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Dutch style roundabout Hertfordshire – credit Hertfordshire county council

“Woke roundabouts” is a depressing new low when it comes to how the media attempts to report on cycling and active travel

Get your irony meters at the ready, because George Hill is about to lay into how the media sensationalises things about cycling and active travel. It would have been rude not to go for an 'attention-grabbing' title to accompany the article, right?

Tue, Jun 03, 2025 16:59
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Bexley cycle lane

Want more high quality cycling infrastructure? Then stop building sh**e.

George Hill explains why he thinks the building of cycling infrastructure in the UK is currently more bendy bananas than an active travel revolution

Wed, Feb 26, 2025 13:21
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Cyclist given £2,500 payout after crashing on ungritted cycle path and breaking finger

His lawyers said the 'backwards policy' of 'creating but not maintaining' cycle paths was impacting efforts to get more people cycling

Sat, Mar 13, 2021 08:57
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Local paper runs front page story on cyclists flouting Hull city centre ban – which doesn’t exist

The story appeared on the front page of the Hull Daily Mail before being removed from the website

Sat, Jul 06, 2019 13:13
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Cycling in the dark (CC lisenced by Flickr user Boegh)

Council refuses to light city centre cycleway that has seen spate of collisions and a robbery

St Albans cycle route is popular with commuters, but the council says it's too expensive to light

Sat, Dec 09, 2017 10:11
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Dozens of cyclists a year injured by minor potholes

What can be done about holes the council say are 'too small' to fix?

Sat, Nov 11, 2017 11:57
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Claudia Comberti ghost bike (picture credit Broken Spoke Bike Co-op).jpg

Charter for cycling in Oxford developed by friends of killed cyclist

Oxford council supports measures to improve city's cycling safety

Sat, Oct 07, 2017 08:53
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Melbourne crushing oBikes for scrap metal

Abandoned bikes are being seized - and even charities don't want them

Sat, Oct 07, 2017 08:42
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Peterborough councillors will be able to fine illegal cyclists by Christmas

Council workers will be given police-style fining rights within next two months

Sat, Oct 22, 2016 10:05
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Peterborough council backs down on illegal cycling penalty – after it discovers it doesn’t have the power

Currently, only police can hand out the £100 fines

Sat, Oct 15, 2016 09:35
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