ video)

Modal share for bicycles already stands at an astonishing 60 per cent