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Plans to funnel pedestrians onto narrow crossing will “make conflict with cyclists worse” on new bike path – but council says it’s reluctant to clamp down on drivers “abusing” yellow boxes and blocking cycle lane

Proposed changes to a busy junction in Bristol city centre, which involve installing planters on the pavement to restrict crossing points near a cycle path, will “worsen” the conflict between cyclists and pedestrians at a spot where people on bikes already “get annoyed”, a councillor has claimed.However, the local authority has said that, by funnelling … Read more

Council workers embroiled in bitter LTN row offered wellbeing day off after “relentless hostility and anger” from residents opposing decision to “bulldoze through” plans for low traffic neighbourhood

A six-hour-long meeting to discuss controversial plans to introduce a low traffic neighbourhood was characterised by so much “hostility and anger” from anti-LTN campaigners that councillors were “left in tears” and staff were offered a “wellbeing” day off to recover, the High Court was told this week, as opponents of the active travel scheme attempt … Read more

Driver came “flying out of nowhere” through red light and killed boy on bike at crossing, “treating him like a leaf”, as parents criticise “unduly lenient” two-year sentence and call for better enforcement on roads

The parents of an eight-year-old boy who was struck and killed by a pick-up driver on a pedestrian crossing in Co. Cork, after the motorist ignored a red light, have called for better enforcement on the roads, while also criticising the “undue leniency” of sentences handed out to dangerous drivers who kill.André Castro Ladeiro was … Read more

Assos Equipe R Habu Winter Jacket S11

The Assos Equipe R Habu Winter Jacket S11 is the latest generation of this aero fit top designed to provide protection in the most challenging conditions. It has some great features that perform as well as advertised, but also a few that might make you question the hefty price tag.> Buy now: Assos Equipe R Habu … Read more

Shimano crank ‘recall’ cost £70m in 2024, as bicycle components giant’s sales drop again amid “weak” cycling market

Shimano’s latest financial accounts suggest its ongoing crank recall and inspection programme would cost the business £70 million in 2024. Elsewhere, the Japanese brand’s bicycle component sales fell for the second year in a row, dropping by five per cent as operating income for its cycling division was down 17 per cent. The figures were today published in Shimano’s … Read more