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Lower Bridge Street, Peterborough (via StreetView)

‘Is cycling ban just a money-making exercise?’ asks man fined for cycling in Peterborough

Enforcement firm keeps the money it collects as part of its contract

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Cyclist riding through pedestrian area – image via Graeme Paterson on Flickr.jpg

As Bedford decides whether to renew PSPO, campaigners argue it has reduced the number of people cycling into town

Number of fines has risen six-fold since enforcement was contracted out to a private firm

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East Street, Chichester (via StreetView)

Chichester extends cycling ban and says it’s ‘not a vendetta’ against cyclists’

Campaigners say cyclists will be pushed towards more dangerous roads

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prague_cc_licensed_by_roman_boed_via_flickr.jpg

Prague to ban bikes (but not cars) from popular tourist areas

“Every day there is conflict between cyclists and pedestrians”

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mansfield-market-place

Mansfield partially relaxes town centre cycling ban

Cyclists will be able to ride in pedestrian zone of Nottinghamshire town from 6pm-10am seven days a week

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Bradley Wiggins on the A63 (via YouTube).jpg

Highways England wants to ban cyclists from the UK’s fastest time trial course

Traffic Regulation Order proposal cites 2013 death of cyclist

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Felixstowe prom (copyright Gerry Balding:Flickr)

Cycling ban on Felixstowe prom to be lifted after year-long trial

General feeling seems to be that a handful of leisurely cyclists probably aren’t going to bring about mass casualties and the fall of civilisation

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Justice (Lonpicman, Wikimedia Commons)

Indefinite cycling ban for jobless builder who rode behind women and sexually assaulted them

Arrested thanks to distinctive cartoon stickers on his cycle helmet

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Mullan Road, Missoula (via StreetView).jpg

Montana bill banning cyclists from ordinary two-lane roads to be rewritten

Legislator who proposed it surprised that it would have covered ‘way more’ roads than he anticipated

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Amna Suleiman on BBC’s 100 women season (still from video)

Video: Gaza Woman challenges unwritten cycling ban

Gaza teacher risks ostracisation and verbal abuse in a country where women are too afraid of the social implications, and the authorities, to ride bikes

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