Urban

New York to welcome cyclists with a ‘green wave’ through traffic lights

Ride at 10-15mph and you’ll hit green after green

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TfL announces new 5km Cycleway between Hackney and Westferry

Route was identified as having great potential to increase cycling numbers

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Leicester removes £5,400 New Walk anti-cycling blocks as nearby cycle lane approaches completion

Local cyclists say pedestrian route is used because current alternatives are unsafe

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Resident claims “at least 100 cars” have blown their tyres on kerb separating cycle lane from road

Greater Cambridge Project says it is awaiting the results of a safety audit

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Porsche driver broke skull of man riding Boris bike on her way to Harvey Nichols

“It came out of nowhere” says careless driver about cyclist on roundabout

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Norwich levels off infamous tree pits in cycle lane – claims that was always the plan

‘Temporary repairs’ made

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Sat navs bypassing Highbury Corner since safety improvements say locals after cyclist suffers hit and run on nearby road

Incident occured just hours before road was closed for World Car Free Day

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Motorist who hit and killed Washington DC cycle campaigner jailed for eight-and-a-half years

A ghost bike left in David Salovesh’s memory was hit by another speeding motorist

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‘Treat Boris Bikes with respect’ says TfL after revealing 200 a year are scrapped due to damage

Among other damage, the 11,500 bikes suffered 10,782 broken pedals in a year

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Westminster could impose 20mph limit throughout borough

Borough already has 20mph limits around 39 schools

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Edinburgh’s dockless bike stations close due to ‘wanton destruction’

Just Eat Cycles that are parked at docking points will remain

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Birmingham club cyclist deliberately pushed off by masked motorbike passenger

Andrew Marsden suffered horrendous wound “where the bone was exposed”

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TfL plans for 20mph speed limit in central London get go-ahead after public consultation

“As more and more people choose to walk and cycle around London we must reduce the risk of them being killed or seriously injured”

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Suspended sentence for Sheffield taxi driver who drove at cyclist and “caused her to fall”

“She was very frank with the police, and this court, in saying she called you a psycho"

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Bike & Go railway bike hire scheme to be shut down in Scotland, Merseyside and East Anglia

Each bike in Scotland was being used around once a month

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London’s Bank Junction to be turned into festival space for World Car-Free Day

Formerly notorious junction will become a picnic area with a sound stage as part of ‘Reimagine’ event

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Mum of cyclist killed in road traffic collision launches petition for all bikes to be sold with lights

“I just want bicycles to be sold with them so people and children can abide with the law a lot easier”

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Bedford cycling ban extended for another three years

Controversial PSPO is being enforced ever more vigorously by private contractor

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Anti-cycling Facebook pages part of propaganda network run by Boris Johnson ally

Lynton Crosby’s firm also ran Square Mile Cycling group which aimed to have Cycle Superhighway redirected past Canary Wharf Group rival

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Jeremy Vine offers to pay £75 fine of woman booked for cycling in Bedford town centre

Cyclist fell victim to town’s controversial Public Space Protection Order

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‘Cyclops’ junction to be introduced in Manchester is ‘genius’ says Chris Boardman

"We’ll soon be wondering why we ever did anything else"

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Number of people killed on London’s roads falls to lowest level on record

But number of serious injuries rises

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West Midlands seeking new bike-share supplier after only 25 out of 5,000 bikes were delivered

Nextbike struggled to find a corporate sponsor for the scheme

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Deliveroo cyclists short of work as company prioritises cars

Cyclists suddenly find they are unable to work enough hours following unexpected change to Deliveroo app

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Holloway pedestrian safety improvements will see removal of cycle lane

Campaigners say TfL should be protecting all vulnerable road users

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Solihull councillors agree to ride cycle route and discover it’s rubbish

Poor signage, unsuitable shared space, parked cars, bollards, unnecessary crossings – all in under a mile

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Helmet cam cyclist Dave Sherry says he reports 70 drivers a week

Appears on Good Morning Britain segment asking “should cyclists shop motorists?”

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London’s going to get £2.5m worth of bike parking

Plan includes improved parking outside 10 stations in the next 12 months plus 1,400 new spaces in residential areas

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Technology predicting cyclists’ movements to be trialled in London buses

Deep learning technology identifies hazards and sounds alert to driver

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Mayor ‘pauses’ work on Canary Wharf cycling bridge due to costs

Says project could be replaced by a ‘fast ferry’

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