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“I don’t care that I’m in the bike lane, just go around me!”: Note on car parked in a cycle lane leaves cyclists dumbfounded and angry

A note stuck on the windscreen wiper of a car parked in the middle of a bike lane in Boston has gone viral — and cyclists can’t make sense of the sheer audacity

Fri, Dec 08, 2023 15:13

Council insists cycle lane extension will make “popular route” safer, as resident accuses local authority of misleading usage figures

The £1 million project is subject to a public consultation, one resident undertaking his own cyclist count and claiming the council has artificially inflated the numbers

Mon, Nov 13, 2023 10:57

Radstock Road cycling infrastructure, Southampton

Cycling group insists much-criticised “glaring mistake” bike lane is actually a “non-issue”

Confused locals shared pictures of the new infrastructure, which features a pedestrian crossing post and a bench in the middle of the shared-use route

Sat, Oct 21, 2023 10:14

Marble Arch cycle lane (copyright Simon MacMichael)

Cycling infrastructure needs to be built with women in mind, study suggests

"It's about planning for the trips that aren't taken as well as those that are"

Tue, May 02, 2023 16:23

Cyclist suffers “life-changing injuries” after driver smashes through cycle path protective barrier

Mark Thomas was riding along a segregated shared-use path when the collision impact sent the car airborne and over the barrier

Tue, Feb 14, 2023 13:25

“Bizarre” seven-foot-long cycle lane a “waste of money” critics claim, but council insists it isn’t a bike lane

The 2.4m lane in Birmingham has made national newspaper headlines, prompting the city's council to defend its decision to add the markings

Fri, Jan 27, 2023 12:15

“These are completely safe autonomous vehicles”: Cyclist spots driverless car using cycle lane

Cruise insists its car would not have gone into the bike lane if there was a cyclist in it

Tue, Jan 10, 2023 09:26

Worcester cycle lane (Image: Twitter/@MTBfreedom)

How much?! It’s now revealed council spent £10,000 on “embarrassing” obstacle-packed cycle lane

Images of the infrastructure blocked by dangerous obstacles... including trees, lampposts and a speed camera attracted ridicule online

Mon, Nov 21, 2022 17:20

Bloor Street Bikeway (picture credit City of Toronto).PNG

Yet more research shows benefits bike lanes bring local businesses with more footfall and higher spending

Study on economic impact of Toronto's Bloor Street Bikeways mirrors experience of cities elsewhere around the world

Mon, Jan 27, 2020 14:34

Cars outside the Richmond Hotel (via StreetView).jpg

Driver says Liverpool cyclist took a “chunk” out of his car when he parked across cycle lane

Accuses cyclist of being ‘pedantic’ and said he could have cycled round him

Fri, Mar 23, 2018 14:56