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Latest Jeremy Vine video shows driver cutting across cyclist before tailing him while leaning on horn

Vine regularly submits footage from his commutes to police

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Stolen bike alert: Tall bike with no brakes taken from Bristol garden

Owner is appealing for people to keep their eyes peeled for the distinctive, two metre tall machine, which he built himself

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Is this device the answer to tram track danger for cyclists?

Dutch students design simple insert for tram tracks as part of city competition - if they win, they'll get to test whether it works

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Website catalogues Google StreetView images before and after cycle improvements

Aims to provide ideas and inspiration for city design

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Video: A ride along the coast with Vittorio Brumotti

Italian trials rider now sponsored by Astana

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Mayor appoints Nike executive as London’s first full-time cycling commissioner

Predecessor says it is ‘not ideal’ for Will Norman to be employed by Transport for London

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Uber self-driving cars making unsafe turns across cycle lanes – and firm knew before launching live trial

Firm says human drivers have been instructed to take control at relevant moments

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Self-driving Ubers must cease operation

The firm is defying calls from the San Francisco Department of Motor Vehicles to halt operation of the vehicles

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East-West cycle superhighway to be diverted in new year due to Super Sewer works

Altered version of route likely to remain in place until 2021

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London mayor Sadiq Khan unveils fresh CS11 plans – but Andrew Gilligan slams them as “a dog’s dinner”

Former cycling commissioner says delay in decision on closing gates at Regent's Park “is a pretty bad sign”

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Transport Secretary caught on camera dooring cyclist

Allegedly blamed cyclist’s speed for incident and then left without leaving his details

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World’s first council-run cargo bike delivery service – Christmas Courier – set to reduce emissions in East London

Innovative East London borough, Waltham Forest, hopes after a two year free trial the scheme will run long-term and become profitable

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Include cyclists in London’s average traffic speed figures urges Baroness Jenny Jones

"People on their bikes are certainly not grinding to a halt," says Green Party politician as TfL figures reveal motor vehicle gridlock on capital's streets

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Birmingham scraps six cycle lanes in favour of two segregated superhighways

City centre to Selly Oak route will feature a stretch within the A38’s central reservation

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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

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

Transport minister says educational programmes have failed

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Four major cities pledge to ban diesel engines over safety fears

But will any UK cities follow these ambitious plans?

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City of London confirms plans to ban vehicles from Bank junction

Angry reaction from taxi drivers

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Massive increase in cycling on London’s Cycle Superhighways

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

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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

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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

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Video: Planned cycling-friendly transformation of Stratford town centre

Segregated cycle lanes would link up with CS2

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Westway cycle superhighway plans scrapped

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

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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

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Segregated cycle lanes planned for accident blackspot in Leeds

Painted cycle lane isn’t doing the job

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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

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