All Party Parliamentary Group for Walking and Cycling Archives

All Party Parliamentary Group for Walking and Cycling

Newmarket Road fatal collision sign, Norwich (credit: Peter Silburn)

MPs demand lifetime driving bans and stricter phone laws to address justice system “failing” families of those killed in collisions

"This report shines a light on the urgent need for reform. It's unacceptable that drivers who take lives through recklessness are allowed back on the roads while grieving families are left without a sense of justice"

MPs call for urgent changes for victims of road violence

Debate follows on from report into the issue of road justice, as MPs heard "harrowing stories" and highlighted the "number of appalling cases of road violence with insufficient consequences for the perpetrators"

Cyclists at traffic lights, London © Simon MacMichael

“Cycle to work schemes are sucking the lifeblood out of cycle shops”: Bike shops tell Parliamentary Committee of “need for urgent systemic change” to Cycle to Work scheme

The Association of Cycle Traders was joined by figures from Balfe's Bikes and JE James to meet with MPs, two months on from Cycle to Work provider Cyclescheme preventing retailers from charging additional fees on bikes purchased under the scheme

Chris Boardman speaking at APPWCG report launch 2023

“No family should go through what mine did”: Chris Boardman speaks about losing his mum at the hands of killer driver for the first time

Boardman was emotional as he talked about losing his mum Carol in a cycling collision at the launch of the Road Justice report, saying his dad "never recovered" and describing his anger at the way road crime is treated

British Cycling calls for end to “hazardous leniency” in sentencing of drivers who kill or injure cyclists

"Greater consistency in the way police deal with incidents on the road": The governing body has joined forces with law firm Leigh Day to sponsor an All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking report which will be published in Parliament today

“Dangerous driving is a choice”: Cycling and walking MPs call for tougher sentences for motorists driving larger cars, as well as strict enforcement of speed limits

A new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking argues that driving the heaviest vehicles should be viewed as an “aggravating factor” for motoring offences

Cycleway 9 (picture credit Simon MacMichael)

MP stresses need for “consistent” cycling funding after “disappointing” cut to active travel budget

"The debate around active travel can be polarising. In reality, I don't think it's controversial at all," MP Ruth Cadbury told the All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking's annual showcase event

Active Travel minister told children not to cycle on “terrible” local roads

Trudy Harrison, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary responsible for cycling, says that better infrastructure and a “cultural change” is needed to encourage women, children and disabled people to cycle