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Cabbie who blamed cyclist after he maimed pedestrian back behind the wheel

Victim suing city and driver for £16m

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Video: TfL apologises to cyclist after bus driver calls him a “knob” following close pass

Insult thrown shortly after driver had cut in on cyclist – who caught incident on film - on Croydon High Street

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Cycle-friendly improvements to Bristol railway bridge forecast to annoy drivers

£308,000 changes to railway bridge pinch-point ahead of council's summer cycle strategy announcement - local paper prophecies doom

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London vs Europe in row over cycling on high-pollution days

Environment Commissioner says Londoners riding to work may be doing more harm than good to themselves

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Video: Extreme ‘Boris biker’ crosses London Bridge… the hard way

Road too dangerous? Pavement too crowded (and illegal)? Try the handrail… or maybe not

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Central London’s Square Mile to become 20mph zone in July

Speed limit just one of the new road safety plans by the Square Mile's corporation to benefit cyclists and pedestrians

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Largest ever Cycle Response Unit deployment set for London Marathon

Preparations are complete for the St John Ambulance CRU's biggest weekend

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Video: tailgating a tipper truck at 40mph

One plucky/foolish/mad cyclist channels the spirit of Guy Martin on the streets of Manchester

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Video: Cyclists behaving badly – helmetcam cyclist turns his lens on other cyclists

York cycle commuter films red light jumping, pavement riding… jacket changing cyclists

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Oxbridge cities top cycle-to-work league table

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

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5,000 emails sent to local election candidates on first day of LCC’s Space for Cycling campaign

Initiative highlights improvements needed in each of city's 624 wards ahead of next month's poll

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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

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Brighton BikeHub wins cash to set up ‘banks’ for surplus bikes

Unwanted bikes to be refurbished & found new homes

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Dublin plans 10-fold expansion of hire bike system

Successful scheme had record day in mid March

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

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

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Sheffield fountains to run yellow from tomorrow as city marks 100 days to Tour de France start

Yorkshire Festival launches tomorrow, Sheffield public toilets on yellow alert* as Grand Depart countdown dips below 100 days to go (*probably)

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Video: Motorist speaks of “upset” after helmet camera footage of bad driving posted to YouTube

Driver apparently misinterpreted signal to hold back - and told CyclingMikey he should be on shared-use path

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Two million new cycle commuters about to take to the roads, says CycleScheme

People fed up with overcrowding and squalor of public transport apparently

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Poor roads, bad driving & theft deter Reading cyclists, council admits before rolling out excuses for inaction

Streets too narrow, buses too important, to allocate road space to cyclists, say councillors

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‘THINK! Cyclist’ safety poster campaign returns after DfT deems first run last year a success

Poster campaign to run in five cities, but did it change driver behaviour first time round?

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Melbourne “dooring” video sparks heated row Down Under

BMW backtracks after worker encourages "dooring" on Facebook; newspaper editorial takes aim at "menace of urban cyclists"

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City of London criticises Mayor’s Quietways for directing cyclists into historic streets full of pedestrians

Narrow streets with pedestrians in are not suitable for cyclists, says City

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LCC urges Londoners to oppose TfL’s King’s Cross gyratory plans – consultation closes on Monday

Campaign group says "interim" proposals fail to make area safer for cyclists

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Camden to get London’s first left hook preventing separated junction

Kerbs and phased lights keep cars and bikes apart

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Spin LDN tickets offer: save £12.50 on a pair of tickets for urban bike show

Cheap tickets! Get your lovely cheap tickets here!

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Northern Ireland is promised a ‘cycling revolution’ following minister’s fact-finding mission to Scandinavia

Commitment to cycling comes as Belfast prepares to host the Giro d'Italia in May

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London cycling less safe, improving too slowly says report

Riders demand segregated infrastructure to improve safety

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Leeds vetoes proposal to spend less on council cars, more on cycling

Car-centric thinking lingers in Motorway City of the 70s

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Chris Boardman to assess Jeremy Clarkson’s cycling safety public information film on Sunday’s Top Gear

So that's what he and James May were doing riding bikes in London a few weeks ago

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Local cyclists and activists hit out at design of new junction after Southampton hit-and-run

"Cycle-friendly" "Dutch-style" crossing doesn't appear to be either

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