Urban

Canyon refines Commuter range for 2021 with seven new models

The updated design of Canyon’s urban bike has smoother aesthetics and greater compatibility for commuting needs

Sadiq Khan considering charging drivers £3.50 to enter Greater London – but cycling commissioner denies possible scrapping of Santander Cycles

Transport for London short of funding due to Covid pandemic

Edinburgh cyclists forced out of cycle lane and into motor traffic lane because only one was cleared of snow

“We operate a priority gritting system”

Reports of Leicester delivery drivers removing bike lane wands to park – or just driving over them

Pop-up bike lanes treated as an inconvenience

Hackney low traffic neighbourhoods have not caused a rise in traffic on nearby main roads

A number of traffic counters and cameras have been vandalised in recent days

Sir Keir Starmer backs segregated cycle lanes and says “pushback” tends to be short-lived

“There is always a pushback and then it settles down”

Barcelona launches 10-year plan to become massively more car-unfriendly

21 streets in the Eixample district will become a “super-superblock” where motor vehicles are only permitted around the perimeter

Bike rack criticised for being ‘far too modern’ after being moved from one Lincolnshire town to another

Does a Cyclehoop Car Bike Port look worse than the parked car it replaces?

Exeter cyclist reports 14 motorists who went down pop-up bike lane

‘There were parents having to cycle on the pavements with their kids to avoid the traffic coming through’

Hackney councillor sent death threats over support for low traffic neighbourhoods

“Threatening to kill a councillor because you can’t drive your car exactly where you want, when you want. Appalling” says Diane Abbott MP

Penis paintings around potholes ‘less offensive than council failing to do repairs’

“Driving into Wivenhoe is now an obstacle course, at least this new graffiti marks out the potholes to avoid”

“Why is cycling discouraged?” asks councillor as Stafford introduces ban when renewing its PSPO

“I can imagine people coming out of shops, not paying attention and being mown down by cyclists” responds cabinet member

Teesside pop-up bike lanes abandoned after theft and vandalism

One scheme was only introduced last month

Wandsworth Council suspends Low Traffic Neighbourhood – blames the Mayor’s Streetspace works on nearby A24

Wandsworth Conservatives launch petition against A24 improvements

There are probably more low traffic neighbourhoods on the cards than you think

What’s happening and where?

Taxi groups asking for judicial review of London’s emergency cycling infrastructure

‘The biggest single threat to our long-term future is anything that restricts our ability to move around’

Council defends using image of cyclists without helmets to promote cycling

Bus ad features two cyclists on Hereford’s Beryl Bikes

New website shows live data on travel times by bike and car in Oxford

Council hopes it will show how quick and easy it is to get about by bike

Drivers more patient with cyclists since lockdown according to survey

Have the nation’s drivers changed? Or is it something else…?

Tonbridge to implement town-wide 20mph speed limit to encourage more cycling

MP backs temporary measures which may become permanent

Royal Parks to close some roads to motor vehicles in bid to combat through-traffic

Consultation revealed strong support for crackdown on rat-running motorists

Video: Atlanta police officer borrows cyclist’s bike to catch murder suspect

Bike allowed officer to keep suspect in sight and provide updates to colleagues

Fire service called out for DIY e-bike fire

Read our tips on how to avoid e-bike battery pitfalls

Manchester councillor against ‘taking out capacity’ on major routes – says pop-up cycle lanes are “not a magic bullet”

City of Manchester continues to resist as region attempts to build active travel network

Andy Burnham says Greater Manchester £21.5m cycling bid is ‘work in progress’ in response to city council’s resistance to pop-up bike lanes

Still unclear how other boroughs’ plans will join up in the centre

£100 a week and no access to toilet facilities – delivery cyclist says online food order firms aren’t looking out for workers

Self-employed food delivery cyclists paid per delivery struggling for work

Fuji suspends sales of bikes to US police forces after seeing them used against protestors

Police officers have been filmed using bikes as weapons during protests resulting from the killing of George Floyd

Manchester plans £10m bike hire scheme – says it’s learned from Mobike failure

New scheme will feature e-bikes and docking system

Parking to be removed outside Kew Gardens to create protected cycle lane

Council believes move will also ‘discourage unnecessary visits by car’

Campaigners welcome car-free zone in central London

“If we want to make transport in London safe, and keep London globally competitive, then we have no choice” says Sadiq Khan